Quarterback Report 🏈 Iowa State wins Alex Manske battle

College Football QB News - February 2, 2024

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Welcome to the final weekend before a recruiting dead period with National Signing Day coming up on Wednesday. The 2024 QB prospects are mostly decided, but expect to see plenty of commitments from the 2025 class very soon including a big one that happened last night. Today’s edition highlights a ton of offers and visits for the next recruiting cycle and much more.

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MY TOP THREE

Iowa State received a commitment from 2025 3-star QB Alex Manske. The Cyclones have been considered the favorite for the in-state prospect ahead of Nebraska and Kansas State with Texas A&M entering the mix late. Manske will join a future quarterback room that just signed 3-star Connor Moberly (IA) and Major Cantrell (OK) to the 2024 class.

Georgia is considered the biggest threat to USC for its 2025 4-star QB commit Julian Lewis (GA), 247Sports’ Steve Wiltfong reported. He will be on campus on Saturday, followed by an Indiana visit on Sunday. The former 2026 quarterback committed to the Trojans in August.

2024 3-star QB Braden Graham (TN) will announce his commitment on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. One of the top uncommitted quarterbacks in the class received plenty of FBS and FCS interest during his recruitment, though it’s unclear who’s the favorite the day before announcement day.

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🏈 2025 QB NOTES

SMU 2025 4-star QB Keelon Russell (TX) has been communicating with Florida a lot, On3’s Sam Spiegelman reported. With a few more offers trickling in, the Mustangs have nearly a year to hold on to Russell, who has been committed to SMU since September.