Elijah Haven, No. 1 overall 2027 QB, chooses Alabama
Alabama secured the No. 1 overall quarterback within the Class of 2027 Saturday with a dedication from five-star passer Elijah Haven.
The 6-foot-5, 220-pound prospect from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the No. 6 overall prospect within the SC Next Junior 300. He introduced his dedication to the Crimson Tide over Georgia whereas internet hosting a youth camp in Louisiana afternoon Saturday, following Trent Seaborn (No. 201 overall) because the second quarterback to hitch Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer’s newest recruiting class.
Haven’s pledge closes a prolonged recruiting course of with the Crimson Tide, who outlasted Auburn, Florida, Kentucky and the SEC-rival Bulldogs to the lone five-star quarterback within the 2027 SC Next 300. Alabama initially supplied the touted passer in June 2025, then hosted Haven on campus twice final fall and once more in January. Haven additionally returned for this system’s spring sport earlier this month, days after an unofficial go to to Georgia in early April.
Haven instructed ESPN that relationships with DeBoer, Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb and assistant Bryan Ellis, who changed first-year Michigan State offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan as Alabama’s quarterback coach in January, have been central to their determination.
“Ultimately, it came down to familiarity and the place I can set myself up for the future the best,” he stated. (*1*)
Haven lands because the highest-ranked of three SC Next 300 commits within the Crimson Tide’s 2027 class and continues this system’s funding in highschool quarterback expertise below DeBoer.
Former five-star quarterback Keelon RussellDeBoer’s first quarterback signee at Alabama, closed spring camp earlier this month locked right into a place with redshirt junior Austin Mack. The Crimson Tide signed a pair of quarterbacks within the 2026 cycle between No. 5 pocket passer Jett Thomalla and three-star recruit Tayden-Evan Kaawa, and this system is poised to do the identical once more within the 2027 cycle as Haven arrives in this system’s incoming class alongside Seaborn, a four-star in-state passer who has been dedicated to Alabama since final October.
Haven is a three-year starter at The Dunham School in Oak Hills Place, Louisiana. He was named the state’s Gatorade Football Player of the Year final fall after throwing for 3,931 yards on 72.3% passing as a junior final fall, when Haven set a state file with 62 passing touchdowns and led The Dunham School to its first state title since 2004. Haven, who holds a 35-5 file as a varsity starter, additionally totaled 793 dashing yards and 11 touchdowns in 2025.
Haven’s dedication marks the newest in a run of high-profile quarterback strikes within the 2027 cycle this spring.
Michigan flip Kamden Lopati and fellow high 300 passers Andre Adams (Colorado), Davin Davidson (Florida), Will Mencl (Oregon), Jake Nawrot (Kentucky) and Blake Roskopf (Washington) have all discovered their locations since April 1. Upon Haven’s pledge, four-star quarterbacks Colton Nussmeier (No. 112 overall), Peter Bourque (No. 126) and Wonder Monds IV (No. 208) stay as the one uncommitted quarterbacks within the SC Next 300.
