10 biggest recruiting flips in college football over the last decade

With a 2025 recruiting class that ranked in the mid-50s (according to 247Sports Composite rankings) heading into this summer, first-year Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore needed a big boost to his class to help push it in the right direction.

Mission accomplished.

Moore and the Wolverines have landed 10 verbal pledges in the 2025 class over the past month, which included a massive victory earlier this week after flipping four-star defensive back Ivan Taylor from Notre Dame.

Taylor, who is the No. 54-ranked prospect in the nation and the sixth-ranked safety in the 2025 class, had been committed to the Fighting Irish since December 2023, and was viewed as the crown jewel of Marcus Freeman's 2025 class.

While the news of Taylor's commitment to the Wolverines made headlines across the college football news cycle on Monday, the idea of a recruit flipping his verbal commitment from one school to another is nothing new. In fact, there have been plenty of highly-touted prospects who had originally committed to one school and then made the decision to switch to another.

Here is a look at 10 notable players over the past decade who have flipped their commitment from one school to another:

Dalvin Cook: Clemson to Florida to Florida State (Class of 2014)

One of the most accomplished running backs in recent memory, Cook enjoyed a standout three-year career at Florida State, but the Seminoles were not always his top pick. Early on in his recruitment, Cook made a verbal pledge to Clemson, where he was set to join Deshaun Watson as a member of the Tigers' 2014 recruiting class. However, the former five-star running back prospect decided to head to Gainesville and visit the University of Florida for the Gators' annual spring