Patrick Surtain Jr. picks Alabama on national signing day

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Patrick Surtain Jr. and Tyson Campbell, the top two defensive backs in the ESPN 300, have been shutting down opposing receivers as high school teammates. They'll now be rivals in the SEC.

Surtain Jr., the No. 5 overall recruit and top available player left on national signing day, surprised many Wednesday by committing to the Alabama Crimson Tide over LSU. Campbell, the No. 9 overall recruit in the ESPN 300, chose the Georgia Bulldogs.

Both players were five-star prospects at American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida.

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  The Bulldogs owned the early signing period, vaulting to No. 1. Now they'll have to hold off Ohio State, Alabama and Texas on signing day.

Surtain Jr. was down to Alabama and LSU, but seemingly had the Tigers in the lead for quite some time. Alabama and Miami came on late in his recruitment, and he visited both schools in January.

The Crimson Tide are losing all five starters in the secondary and have been in search of replacements within the 2018 class. Surtain Jr. is the third ESPN 300 defensive back commit for Alabama in this 2018 class along with junior college top 50 prospect Saivion Smith.

The commitment gives Alabama two five-star commitments with Surtain Jr. joining defensive end Eyabi Anoma. Both prospects are also ranked within the top-five of the class rankings and could help boost Alabama's class into the top three of the class rankings.

Georgia added to its already loaded class with Campbell, who chose the Bulldogs over Alabama and Miami.

The 6-foot-3, 181-pound cornerback gives Georgia three five-star commitments -- joining No. 1 overall recruit Justin Fields and defensive end Brenton Cox (No. 11).

Campbell is the No. 2 ranked corner in this class, behind Surtain Jr., and is the 12th commitment for Georgia ranked in the top five at his position.

The Bulldogs now have landed four ESPN 300 prospects from the state of Florida.

The Ohio State Buckeyes made a splash by landing Nicholas Petit-Frere, the No. 13 recruit who is the top offensive tackle in the Class of 2018.

Petit-Frere, whose recruitment of was a complete mystery up until a few days before signing day, had been considering Florida, Alabama, Notre Dame and Michigan. He left everyone in the dark about where he was leaning until he notified coaches of his decision Tuesday.

The Buckeyes had been looking for an offensive tackle in the class after missing on in-state prospect Jackson Carman, who committed to Clemson. The staff was in on ESPN 300 offensive lineman Rasheed Walker as well, but ultimately Petit-Frere decided to join the class.

The prospect from Tampa, Florida will join Taron Vincent, who is the No. 1 ranked defensive tackle, as well as the No. 1 ranked tight end in Jeremy Ruckert and the No. 1 ranked offensive center in Matthew Jones.

The Buckeyes came into the day ranked No. 2 overall with the second most ESPN 300 commitments, only to Texas. With the prospects on board, Ohio State will now finish with Urban Meyer's 12th top-10 recruiting class since 2006, which would be the most among FBS coaches.

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