Ah well. Despite a heavy push from Butch Jones and company, as was widely expected 5* DE LaBryan Ray has committed to Alabama, choosing the Tide over Tennessee and Florida. The 6’4” 260-pound defensive end of Madison, AL is ranked as the no. 27 player in the national 247 composite, and the nation’s top strongside defensive end prospect. In his senior season at James Clemens High School, Ray racked up a preposterous 124 tackles, 25 TFLs, 13 sacks and 16 quarterback hurries.
As a weird sidebar to Ray’s decision: in case you were trying to forget the morally-ambiguous teenage-meat-market aspect of National Signing Day, 247’s no.