4-star OT Hayden Ainsworth reclassifying into 2026 class

4-star offensive deal with Hayden Ainsworth is making a giant leap — into the 2026 class.

Ainsworth, a Rivals250 OT within the 2027 class — is ready to reclassify into the 2026 cycle, Rivals has discovered.

One of many nation’s high recruits at a premium place is now set for an expedited timeline for his faculty choice — together with his senior season now on deck at Bixoli (Miss.) Excessive College in Mississippi.

The four-star OT from Mississippi was in Oxford final month for the Rebels’ junior day — and raved about his time round OL coach John Garrison and the Ole Miss employees.

“Each time I’ve been there, he treats me as a participant they need and never only a pushover or a man they only invited as a result of they wished to,” Ainsworth informed Rivals. “His philosophy about OL and the way they run some schemes align nearly identically to what I’ve run and the tempo he confirmed is one thing I like.”

Alabama, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Georgia Tech, and Nebraska are all battling Ole Miss for the four-star deal with — within the 2026 class.

Ainsworth is scheduled to go to NC State (March 4), Duke (March 5), and Georgia Tech (March 6) subsequent month. He’s eyeing between three and 5 official visits this summer time forward of his faculty dedication.