Remaining BYU Targets - 1 Week to Signing Day

Dec 14, 2022
11:15:49am

krindorr Intervention Needed

I'm tentatively planning to put in another update a few days before signing day and maybe the morning of

Very long, but a fair amount of change.

Recruits of most interest are #2 (RB LJ Martin 89.00), #6 (WR Malachi Riley 88.19), #10 (TE Walker Lyons 94.76), #11 (OT Taliafa Taala 88.52), #12 (OT Isaiah Jatta 87.11 JUCO), #15 (IOL Isaiah Kema 87.31), #17 (EDGE Tausili Akana 95.15), #19 (CB Rodrick Pleasant 95.84), #20 (JUCO CB Channing Canada 89.00) and #23 (ATH/RB Mateaki Helu 86.47)

Major Updates since 28 November are in italics and also summarized below

Completely removed various recruits who have signed elsewhere
- RB Kendrick Raphael (NC State commit)
- WR Jeremiah McClure (UCLA commit)
- WR Daidren Zipperer (Utah commit)
- WR Keynan Higgins (San Jose St commit)
- OT Spencer Fano (Utah commit)
- OT Caleb Lomu (Utah commit)
- OT Eliesa Pole JUCO (Washington St commit)
- DT Talitui Pututau (BYU commit!)
- EDGE Hunter Clegg (Utah commit)
- EDGE David Tangilanu (BYU commit!)
- LB Leonard Ah You (Oregon St commit)
- CB Cormani McClain (Miami commit)
- CB Smith Snowden (Utah commit)
- ATH Ty Benefield (Boise St commit)
Renumbered by position
#5, WR Taeshaun Lyons, received a surge of Crystal Balls all to Washington and updated On3 predictions
#6, WR Malachi Riley, took an official visit to BYU
#7, WR Tre Spivey, received a surge of Crystall Balls to Kansas State and updated On3 predictions
#11, OT Taliafi Taala, had his 247 composite drop from 89.27 to 88.52 making him a 3-star by this method (as opposed to the 4-star he was earlier)
#12, OT Isaiah Jatta, was added to the list following his decommitment from South Carolina
#13, OT Maxwell Iheanchor (JUCO), had 3 official visits added
#14, OT Leon Rose (JUCO), was added after receiving a BYU offer
#15, IOL Isaiah Kema, had his rating dropped from 88.69 to 87.31
#17, EDGE Tausili Akana, received multiple new Crystal Balls to Oklahoma
#20, JUCO CB Channing Canada, received a composite rating of 89.00
#20, JUCO CB Channing Canada, received a Crystal Ball to TCU
#21, JUCO CB Mason White, received a Crystal Ball to TCU, a visit to TCU and has TCU now listed as warm
#23, ATH Mateaki Helu, was added as a flip target (from Utah)
#25, ATH Onterrio Smith Jr, was designated warm as an Oregon PWO

1. QB Elijah Iverson Unrated (On3 lists him as having a BYU Offer)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: No offers per 247, On3 lists USF, NC State and BYU
On3 Predictions:

1. USF 38.1%
2. NC State 33.3%
3. BYU 28.6%

2. RB LJ Martin 89.00 (possible Stanford flip?)

Crystal Balls: 1 to Texas Tech (but back from April)
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: Stanford commit
Other Offers of Note: Texas Tech, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas St, SMU
On3 Predictions: (possibly from prior to Stanford commitment?)

1. Texas Tech 95.9%
2. Baylor 1.4%
3. SMU 1.2%
4. BYU, Stanford and 7 others <1%

3. RB Landen Chambers 83.86 (BYU decommit)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (1): Central Arkansas
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Colorado, Colorado St, Air Force, Texas St, Tulsa, Navy and FCS
On3 Predictions:

1. BYU 75.9%
2. Texas St 6.0%
3. Tulsa 5.2%
4. Air Force 4.3%
5. Colorado St 4.3%
6. Navy 4.3%

Note: His recent visit to Central Arkansas might be an indication he's not getting FBS offers (or certainly not P5) anymore

4. RB Amare Ary No Rating

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: No Other Offers (honestly not even sure our offer is stil out)
On3 Predictions:

1. BYU 100.0%

Note: Seems likely BYU has backed off this offer

5. WR Taeshaun Lyons 91.61

Crystal Balls: 5, all to Washington, all in the last 5 days. Previously had 2 to Notre Dame, but those have been flipped to Washington
Official Visits (2): Notre Dame, Washington
247 Warm Teams: Notre Dame, Washington, Miami, Oregon
Other Offers of Note: Mich St, Penn St, Utah, Washington St, Arizona St, Vanderbilt, Arizona, Boston College
On3 Predictions:

1. Washington 96.1% (was 30.8% a week ago, up from 2.3% before that)
2. Notre Dame 1.4% (down from 66.6%, was earlier as high as 95.2%)
3. Miami 1.3%

6. WR Malachi Riley 88.19

Crystal Balls: 2 to Arizona, both with medium confidence
Official Visits (1): BYU
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: USC, Oregon, Washington, Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, Baylor, Utah, Arizona, Arizona St, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Washington St, Oregon St
On3 Predictions:

1. Arizona 96.3%
2. Texas A&M 1.4%
3. BYU and 23(!) other teams at <1% each

7. WR Tre Spivey 87.26

Crystal Balls: 3 to Kansas St in the last 5 days + 2 older ones (both to Arizona). Note that there used to be 3 to Arizona but Blair Angulo flipped his to Kansas St
Official Visits (2): Arizona, Oklahoma St, Kansas St
247 Warm Teams: Arizona, Oklahoma St, Kansas St
Other Offers of Note: Washington, Wisconsin, Washington St, Kansas, Arizona St
On3 Predictions:

