Commitment predictions: Krempin, Tucker, McCoy

07-06-2025

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Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman makes commitment predictions that should please a trio of SEC schools.
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1. Zaden Krempin to LSU
The Tigers made a splash with four-star OT Zaden Krempin during the first official visit weekend of the summer and closed the gap significantly with the Longhorns at the top of this recruitment.
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I've moved my FutureCast over to LSU for the Rivals250 OL from Prosper (Texas) after the Tigers' surge with Krempin over the weekend.
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2. Emanuel Tucker to Ole Miss
Hours after officially visiting Ole Miss, four-star in-state OT Emanuel Tucker reopened his recruitment. Tucker heads to LSU this weekend and is still in line to see Mississippi State on June 20, but this will boil down to the Rebels and Tigers for the Rivals250 OL.
My prediction is sitting on Ole Miss, which moved the needle in a big way with the touted OL and his family in Oxford last weekend.
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3. JaReylan McCoy to Florida
It's a two-team race at the top for Rivals250 DE JaReylan McCoy, who returned to the Swamp for an official visit last weekend and told Rivals he wished it could have lasted even longer.
Florida is battling Texas head to head in this one, and we logged a prediction for Billy Napier and the Gators with the touted DL target.
McCoy will reveal his decision on July 1.
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