Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White

Key notes from Recruiting Country

• It's a weird part of the year because we're in-between signing days, and there are still some targets out there. There aren't a whole lot of offers going out right now.
   
• I just put out an update on LJ Johnson Jr‍ and Tywone Malone‍. I think LJ is in no hurry, but he could decide before that February signing day. With Malone, I think he'll be a day0of decision. A&M has inched their way back into that one, and a big part of it has to do with the job the A&M baseball staff has done.
   
• Two announcements are coming up on game day and could be really busy with us. Elijah Jeudy‍ and Jardin Gilbert‍ are announcing on Saturday. It's A&M-LSU for Gilbert. It's A&M-Georgia for Jeudy. There's going to a program on Saturday in place of the All-American game where some kids will be making their decision. Jeudy and Gilbert are two of them, and they're big-time national guys. Jeudy is going to be an early enrollee as well.
   
• I talked to Shadrach Banks‍ last week, and he had a monster game vs. Katy Tompkins. The early enrollees are moving in and three weeks, but he'll move in a little later if North Shore is playing for a state championship. Some other early enrollees are still playing in the playoff, including Eli Stowers‍.
   
• Gilbert's senior tape is incredibly good. If they add him to Kendal Daniels‍, that will be an incredible safety haul. I think there are some real similarities between him and Justin Evans. I like the physicality and the way he runs. Daniels' tape is impressive. That's border-line five-star stuff.