THE FIVE BIGGEST PROSPEX RECRUITING STORYLINES

Recruiting can change especially when you’re looking at 2029 and 2030 recruits. We are looking through the lens in real time as of September 2026. These are our Top 5 ProspeX recruiting storylines.

1. SJ Thomas — The Alabama Recruiting Top Prospect

2029 | Mountain Brook | Uncommitted

This is the player college coaches should circle immediately and I am sure most have. His combination of age, national ranking, AJGA win, Western Junior performance and Alabama amateur success makes him an extremely unusual 2029 prospect.

2. Courtney Grace — Alabama’s Female Top Prospect

2030 | Birmingham | Uncommitted

AJGA national-level results + Alabama No. 1 + Rolex Girls top 10 + major junior victories.

She's not simply "a good Alabama junior." She's already a national recruiting prospect.

3. The Sutter Family Continues

Rawlin 2027 / Brooklyn 2029

Rawlin is headed to Alabama. Brooklyn is still uncommitted and has already demonstrated national-level potential. Their combined 2026 résumé is remarkable.

4. Merritt Daniel Could Be the Biggest 2029 Sleeper

She won the Alabama Girls State Junior and the Alabama-NW Florida Junior PGA Championship and had four AJGA top-16 finishes. That's a recruiting résumé that deserves much more national attention.

5. Alabama's 2026 Class Is Already Producing

Watts → Tennessee

Sutter → Alabama

Browne → NC State

Yang → Samford

Regan → North Alabama

Waldo → Jacksonville State

Gilbert → South Alabama

Heaton/Fleming → South Alabama

Groat/Rockett → West Georgia

Couey → Calhoun