Five-star QB Jared Curtis flips from Georgia to Vanderbilt - ESPN

Five-star quarterback Jared Curtis, ESPN's No. 1 pocket passer prospect, has flipped his commitment from Georgia to Vanderbilt, he announced Tuesday night, sealing a seismic move atop the 2026 class less than 24 hours before the start of the early signing period.

Curtis, a senior at Nashville (Tennessee) Christian School, is the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2026 ESPN 300. Multiple sources told ESPN earlier on Tuesday that Curtis' intention was to commit to the hometown Commodores during this week's early signing period before closing his high school career at the Division II-A state championship Thursday night.

Curtis initially shot down reports that he'd made a final decision Tuesday afternoon. According to sources close to his recruitment, he finalized the move Tuesday night and announced his pledge to Vanderbilt following phone calls with each coaching staff. He'll sign with the Commodores on Wednesday morning as the highest-ranked signee in program history.

«Being here in Nashville and seeing what Vandy has been doing this season has been amazing and over the past few weeks, I felt more and more that I wanna be a part of that, to be close to home, to play in front of family and friends and to be what I love to be, an underdog,» Curtis wrote in a statement posted to social media. «I am excited to be a [Commodore] and excited to be part of building something here at home with Coach [Clark] Lea.»

Committed to Georgia first in March 2024, then again on May 5 earlier this year, Curtis' flip ends a winding recruitment for ESPN's No. 2 overall quarterback and a major late-cycle shakeup in the 2026 class. Per ESPN sources, Vanderbilt escalated its pursuit of Curtis in October, selling the 6-foot-4, 225-pound quarterback on