Top 10 recruits, 10 different schools: NIL has helped spread the wealth … of talent

Everything is fluid in football recruiting, but as of Tuesday, less than 24 hours before recruits begin signing binding letters of intent with their chosen programs, the Rivals.com rankings were somewhat historic.

The top 10 recruits in the country were committed to 10 different schools.

That has never happened before, at least not since Rivals began ranking recruits back in 2006.

Obviously, there are no guarantees that these pledges will hold through signing day. The 10-to-10 phenomenon came into place only because Dylan Raiola, the nation’s top-ranked quarterback and second overall recruit, flipped from Georgia to Nebraska on Monday.