South Alabama has picked up a 2025 football verbal commitment from Mississippi high school tight end Maddox Lynch.

Lynch was previously committed to Central Arkansas, but announced on social media Monday he had flipped to the Jaguars. He will be eligible to sign with South Alabama in February.

The 6-foot-4, 230-pound Lynch was a first-team Class 6A all-state pick this season at Warren Central High School in Vicksburg. He caught 42 passes for 459 yards and three touchdowns while playing both tight end and wide receiver for the Vikings, who went 9-4 and lost to eventual state champion Grenada in the semifinal round this past season.

Lynch played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in Mobile this past Saturday. He caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Auburn quarterback commit Deuce Knight in the first quarter of Team Mississippi’s 35-29 loss at Hancock Whitney Stadium.

South Alabama added 12 players during the early signing period (Dec. 4-6), including junior college tight end Brec Long. Three of the Jaguars’ top five tight ends this season were seniors — starter DJ Thomas-Jones and backups Andrew Bench and Todd Justice.

The late signing period for the 2025 class begins on Feb. 5.

South Alabama football 2025 recruiting class

December signees (12)

Kearius Bivens, OL, 6-7, 305, Chatom, Ala./Washington County HS

Kohl Bradley, DB, 6-0, 170, Lucedale, Miss./George County HS

Julyon Jordan, RB, 5-11, 175, Guntersville, Ala./Guntersville HS

Brec Long, TE, 6-4, 230, Copan, Okla./Coffeyville (Kan.) CC

E’Mauri Smiley, DL, 6-3, 254, Opelika, Ala./Opelika HS

Lorenzo Smith, DB, 6-0, 190, Farmhaven, Miss./Jones College

Shermon Smith, LB, 6-1, 210, Sylvester, Ga./Worth County HS

Trae Stevenson, WR, 6-0, 170, Madison, Miss./Germantown HS

Jeremiah Thomas, DB, 5-10, 170, Havana, Fla./Gadsden County HS

Deuce Vance, DB, 5-11, 178, Hattiesburg, Miss./Hattiesburg HS

Devin White, OL, 6-4, 290, Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge HS

Dominic Wiseman, DL, 6-1, 300, Davenport, Iowa/Iowa Western CC

February commits (1)

Maddox Lynch, TE, 6-4, 230, Vicksburg, Miss./Warren Central HS