WR Ethan ‘Boobie’ Feaster, top-25 recruit in ’26, commits to USC

4-star vast receiver Ethan “Boobie” Feaster has dedicated to USC over Alabama, LSU and Texas A&M, he tells ESPN, touchdown because the monetization blue-chip prospect within the Trojans’ No. 1-ranked 2026 recruiting class.

Feaster, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound go catcher from DeSoto, Texas, is ESPN’s No. 25 overall prospect and third-ranked vast receiver within the 2026 cycle.

Initially a part of the category of 2027, Feaster instantly emerged among the many 2026 cycle’s high talent place abilities following his choice to reclassify in February. He introduced his dedication to USC in a ceremony Friday afternoon and joins because the third-ranked prospect in Trojans coach Lincoln Riley’s incoming class following visits with all 4 of his finalists this spring.

“They’ll put me in the most effective place to go within the first spherical,” Feaster advised ESPN. “I do know Coach Riley, it doesn’t matter what, he’ll throw the ball and get it to his finest participant, they usually’re all the time 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 whole commits in 2026. That group consists of extra ESPN 300 pledges — 18 — than every 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 now leads a talent-rich talent place class forming round Trojans quarterback pledge Jonas Williams (No. 159) that options ESPN 300 pledges in tight finish Mark Bowman (No. 26), operating backs Shahn Alston II (No. 97) and Deshonne Redeaux (No. 119), and vast receiver Trent Mosley (No. 189), amongst others.

USC’s monetization class is No. 1 in ESPN’s monetization class rankings for the 2026 cycle, in place to complete as this system’s first top-ranked class for the reason that 2007 recruiting cycle.

ESPN’s high uncommitted vast 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 advised ESPN that his relationship with USC vast receivers coach Dennis Simmons, who started recruiting him in center faculty as a member of Riley’s workers at Oklahoma, performed a major 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 essentially the most profitable monetary bundle among the many runners-up in Feaster’s recruitment. The Aggies attain early July with the nation’s No. 3 general recruiting class and are thought-about among the many front-runners to flip five-star LSU vast receiver pledge Tristen Keys, ESPN’s No. 10 general prospect.