Predicting where college football's top 10 uncommitted recruits will play

Plenty of five-star talent remains on the table, and it just so happens that most of it is on defense

National Signing Day is a way off, but recruiting classes are slowly -- or in Miami's case, not so slowly -- filling up. Plenty of highly-rated prospects are yet to commit, so with four, here are the top 10 uncommitted prospects in the country, per the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Rashan Gary, DT, Paramus (N.J.) Catholic

The first school the 6'4, 290-pounder (who can run a 4.74 40) mentioned when I interviewed him in 2014 was Alabama, and the Tide have been on this Garden State prospect for a long time. Other SEC schools like Georgia and Auburn, as well as ACC school Clemson are trying to get in the mix.

But my pick for the country's No. 1 overall recruit is Michigan. Gary's former coach Chris Partridge is the new director of recruiting operations, and two former teammates of Gary's, Jabrill Peppers and Juwann Bushell-Beatty, are also in Ann Arbor.

Greg Little, OT, Allen (Texas)

Little, who isn't so little at 6'6, 305, was committed to Texas A&M for more than a year, but re-opened his recruitment in July. The new favorite is Alabama, because Nick Saban's recruiting territory knows no bounds. If there's a true challenger to Alabama, it would be Ole Miss and Georgia.

Dexter Lawrence, DT, Wake Forest (N.C.)

No idea. The 6'4.5, 335-pounder is just beginning his recruitment and told me in early May that he was favoring 17 schools. He claims offers from Florida, Florida State, Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, and many others. As of now I'll be going with Alabama, since the Tide has secured multiple visits from Lawrence.

Shavar Manuel, DT, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy

At 6'5, 290 pounds, Manuel is now exclusively focusing on defensive tackle, having given up the dream of playing defensive end. Manuel's recruitment is all over the place, but LSU, Florida and Florida State seem to be the three with the most focus. I'll go with Florida since Manuel has visited multiple times of late.

Isaac Nauta, TE, Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy

The nation's top tight end is back on the market after decommitting from Florida State. Originally from Buford (Ga.) High School, I expect Nauta to stay home and pick Georgia over Michigan and TCU.

Derrick Brown, DT, Buford (Ga.) Lanier

The country's No. 4 overall prospect told SB Nation this spring that Georgia was his leader, and I am hard-pressed to even think of which team should be No. 2. Brown going anywhere other than UGA would be a huge shocker. Georgia seems on track to keep a large majority of the state's top prospects home.

Lyndell Wilson, OLB, Montgomery (Ala.) Carver

Alabama. The country's top linebacker spoke glowingly of Alabama when I interviewed him this spring. Auburn is in the mix, but the Tide have done a great job recruiting him. Like with Brown and Georgia, the state of Alabama's top player going anywhere but Bama would be a shock.

Wilson is an extremely athletic player at 6'2 and 220 pounds. He strikes down running backs and also shows some ability as a pass rusher and in coverage playing for powerhouse Carver.

Ben Davis, LB, Gordo (Ala.)

The No. 1 inside linebacker in the country is an Alabama legacy, the son of Wayne Davis, who was the leading tackler in Crimson Tide history. The pick is easy: Alabama.

Caleb Kelly, LB, Fresno (Calif.) Clovis West

Oklahoma. In the past 14 years, Oklahoma has signed 28 players from California, surprising success for a program 1,400 miles away from Los Angeles. And the Sooners have had recent success in the Fresno area.

Adding to that connection is defensive backs graduate assistant Courtney "Chip" Viney, who played his prep football in Fresno and his college ball at UCLA.

"I talk to coach Viney a lot, well of course, he is more of like a big brother he'll call me 'little bro' and stuff like that. He is more of a big brother kind of guy, he'll still do his little recruiting stuff - say certain stuff, it's more words of wisdom and good luck and stuff like that,"

he said to Rivals.com ($)

Brandon Jones, S, Nacogdoches (Texas)

Texas A&M has long been considered the front-runner for the electric Jones, who named a top-six of A&M, Alabama, Baylor, LSU, Oregon and Texas in late August.

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