Friday Night Notes: The impact of Eli Holstein’s commitment to Alabama

The latest edition of USA TODAY High School Sports’ Friday Night Notes discusses the latest in recruiting news from across the nation.

USA TODAY High School Sports‘ Friday Night Notes is a weekly high school football recruiting recap that looks at the latest news from around the country—from the Class of 2022 to ’23 and beyond.

One of the top quarterbacks in the class of 2023 went off the board earlier this week, as former four-star Texas A&M commit Eli Holstein committed to play for Nick Saban at Alabama.

Holstein’s commitment is intriguing beyond the fact that Saban landed a former Jimbo Fisher recruit just a couple of weeks after their verbal spat over NIL. Holstein pledging to the Crimson Tide impacts the rest of the 2023 quarterback class — including Arch Manning.

Let’s dive a bit deeper into that in the latest edition of Friday Night Notes.