re: Class of 2017 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Say Your Goodbyes Edition

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Top Alabama targets visiting LSU this weekend

Whenever Alabama and LSU square off, it attracts big-time recruits. This matchup is no different.

Several of Alabama’s top targets in the Class of 2017 and 2018 are expected to be on the sidelines Saturday night in Death Valley. Here are some of the top players Tide fans should look out for this weekend in Baton Rouge:

Alabama 5-star OT commit Alex Leatherwood (Pensacola, Fla.)
5-star RB Cam Akers (Clinton, Miss.)
5-star DT Marvin Wilson (Bellaire, Texas)
4-star WR DeVonta Smith (Amite, La.)
4-star DT Phidarian Mathis (Neville, La.)
4-star DB Todd Harris (Plaquemine, La.)
4-star LB Christopher Allen (Baton Rouge, La.)
2018 5-star WR Terrace Marshall (Bossier City, La.)

The main names on this list are Smith, Mathis, Harris, Allen and Marshall, as those are the prospects Alabama and LSU are battling each other over. SEC Country’s LSU recruiting reporter Sam Spigelman and I went in-depth on those battles here, in case you missed it. Marshall’s recruitment is too early to call at this point, but he has visited Tuscaloosa several times since he’s become a national recruit.

Outcomes of games usually don’t play a factor in recruits’ decisions on which schools they’ll choose, but this one holds a little more meaning because of the uncertainty of LSU coach Ed Orgeron’s future. A win over Alabama might be enough for him to have the interim label removed, which would cause several of these recruits to be more sure of the Tigers’ future.

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