Dylan Moses (Photo: Casey Brooke Lawson, IMG Academy)
Dylan Moses, the nation’s No. 1 outside linebacker, has signed his financial aid papers with Alabama and intends to report on Jan. 8, he announced on Twitter on Sunday.
While the financial aid papers do not bind Moses to Alabama — they only bind Alabama to him — he wrote that he was “happy to say that my recruiting process is officially over,” a process that began years ago as Moses has been on the national recruiting radar since the eighth grade.
Moses, who played his senior year at IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), was named the winner of the high school Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker last week and is a finalists for American Family Insurance ALL-USA Defensive Player of the Year.
His final high school game is the Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando on Jan. 1.
It's official now… I'm ready to work #RollTide
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— King Ⓜ️oses (@Dylan1Moses_) December 11, 2016
Moses is ranked as the No. 8 player overall in the Class of 2017 by the 247Sports Composite.
He decommitted from LSU — in his hometown of Baton Rouge — in August 2015 after having been committed to the school for two years. He then committed to Alabama on Oct. 2 after an official visit to campus, although he has been on the LSU campus several times since, including an official visit this weekend.
A longtime LSU fan, Moses seemed interested in giving new coach Ed Orgeron an opportunity to sway him. He received an in-home visit last week from Alabama coach Nick Saban and defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley.