Let me share a bit more about division 1 recruiting that some of you may not know. First and foremost, most division 1 schools try to complete their recruiting classes when kids are in their junior year and the trend now is to try to lock up the best players when they are sophomores. For example, in most sports, the "2019" recruiting classes are already fairly complete. That's not to say that division 1 schools don't make offers during kids' senior years--it happens all of the time. However, the goal is to try to firm up your recruiting class a year in advance and get verbal commits when kids are juniors or even sophomores. Then, during senior year, the division II, NAIA, JUCO and division III school coaches generally swoop in and get all of their players after the division 1 schools have already locked up the best kids during their sophomore and junior years.

Now, regarding your "pressure" comment. Let's say a kid who is a junior gets 3 division 1 football offers. I highly doubt any of the coaches from these three schools will put pressure on the kid to verbally commit immediately after the offer. However, after 2, 3, or 4 months of the offer being extended, the coaches from these schools will be in regular contact with the kid and be asking questions like, "Hey Billy, is there any additional information I can send you or get you to help you know more about our school and make a decision on our offer?" By this time, let's say that we are in the summer between junior and senior year. If a kid was given scholarship offers during junior year and it's been anywhere from 4 to 6 months since the offers and the kid's senior year is about to start, I guarantee you that the coaches will start asking when they can expect to receive an answer to their offer and they will talk about how they are trying to wrap up their recruiting class and want that kid to be a part of it. Indirect pressure will start mounting the longer the offer is out there. By this time, the kid is most likely 17, not 15. I don't think any division 1 schools would be putting pressure on sophomores or juniors to commit. However, after your junior year, if you have division 1 offers and you haven't committed, coaches will start putting pressure on you to make a decision.

I have direct knowledge of schools pulling scholarship offers from seniors who never acted on division 1 offers. Again, I stand by my comment that only the best players in the country are allowed to wait until signing day to make a decision on their offers.

I have no knowledge, and never claimed, that BYU coaches have ever put pressure on a 15 year old kid to decide on their offer. I'm sure BYU coaches in all sports have started to put indirect pressure on 17 year old kids in their senior year to make a decision on their offer. Almost all of the information in this post is based upon direct division 1 recruiting with one of my sons who is verbally committed to play division 1 sports and he is currently a junior in high school. He already knows the other juniors who are also committed to play with him.