1. Kansas St 85.9% (was 24.8% a week ago)
2. Arizona 8.1% (down from 45.3%)
3. Arizona St 3.5% (down from 17.4%)
4. Oklahoma St 2.2% (down from 11.0%)
5. BYU and 3 other teams at <1% each

8. WR Amari Derby Unrated

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: No other offers
On3 Predictions: None Listed

9. WR/DB Adren Parker Unrated (On3 lists him as having a BYU Offer)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: No offers per 247, On3 lists BYU and New Mexico St
On3 Predictions:

1. BYU 53.3%
2. New Mexico St 46.7%

10. TE Walker Lyons 94.76 (Stanford decommit)

Crystal Balls: 5 to Stanford, all prior to his decommitting
Official Visits (5): BYU, Utah, USC, Stanford, Georgia
247 Warm Teams: BYU, Utah, USC, Stanford, Georgia
Other Offers of Note: Alabama, Michigan, LSU, Ohio St, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Miami etc.
On3 Predictions: (likely from prior to Stanford decommit)

1. Stanford 71.7%
2. USC 23.6%%
3. Utah 1.2%
4. BYU <1%

11. OT Taliafi Taala 88.52 (down from 89.27)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: Arizona, Michigan St, Oregon St, Michigan
Other Offers of Note: USC, Utah, Arizona St, Oregon St
On3 Predictions:

1. Utah 47.6%
2. BYU 14.8%
3. USC 12.7%
4. Michigan St 10.6%
5. Michigan 10.6%

12. OT Isaiah Jatta 87.11 JUCO (South Carolina decommit)

Crystal Balls: 2 to Auburn, immediately following his decommit (also 1 old one to South Carolina)
Official Visits (2): South Carolina, Auburn
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Auburn, South Carolina, Colorado, NC State, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma St, Syracuse, Utah St, Fresno St
On3 Predictions:

1. Auburn 97.3%
2. South Carolina 2.4%

13. OT Maxwell Iheanachor Unranked (JUCO)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (3): BYU, Utah St, Kansas
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Kansas, Cal, Iowa St, Mizzou, Arizona St, UTSA, New Mexico St, Utah St, Hawaii, Colorado St, Buffalo, Weber St
On3 Predictions: None

14. OT Leon Bell Unranked (JUCO)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (1): SMU
247 Warm Teams: SMU
Other Offers of Note: Georgia Southern, Georgia St, Hawaii, UAB, Troy
On3 Predictions:

1. SMU 30.8%
2. UAB 26.9%
3. Troy 23.1%
4. Georgia St 19.2%

15. IOL Isaiah Kema 87.31

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (2): Kansas, Oklahoma St
247 Warm Teams: Cal, Kansas, Oklahoma St
Other Offers of Note: Arizona, Arizona St, Illinois, Texas Tech, Houston
On3 Predictions:

1. Kansas 46.5% (up from 28.4%)
2. Oklahoma St 30.7% (up from 1.8%)
3. Texas Tech 9.3% (down from 32.5%)
4. California 7.8% (down from 24.4%)
5. BYU and 7 others at <1% each

16. IOL/DL Tavake Tuikolovatu 86.28 (Stanford decommit)

Crystal Balls: 2 to Utah, medium-high confidence, both just over a month ago
Official Visits (4): Cal, UCLA, Utah, Washington St
247 Warm Teams: Cal, UCLA, Utah, Washington St
Other Offers of Note: Tennessee, Washington, Oklahoma St, Oregon St
On3 Predictions: (possibly from prior to Stanford decommit)

1. Utah 98.0%
2. Cal 1.9%

17. EDGE Tausili Akana 95.15

Crystal Balls: 3 to Oklahoma, including 2 yesterday
Official Visits (4): LSU, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
247 Warm Teams: LSU, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee
Other Offers of Note: Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio St, Michigan, Oklahoma St, Nebraska, Miami, Oregon, USC, Tennessee, Washington, Utah.... and so on
On3 Predictions:

1. Oklahoma 74% (up from 11.4%)
2. Texas 5.2% (down from 19.0%)
3. Texas A&M 4.4% (down from 16.6%)
4. LSU 3.0% (down from 9.5%)
5. Nebraska 2.2% (down from 7.2%)
6. Auburn / Tennessee1.5% each (down from 4.9%)
7. BYU and 7 other teams at 2.6% each

18. DL Motekiai Mounga 84 (247 rating, no composite)

Crystal Balls: 1 to BYU from Jeff Hansen with medium confidence (6)
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Utah St, UNLV, New Mexico St, Southern Utah
On3 Predictions:

1. BYU 53.3%
2. Utah St 46.7%

19. CB Rodrick Pleasant 95.84

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (3): Boston College, California, Oregon
247 Warm Teams: Boston College, California, Oregon, Miami, Penn St, UCLA, USC
Other Offers of Note: Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Michigan St, Ole Miss, Pitt, Washington, Wisconsin, Utah, TCU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Purdue, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona St
On3 Predictions:

1. USC 84.2%
2. Oregon 5.6%
3. Cal 3.9%
4. Boston College 2.4%

20. CB Channing Canada 89.00 (JUCO)

Crystal Balls: TCU with medium confidence on 13 Dec
Official Visits (3): Washington, Mississippi St, TCU
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Auburn, Washington, NC State, Purdue, Oklahoma St, Maryland, Oregon St, Cal, