Class of 2026 three-star linebacker Brayden Reilly from St. Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, had been committed to Northwestern since May. However, Reilly’s recruitment has heated up recently as he has garnered a few more offers over the past several days, including from Michigan on Tuesday night.
Therefore, Reilly announced his decommitment from the Wildcats on Wednesday night to reconsider his options and open up his recruitment.
“I’ve had new opportunities come up in the last couple of weeks,” Reilly wrote in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account. “These are schools I hoped for at the beginning of my recruitment. I want to thanks Northwestern for everything they have done for me. Coach Braun and Coach McGarigle, and all others, who treated me as good as you can. The Northwestern football program is a great program.”…