4-star extensive receiver Ethan “Boobie” Feaster has dedicated to USC over Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M, he tells ESPN, touchdown as the newest blue-chip prospect within the Trojans’ No. 1-ranked 2026 recruiting class.
Feaster, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound move catcher from DeSoto, Texas, is ESPN’s No. 25 general prospect and third-ranked extensive receiver within the 2026 cycle.
Initially a part of the Class of 2027, Feaster instantly emerged among the many 2026 cycle’s high ability place skills following his choice to reclassify in February. He introduced his dedication to USC in a ceremony Friday afternoon and joins because the the third-ranked prospect in Trojans coach Lincoln Riley’s incoming class following visits with all 4 of his finalists this spring.
“They will put me in one of the best place to go within the first spherical,” Feaster instructed ESPN. “I do know coach Riley, it doesn’t matter what he’ll throw the ball and get it to his greatest participant, they usually’re at all times going to have a quarterback.”
Feaster’s pledge continues a powerful recruiting cycle for Riley and first-year normal supervisor Chad Bowden, who will shut the primary week of July with 31 complete commits in 2026. That group consists of extra ESPN 300 pledges — 18– than some other program within the nation.
Feaster follows the likes of five-star pledges Elbert Hill (No. 16 general) and Keenyi Pepe (No. 18) as USC’s seventh ESPN 300 pledge since Could 1. He additionally now leads a talent-rich ability place class forming round Trojans quarterback pledge Jonas Williams (No. 159), which includes a ESPN 300 pledges in tight finish Mark Bowman (No. 26), working backs Shahn Alston II (No. 97) and Deshonne Redeaux (No. 119) and extensive receiver Trent Mosley (No. 189), amongst others.
USC’s newest class entered ranked No. 1 in ESPN’s newest class rankings for the 2026 cycle, in place to complete as this system’s first top-ranked class because the 2007 recruiting cycle.
ESPN’s high uncommitted extensive receiver earlier than Friday, Feaster has accounted for 87 receptions, 1,489 yards and 23 touchdowns over his first two varsity seasons with Texas powerhouse DeSoto Excessive College, the place he claimed a 6A D-II State title as a freshman in 2023. Feaster instructed ESPN that his relationship with USC extensive receivers coach Dennis Simmons, who started recruiting him in center college as a member of Riley’s employees at Oklahoma, performed a big function in his choice.
“I belief coach Simmons,” Feaster mentioned. “He is coached guys like CeeDee Lamb, Michael Crabtree and Jordan Addison. I be ok with what I can do with him.”
Per ESPN sources, Texas A&M rivaled USC with probably the most profitable monetary package deal among the many runner-ups in Feaster’s recruitment. The Aggies attain early July with the nation’s No. 3 general recruiting class and are thought of among the many front-runners to flip five-star LSU extensive receiver pledge Tristen Keys, ESPN’s No. 10 general prospect.