re: 5* Demarcus Riddick

That’s what it looks like at this time. NIL largely in play. Schools are selecting a small number of big time players to save the big NIL deals for; the best example I’ve seen this year is with Ohio State loading up for KJ Bolden, the #1 safety in the country, out of Georgia. And they lead for him right now. Without NIL, that would be a Georgia/Alabama battle. Along with Riddick, Auburn is making another large NIL deal offer to Perry Thompson, the 5 star wr out of Foley. From the movement I see, Auburn will get at least one of them, possibly both. I would say Riddick is close to a done deal and Thompson is definitely listening to what Auburn has to offer. The Saraland wr looking at reclassification to this year’s class may be due to some of these possible happenings, but I am only speculating on that part.