re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

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Another interesting offer out for Alabama

John Bolding, a 2-star offensive guard from Klein Oak High School (Spring, Texas), reported an offer from Alabama on Thursday. Bolding is currently committed to Florida International.

This offer is interesting because of who Bolding’s brother is. Bolding is the younger brother of the nation’s No. 3 junior college defensive tackle, Tayland Humphrey. Humphrey and Bolding want to play for the same school next season. Humphrey, who’s currently at Hutchinson Community College (Kansas), received an offer from the Tide back in April. Alabama did have some interest in Humphrey back in the spring.

Since then, Alabama has missed on two major DT targets in 4-star prospects Bobby Brown, who committed to Texas A&M, and Coynis Miller, who committed to Auburn.

It’s an extremely thin year at defensive tackle in the 2018 class. But, right now, Humphrey is still just considered a backup plan. This offer to Bolding is likely just Alabama making sure it has a plan in place if a disaster happens and the team continues to miss on several options. Right now, the top 2 defensive tackle targets to know are:

• Christian Barmore, a 4-star defensive tackle from Neumann Goretti High School (Philadelphia), is a name to know. Alabama is expected to bring him in for an official visit after the season.

• Tyler Friday, a 4-star defensive tackle from Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), has started to receive lots of attention from Alabama. The Tide are hoping to bring him to campus for an official visit next month. He announced a top 5 of Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and UCLA earlier this month. That can always change.

The team also has a commitment from 4-star prospect Stephon Wynn.

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Jaylen Waddle played his final high school game last Saturday night, and despite all of his big plays, Episcopal fell to Kinkaid, 38-21. Waddle opened things up early for his offense, scoring on a 93-yard touchdown run with his first touch, but recruiting was the furthest thing from his mind after the game. Later in the week, he opened up a bit about his recent official visit to Alabama and what’s to come in his recruitment via messaging through Twitter.

“Overall it was great, but I’ve been up there a lot and so it was hard for them to show me [something new],” he said. “I got to hang out with my position coach and he really tried to impress with me with the atmosphere of the town.”

Waddle also recently set up an official visit to Oregon for the end of the month. That leaves him with one last official visit to take, which as expected, he said would come down to Texas or Texas A&M. He wasn’t interested in dropping any hints about upcoming events, either, saying that he hasn’t eliminated anyone and still isn’t close to choosing a commitment date.

Waddle had been in Oregon in the summer and has been one of the Ducks’ biggest targets. Offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo stayed through Waddle’s entire game on Saturday, and will hope he can make a strong case when the Rivals100 wide receiver makes his return to the Pacific Northwest.

“I’m not looking for anything special,” Waddle said. “I just think they’re going to try and show me a good time.”

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