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Rivals Rankings Week: Updated 2021 wide receiver/tight end rankings

Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka (Nick Lucero/Rivals.com)

Rivals continues to roll out its updated rankings for the Class of 2021. Our focus today is on the wide receivers and the tight ends. The lone five-star of the group is Emeka Egbuka, who's still uncommitted, which is a theme at this point in the cycle. In fact, Egbuka and the other top nine receivers are all uncommitted as we inch closer to 2020. The same goes for the nation's top seven tight ends.

Below is a brief overview of the biggest storylines coming out of the updated rankings.

2021 WR POSITION RANKING: Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RIVALS RANKINGS WEEK CLASS OF 2021:

Monday: Top 10 revealed

Tuesday: Rivals100 revealed | Mind of Mike on updated ranking

Wednesday: Rivals250 revealed

Thursday: Position rankings revealed

CLASS OF 2020 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Position | Team | State

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PROGRAM WITH THE TOP COMMITS: Notre Dame

The Irish will take home the headline here with relative ease largely because, at this point in the 2021 cycle, the top-ranked wide receivers and tight ends are still undecided. Lorenzo Styles, the nation's No. 5-ranked receiver, is the big exception as he committed to Notre Dame mid-way through his junior season. The Irish also hold a commitment from Cane Berrong, the No. 8-ranked tight end.

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PROGRAMS TO WATCH: LSU, Alabama, Clemson

LSU's record-setting offense has drawn the eyes of some of the nation's top receivers in 2021. The lone five-star in that category, Egbuka, has LSU in his lead group. As does Florida four-star Agiye Hall and in-state four-star Chris Hilton, and big riser Quaydarius Davis just visited for the Texas A&M game.

Egbuka and Hall are also both high on Alabama and Clemson. It's also worth pointing out that the Crimson Tide are trending with Hudson Wolfe, who has emerged as the top-ranked tight end in the class. Clemson is also a program gaining ground with Tennessee four-star Jake Briningstool and battling Ohio State for California's Beaux Collins.

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PROSPECT TO WATCH: Emeka Egbuka

Egbuka has already focused his recruitment down to 10 programs, and all of the nation's heavyweights are set to battle it out for the No. 1 receiver in the 2021 class. Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State and Alabama are usually the favorites when it comes to elite receivers. Washington is in the mix as well, so can new coach Jimmy Lake and the Huskies make a push? LSU is coming off a historic season on offense; can the Tigers' maintain momentum with a prospect like Egbuka? These are all questions that will be interesting to follow over the next year.

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