Nashville Christian School quarterback Jared Curtis is one of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class, holding scholarship offers from dozens of programs and on the verge of becoming the latest prized recruit to land a huge NIL deal. Months out of his final year of high school, Curtis has narrowed down his choices of college football programs to two schools.
Curtis is coming off a breakout season which sent him skyrocketing up college football recruiting rankings. In 2025, he won Tennessee’s Gatorade Player of the Year and earned the state’s Mr. Football honors. He then capped off his junior campaign with a state championship.
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With the Tennessee Volunteers already boasting a commitment from quarterback Faizon Brandon, the No. 1 overall player in the 247 recruiting rankings for 2026, Curtis will likely not be playing college ball in his home state. However, he is choosing between two perennial national championship contenders.
- Jared Curtis 247: 7th overall player, 3rd QB in 2026 recruiting class
According to Hayes Fawcett of On3.com, the Oregon Ducks and Georgia Bulldogs are the two finalists to land Curtis as part of the 2026 recruiting class. This comes in the wake of the quarterback canceling planned visits with the University of South Carolina and Auburn University.
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- Jared Curtis stats (MaxPreps): 2,830 passing yards, 70.2% completion rate, 40-3 TD-INT ratio, 15.8 yards per completion, 141.5 QB rating, 637 rushing yards
Curtis, 6-foot-4, originally committed to the University of Georgia in March 2024. However, he recommitted in March with Oregon, Auburn, Alabama and South Carolina entering the mix. As he prepares for his final season at the high school level, Curtis is on pace to surpass 100 career passing touchdowns at the varsity level.
In three seasons as a starter, beginning with his freshman year in 2022, Curtis boasts a 92-19 TD-INT ratio with over 7,600 passing yards. After completing under 58 percent of his passes as an underclassman, he raised his completion rate to 70.2 percent this past year.
