In recruiting season there’s always the chance for a surprise and usually those surprises make fans of one school happy and the other school very sad.

We call these surprises “recruiting flips” and here are 10 fondly/not-so-fondly-remembered flips that prove anything can happen on or around national signing day.

Reuben Foster, Class of 2013 (from Alabama to Auburn to Alabama)

The Iron Bowl flips always excite me because the losing fans basically declare war on the player who flips. Foster committed to Alabama, transferred to Auburn High School and eventually flipped to Auburn.

The nation’s top-rated linebacker felt so good about his choice he got a tattoo of the Auburn logo.

Then he flipped to Alabama a day before signing day. Reasons for the flip seemed to surround the dismissal of top Auburn assistant Trooper Taylor. Foster couldn’t just sign with ‘Bama, however. He had to rub salt in the wounds with his wardrobe.

Dante Fowler, Class of 2012 (from FSU to Florida)

Fowler was committed to Florida State for what seemed like a year or two. But despite his “solid” commitment to FSU he was always on the Internet talking about the Gators or wearing Gators gear.

Eventually the signing day “secret” wasn’t a secret at all.

FSU continued to try to keep him committed and felt like they had Fowler in the class, but everyone involved with recruiting knew he was going to flip. When he announced it, it was only a shock to the people at FSU. The Seminoles coaching staff made a quick push to try to get Leonard Williams in the class after Williams practically handed himself to the staff a month earlier but on signing day Williams chose USC. The Seminoles were left empty handed — and both players were drafted in the top 10 of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Jalen Tabor, Class of 2014 (from Arizona to Florida)

Tabor, a top-five ranked cornerback from Washington D.C., chose Arizona over Alabama on national television at the Under Armour All-America Game. That was a surprise in itself and a week later he flipped to Florida, a school he had eliminated the week before.

Tabor didn’t explain his reasons at first, instead he just enrolled at Florida four days later and let his play speak for itself.

Matt Elam, Class of 2010 (from Florida to FSU to Florida): Matt Elam committed to Florida as a junior and it was of little shock as Elam had generally considered Florida a big favorite and had known Urban Meyer since he was a kid (Meyer recruited Elam’s older brother, Abram Elam, to play at Notre Dame).

However when Meyer announced his resignation a day after Christmas in 2009, Elam quickly made a flip to Florida State and even took a photo shoot of him in FSU gear for the Palm Beach Post.

Meyer decided to re-think resigning and had a few heart-to-heart conversations with Elam to get him back on board. Meyer left a year later.

Cyrus Kouandjio, Class of 2011 (from Auburn to Alabama): I was on the set at ESPN when Kouandijo made his nationally-televised announcement for Auburn. He didn’t look comfortable or excited and never bothered to send in his letter of intent. His coach at DeMatha Catholic would eventually announce that Kouandjio wasn’t ready to decide at that time.

Three days later Kouandjio’s older brother Arie made the announcement on Twitter that Cyrus was going to join him at Alabama – marking one of the first times Twitter was used to make a college announcement.

Bryce Brown, Class of 2009 (from Miami to Tennessee): Brown, from Wichita, Kansas, was considered the nation’s top prospect was committed to Miami but didn’t sign on signing day. Actually he waited … and … waited … and waited and eventually the offer to attend expired. Luckily Tennessee and first-year coach Lane Kiffin were waiting in the wings. Neither the Bryce Brown nor Lane Kiffin era lasted long at Rocky Top. And don’t even ask me about the Nu’Keese Richardson saga.

Floyd Raven, Class of 2011 (from Ole Miss to Texas A&M): This is a good one. Ole Miss coaches were excited when Raven, a four-star athlete, faxed his letter of intent to their offices. Or so they thought. It was actually Raven’s mom, who wanted him to go to Ole Miss.

Raven sent his LOI to Texas A&M. Eventually Ole Miss wanted signature authentication or something and it was proven that Raven’s mom acted without his knowledge.

Keenan Allen, Class of 2010 (from Alabama to California): The Tide doesn’t always end up on the winning side of flips. Allen was expected to be the next great Alabama receiver after Julio Jones but decided to back out of his commitment and join his brother Zach Maynard at Cal.

Saban wasn’t happy and was quoted as saying, “I guess I’m old fashioned, but I think a commitment is a commitment.”

Auburn fans are just rolling their eyes right now.

Jermaine Whitehead, Class of 2011 (from Mississippi State to Ole Miss to Auburn): The 2011 national signing day wasn’t a good one for Houston Nutt. The former Ole Miss coach had just gotten the okie doke from Floyd Raven’s mom and then had to watch Whitehead, a guy he flipped from Mississippi State a month earlier, flip on him and choose Auburn.

C.J. Johnson, Class of 2011 (from Mississippi State to Ole Miss): Here’s a win for the old “Right Reverend.” Johnson, the top-rated prospect in Mississippi, was a solid commit to Mississippi State until then-defensive coordinator Manny Diaz left for Texas (Diaz has since returned). Johnson decided to reconsider his choice and would eventually choose Ole Miss and then put Mississippi State fans on blast with a scathing Facebook post.

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