West Orange football's Ivan Taylor flips college commitment to Alabama

The Warriors four-star defensive back has traded in his college football commitment from Michigan to Alabama.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 6:00 a.m. November 22, 2024

Warriors defensive back Ivan Taylor (No. 0) back pedaled in the defensive backfield.

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West Orange High star defensive back Ivan Taylor, a four-star prospect and one of the top-ranked recruits in Florida for the class of 2025, has flipped his college commitment from Michigan to Alabama, he announced on X.

“(I’m) happy to announce my commitment to the University of Alabama,” Taylor wrote in a post. “I'm blessed for the opportunity, and I look forward to playing for Coach (Kalen) DeBoer and his staff. Roll tide!”

Taylor, the son of two-time Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor, announced his original commitment to Notre Dame in December before flipping to the defending National Champions in the summer. Now, as the high school football season is close to coming to an end, he decided to stay a little closer to home and roll with the Crimson Tide.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.