RB Dear latest to pull commitment from Ole Omit

Four-big identify working relief Akylin Dear pulled his commitment from Ole Omit on Friday evening, changing into the fourth high-profile prospect from the Rebels’ 2025 class to wait on out so this week.

The 29th-ranked recruit within the ESPN 300 confirmed the news with a pair of emojis in a post on X.

Dear, the second-ranked working relief within the country out of Quitman, Mississippi, used to be the pause prospect excellent in Lane Kiffin’s 2025 class and had been dedicated to the Rebels since March 30. His exit comes four days after three utterly different Ole Omit commits, headlined by four-big identify huge receiver Jerome Myles, pulled their pledges from the program’s upcoming class.

Dear is the second-ranked prospect within the narrate of Mississippi within the 2025 class and picked Ole Omit over offers from the likes of Alabama, Georgia, Ohio Say, Texas and Mississippi Say earlier this year. As a junior excellent fall at Quitman High School, Dear totaled 2,016 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on the ground. The 6-foot, 205-pound rusher took visits to Alabama and Florida within the spring following his commitment to the Rebels.

His departure is the latest blow to Kiffin’s 2025 class. Myles, No. 26 within the ESPN 300 and the fifth-ranked huge receiver in his class, represented the ideal loss when three prospects decommitted from Ole Omit on Monday afternoon. His exit came quickly after open air linebacker Corey Amos (No. 38 OLB) and large receiver Dillon Alfred (No. 54 WR) pulled their pledges.

With Dear’s recruitment relief open, Ole Omit holds easiest a pair of ESPN 300 commitments in 2025 and questions swirl around Kiffin’s latest class. As of Friday evening, open air linebacker Jarcoby Hopson (No. 177 within the ESPN 300) and defensive kind out Andrew Maddox (No. 245) stood because the pause prospects unruffled headed to Oxford.