QB Julian Sayin, No. 34 in 2024 ESPN 300, commits to Alabama

Quarterback Julian Sayin dedicated to Alabama on Wednesday.

Sayin, No. 34 total within the 2024 ESPN 300 and the second-best dual-threat quarterback within the junior class, attends Carlsbad (California) Excessive College.

“Alabama’s the usual for faculty soccer,” Sayin instructed ESPN. “They are going to coach you onerous. You are going to be disciplined there. And that is one thing I am in search of. And I wish to be in a system the place it’ll translate to the NFL. I am getting coached onerous and I need the most effective half out of me.

“It is loads like what Bryce [Young] is doing. It is an NFL offense and they will make quite a lot of projection adjustments. You are going to be in management and that is one thing that I believe I thrive in. I wish to be part of that.”

He selected the Crimson Tide over Georgia and LSU.

Sayin turns into the fourth member of Alabama’s 2024 class, the second-highest member of the category (cornerback Jaylen Mbakwe, No. 4 total) and the primary quarterback of the category.

For 2023, Nick Saban has commitments from a pair of ESPN 300 quarterbacks, Eli Holstein (No. 22) and Dylan Lonergan (No. 26), in a single class for the primary time since 2019.

Sayin took an unofficial go to to Tuscaloosa on Oct. 22 for Alabama’s 30-6 victory over Mississippi State.

“I talked loads with Coach [Bill] O’Brien, Coach Saban there,” he mentioned. “It gave me an ideal feeling, simply type of what they have been saying about how that is the place to come back play quarterback.”

In 10 video games for Carlsbad Excessive College, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Sayin has accomplished 69% p.c of his passes, collected 2,436 complete yards with 25 complete touchdowns.

He has thrown for two,302 yards with 23 touchdowns and has been intercepted solely thrice.

“I’d say I am a extremely correct quarterback,” he mentioned. “I’ve quite a lot of expertise with soccer. My brother [Aidan], he is the starter at Penn and I am simply studying loads from him. I began as a sophomore. Soccer IQ is fairly excessive and really correct. I could make performs on the run, too.”