Despite the group of top coaches and recruiters on the beach in late July for final vacations ahead of the 2022 season, verbal commitments continued to come down in the class of 2023.
Dozens of programs continue to capitalize on summer momentum, especially after a busy month of June while hosting recruits, and plenty of decisions are pouring in. Of the latest batch of Power Five prospects to shut down the recruiting process, a handful stood out above the rest from a notoriety standpoint.
Let's look back (in chronological order) at the ones that stuck most.
RB Justice Haynes - Alabama - July 17
From an optical perspective, this could stand as one of the biggest recruiting wins of the entire 2023 cycle.