THE BOARD: South Alabama Football

The number

18 — Eighteen commitments in June alone. South Alabama entered the month with two committed players. Whatever the staff pitched on official visits, it worked.

The fit

The geographic footprint tells the story. Six commits from Alabama, three from Florida, four from Louisiana, one from Georgia. South Alabama is recruiting its backyard — the Gulf Coast, the Florida Panhandle, south Louisiana — and stacking players from programs it can scout regularly.

Two commits from Daphne (Christian Segar, Courtney Maxwell) and two from Tallahassee Lincoln (Trevor Jacobs, Kamren McMillan) suggest relationship pipelines, not one-off evaluations. When a staff takes two from the same school, it knows the program that developed them. The Louisiana pipeline deepened in late June — Josh Wilson (Lafayette Christian Academy), Jairius Jones (Plaquemine) and Craig Connor III (John Curtis) all committed within days of each other.

The Jaguars are also offering early. Jordyn Fernandez (DT, 2029) and Paul "Trey" Kyles (DE/OLB, 2030) out of the Daphne and Gulfport area are long-range targets — freshmen and sophomores the staff has identified and wants to track.

The commits

Trevor Jacobs — ATH, 5-11, 175, Lincoln HS, Tallahassee, Fla. Committed Dec. 3, 2025. 83 rating (247Sports). Earliest commit in the class.

Christian Segar — QB, 6-3, 195, Daphne HS, Daphne, Ala. Committed April 4. 83 rating. The quarterback of the class.

Kamren McMillan — RB, 5-10, 190, Lincoln HS, Tallahassee, Fla. Committed June 1. Second Lincoln product in the class.

Theron Miles — TE, 6-5, 215, Scottsboro HS, Scottsboro, Ala. Committed June 2.

Courtney Maxwell — IOL, 6-4, 300, Daphne HS, Daphne, Ala. Committed June 4. Second Daphne product.

Dylan Henry — CB, 5-11, 171, Mandeville HS, Mandeville, La. Committed June 5.

BraeShun Weary — WR, 6-1, 160, Covington HS, Covington, La. Committed June 12.

Telly Simmons — LB, 6-1, 220, Hueytown HS, Hueytown, Ala. Committed June 12.

Royal Maxwell — Edge, 6-4, 230, East Coweta HS, East Coweta, Ga. Committed June 12.

Makael Williams — RB, 5-10, 180, Pace HS, Pace, Fla. Committed June 13.

Sam Allen Hannah — TE, 6-4, 235, Patrician Academy, Ala. Committed June 13.

Nolan Daniel — IOL, 6-4, 294, West Feliciana HS, West Feliciana, La. Committed June 13.

DeArian Riley — WR, 6-1, 188, Sylacauga HS, Sylacauga, Ala. Committed June 15. Also offered by Jacksonville State.

Semaj "Aura" Lyons — WR, 6-1, 196, John F. Kennedy HS, New Orleans, La. Committed June 17. 3.6 GPA. Also held offers from UNLV, Western Kentucky, FAU, Liberty.

Delwin Perkins Jr. — CB, 5-8, 145, McComb HS, McComb, Miss. Committed June 20. Offers: 9.

Josh Wilson — Edge, 6-3, 215, Lafayette Christian Academy, La. Committed June 21. Profile grade: 44.39.

Jairius Jones — Edge, 6-4, 205, Plaquemine HS, La. Committed June 21.

Charles Grubbs — IOL, 6-4, 280, Bay HS, Panama City, Fla. Committed June 22. Offers: 4 including South Florida, FIU.

MarQuaVious McNeal — ATH, Jacksonville HS, Ala. Committed June 25.

Craig Connor III — SAF, John Curtis HS, La. Committed June 25.

The visits

South Alabama's June official visit weekends produced a wave of commitments. The June 12-15 window alone added seven commits. Visit schedules for remaining targets have not been publicly tracked through 247Sports.

Charles Grubbs committed June 22 following his official visit (see commits above).

The targets

The Jaguars have offers out across four classes:

2027: Breylan Broom (OL, 6-2, 280, Williamson HS), Ty Mabrey (WR/TE, 6-6, 208, UMS-Wright — also offered by Troy), Mark Shiloh (DL, 6-3, 250, Ed White HS, Fla.)

2028: Riddge Crawford (ATH, 6-0, 166, Abbeville Christian), Hayden Coleman (6-1, 200, Theodore HS, Theodore, Ala. — 3.8 GPA)

2029: Jordyn Fernandez (DT/N, 6-3, 310, Gulfport HS)

2030: Paul "Trey" Kyles (DE/OLB, 6-2, 223, Daphne HS)

JUCO: LaDarius Jemes (DL, 6-4, 250, Hutchinson CC — December 2026 grad), Jalyas "JDUB" Winters (DB, 6-1, 200, East Central CC, Miss. — also offered by Troy). Hutchinson CC is also being targeted by Troy for OL David Giwa.

The class has size across the offensive and defensive lines. The staff continues building its 2028-2030 pipeline through the Gulf Coast corridor.