Alabama football flips 2027 tight end from ACC power, analysis

alabama-football-2026-qb-room-questions-austin-mack-keelon-russell/90312287007/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Alabama football has secured its first flip of the 2027 recruiting class.

Michael Nnabuife, a three-star tight end out of Baltimore, told Alabama’s name, image and likeness collective he would flip his commitment from Syracuse to the Crimson Tide. He had been committed to the Orange since May 20.

Nnabuife is Alabama‘s seventh commitment in the 2027 recruiting class, one that includes New York three-star Oakley Keegan.

Alabama has a a future wall of a tight end.

Standing at 6-foot-5, 242 pounds, Nnabuife is projected as a “true Y projection,” per 247Sports, one who could pair well with a player like Keegan or four-star Mack Sutter in the 2026 class.

Nnabuife is ranked as the No. 1,028 player and the No. 53 tight end in the 2027 class, per 247Sports’ composite rankings.

Elijah Haven: Quarterback, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Oakley Keegan: Tight end, Liverpool, New York

Colt Lumpris: Tight end, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Nigel Newkirk: Running back, Gainesville, Georgia

Michael Nnabuife: Tight end, Baltimore

Avrian Pauley: Defensive line, Mobile, Alabama

Trent Seaborn: Quarterback, Alabaster, Alabama

Stevan Thornton III: Edge, Cairo, Georgia

Kenneth Simon II: Linebacker, Brentwood, Tennessee

Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter or Instagram @colingaytnews.