While Alabama is still likely to have a Top Five recruiting class this year, it will have a little less luster thanks to a somewhat surprising decision by its highest-rated recruit, the Mobile Press-Register is reporting.
Keenan Allen, the No. 5 player in the nation according to Rivals.com, will tell head coach Nick Saban Tuesday that Alabama is no longer under consideration.
Instead, the paper reports, Allen will now choose between Cal and -- this is somewhat of a shocker -- Penn State. It was thought that, if Allen did not sign with the Tide, he would opt for either Cal or Clemson, so the Nittany Lions’ sudden emergence was not on most people’s radar.
Allen was a virtual lock for the Tide until his half-brother, Zach Maynard, decided to transfer from Buffalo.
It was at that time the whispers began, that Allen wanted to attend school with Maynard and Alabama might lose the wide receiver/defensive back.