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LIVE UPDATES: Latest Alabama recruiting intel and scoop from On3 Elite Series

alabama-temp-icon-full (1)by: BOL Staff05/28/24
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The second annual 2024 On3 Elite Series, presented by D1 Hardin Valley, kicked off on Tuesday in Nashville. The event welcomes features several of the best recruits in the country to help educate and inform players of the new era of college football, specifically NIL.

Via On3 Sports:

Thirty-four of the top 100 prospects in the 2025 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, will be in attendance. The private two-day event is designed to give each athlete and their family an education on the NIL climate they’ll soon enter in college. On3 Elite will bring in former college and professional athletes, marketing executives, legal and financial experts, among others. Seventeen of the athletes in attendance can monetize their NIL rights as high schoolers.

Alabama commits/targets in attendance

•Derick Smith, Top 100 ATH from Southside HS in Selma
•Darrell ‘Duke’ Johnson, Top 100 LB from Dodge County HS in Eastman, Ga.

Smith and Johnson are the Alabama commitments who were invited to the event. Several additional Crimson Tide targets are also in Nashville for the star-studded seminar. The list includes players who will take official visits to Alabama this upcoming weekend such as (Derick) Smith, Ty Haywood, five-star OL from Ryan HS in Denton Texas and Keelon Russell, Top 100 QB from Duncanville HS in Texas.

Notable Tide targets:

•David Sanders, five-star OL, Providence Day School in Charlott
•Dijon Lee, five-star CB, Mission Viejo HS in Calif.
•AK Dear, five-star RB, Quitman HS in Miss. (Ole Miss commit)
•Na’eem Offord, five-star CB, Parker HS in Birmingham (Ohio State commit)
•Ty Jackson, No. 1 LB from Seminole Ridge HS in Loxahatchee, Fla.
•Travis Smith, Top 100 WR from Westlake HS in Atlanta,

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What speakers will be attending On3 NIL Elite Series?

Miami basketball players Haley and Hanna Cavinder will be attending the event. The duo announced their first NIL deal with Boost Mobile in Times Square on the first day of college sports’ new era on July 1, 2021. From there, they’ve used their combined social media following of more than five million to sign with brands like Raising Cane’s, Victoria’s Secret PINK and Champs Sports.

Former Nebraska and NFL linebacker Will Compton will be a speaker, discussing how college football players need to maximize their opportunities. 

“Athletes that get to play at a high level have such a head start,” Compton said on the “Bussin’ With The Boys” podcast, which he co-hosts. “They also have one of the shortest windows to capitalize on it. They have to take advantage of their moment.”

CAA is a sponsor of this year’s On3 Elite Series and will host a panel with Jimmy Sexton and Ed Berry. Other sponsors of the 2024 On3 Elite Series include Big Visual Group, Certor Football, Five Star Fans, Gurdian Caps, Inhale, TheLinkU, Mirena & Co. and Opendorse. 

Morgan Stanley’s Global Sports & Entertainment division, also a sponsor, will hold a panel on managing wealth and sustaining resources. Former NFL player Andrew Hawkinswill address athletes, too.

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