Nigel Newkirk
Nigel Newkirk of Gainesville is a 4-star running back, 5-11, 200 pounds, committed to Alabama and still on Ohio State's 2027 board.
What a flip would change
- NoneRunning back commits in the class so far
- Lastthe last running back left on Ohio State's board
- No. 20where a flip would land him in a class of 19
Counted from the verified 2027 board, where he is committed to Alabama today. See the full position-by-position needs.
- Position
- RB Running back
- Rating
- ★★★★☆
- Composite rank
- NO. 226 NATL RATINGS VERIFIED
- Height / Weight
- 5-11, 200 pounds SIZE VERIFIED
- High school
- Gainesville
- Status
- Committed to Alabama
Committed to Alabama on June 1 and shut down his recruitment, the seventh pledge in the Tide's 2027 class. Ohio State hosted him for the spring game in April and had a June 12 official visit on the calendar that he committed before taking. Named entering August as one of Ohio State's two likeliest running back flip targets. Rivals ranked him the No. 6 running back nationally on June 1, 2026 (SI / CFB HQ); the board's rank column stores the 247Sports Composite, which files him No. 226 nationally and No. 16 among running backs, read August 15, 2026. No hometown is stored because none of the reporting we read prints his town.
Reporting: Cleveland.com, Andrew Gillis, August 3, 2026 (flip target); Sports Illustrated / CFB HQ, James Parks, June 1, 2026 (commitment, ranking, school)
Rating: Eleven Warriors, Dan Hope, May 29, 2026, and the 247Sports Composite on his player page, read August 15, 2026.
Composite rank: the 247Sports composite, on each man's own 247Sports player page, as of August 16, 2026.
Height and weight: 247Sports' Alabama 2027 commits page, as of August 13, 2026.
High school: Sports Illustrated / CFB HQ, James Parks, June 1, 2026.
Ohio State's 2027 board is three men who already said yes to somebody else
Benny Easter Jr. has belonged to Texas Tech since November. Nigel Newkirk and Gabriel Osborne Jr. both pledged elsewhere at the turn of June, and Osborne's decision made Oklahoma the No. 1 class in the country that day. Read on their own 247Sports pages this weekend, the three of them are the No. 72, No. 226 and No. 36 players in the class.
Quick answers: Nigel Newkirk
Every answer below is read from the verified 2027 commit board, the same source the grid at the top of this page renders. Nothing here is estimated or projected.
- Is Nigel Newkirk committed to Ohio State?
- No. Nigel is committed to Alabama and is listed as an Ohio State flip target. He is on the 2027 watch list, and a target is not a commit.
- What position does Nigel Newkirk play?
- Running back (RB). Where that leaves the class is tracked on the 2027 needs page.
- How tall is Nigel Newkirk?
- Nigel is listed at 5-11, 200 pounds, from 247Sports' Alabama 2027 commits page, as verified on . Heights and weights here are never estimated.
- Where is Nigel Newkirk from?
- Nigel plays for Gainesville.
- What is Nigel Newkirk's recruiting ranking?
- Nigel is a 4-star prospect, No. 226 nationally, from the 247Sports composite, on each man's own 247Sports player page, as verified on . Ratings move through a cycle, so the outlet and the date beside a number matter as much as the number.
How we track Nigel: he is on the 2027 watch list because the reporting above says so, and this page carries nothing that reporting does not. A position or rating we have not verified is left off rather than guessed. We do not post measurables we have not read in print, film breakdowns or photos of high school recruits, and we do not publish predictions. A target is not a commit, and nothing here says otherwise until he signs.
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