How every 2027 five-star college football prospect will fit - ESPN

The 2027 five-star class is nearly settled. After wide receiver Monshun Sales' historic pledge to Indiana on July 17, only one of the 23 five-star prospects in the latest SC NEXT ESPN 300 rankings — No. 2 running back David Gabriel Georges — remains uncommitted this summer.

Defensive tackle Jalen Brewster, ESPN's No. 1 overall prospect, has been committed to Texas Tech since last November. Top-ranked quarterback Elijah Haven (No. 6 overall) gave his pledge to Alabama this spring. All three of ESPN's highest-ranked offensive tackles — Florida pledge Maxwell Hiller and Texas A&M commits Kennedy Brown and Mark Matthews — have been off the board since mid-May. Across the country, no program holds more five-star commitments than the Aggies, who reach later summer with six five-stars in the nation's No. 1 class.

For each commitment, ESPN college football and recruiting reporter Eli Lederman and scouts Craig Haubert and Tom Luginbill take a look at how the nation's top prospect landed on their college choice and what we can expect from them at the next level.

2027 SC Next ESPN 300 ranking: 1

Committed to: Texas Tech Red Raiders

Background: For the first time in the ESPN recruiting rankings era (dating to 2006), the nation's No. 1 overall prospect is bound for Lubbock, Texas.

Brewster became the cornerstone of Texas Tech's 2027 class when he committed to the Red Raiders last October over finalists Ohio State, Texas A&M, Oregon, Oklahoma and Indiana. The son of former All-MAC offensive lineman Robert Brewster — a third-round selection of the Dallas Cowboys in the 2009 NFL draft — the 6-foot-3, 310-pound Brewster has emerged as an explosive disrupter on the defensive line at Texas' Cedar Hill High School, where Texas Tech coach