With the 2025 class rankings updated last week, now it’s time to turn our attention to the rising juniors. We kick off the Rivals Rankings Week for the 2026 class today with the Five-Star Countdown. We will count down our eight 2026 five-stars throughout the morning today, with recruiting director Adam Gorney offering his thoughts on each.
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RIVALS RANKINGS WEEK
Sunday: Who should be No. 1?
Monday: Five-Star Countdown | Meet the new five-star
Tuesday: New Rivals250 unveiled | Gorney goes position-by-position | Biggest risers
Wednesday: New offensive position rankings | QB rankings breakdown | RB rankings breakdown | WR/TE rankings breakdown | OL rankings breakdown
Thursday: New defensive position rankings | DL rankings breakdown | LB rankings breakdown | DB rankings breakdown | ATH rankings breakdown
Friday: New state rankings | Who is No. 1 in each state
Saturday: Rivals Rankings Roundtable
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Gorney’s Take: Immanuel Iheanacho made a monumental jump from being a top three-star prospect to a five-star after performing at some regional events this offseason and simply dominating. The North Bethesda (Md.) Georgetown Prep offensive tackle is massive at 6-foot-7 and 340 pounds and moves surprisingly well for his size. He does a great job not lunging or guessing on what defensive ends are going to do.
Iheanacho is so big that he can swallow up any defensive lineman that comes right at him, powerful enough to dominate on inside moves and then shockingly quick enough to deal with edge rushers trying to get around his outside.
Georgia, Penn State, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and others are involved in the early stages.
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