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Clark Lea’s powerful 2025 season pushed Vanderbilt to lock him down for some more time. Now set with the Commodores for good, Lea might be on track to get one of the best 2026 players on his side: Jared Curtis. According to Rivals, the 2026 QB was expected to flip from Georgia for quite some time. But Vanderbilt was going to look good only if Lea continued on as HC. “Clark signs new deal, things will get interesting. If he goes somewhere else, not as interesting anymore,” a source close to Curtis told Rivals. Now that Clark Lea has signed a 6-year extension with Vanderbilt, things are at an important crossroads. Curtis will serve as a solid replacement for Diego Pavia, who will bow out of college football after this season. And with the former being the 2026 cycle’s No. 1 QB, Vanderbilt will have a solid weapon in its camp. This is a developing story. 

Clark Lea might be pulling off the biggest recruiting flip of the season, after signing a huge contract extension with Vanderbilt.

Afreen Kabir is a College Football Writer at EssentiallySports, contributing to the CFB Trends Desk. Selected for the College Football Pro Writer Program last year, she was trained by a panel led by a former Managing Editor of MSN Sport, now a mentor at EssentiallySports. Her previous experience covering the entertainment and lifestyle beats for major digital media outlets adds a unique lens—enabling her to craft compelling narratives at the intersection of sports and pop culture.

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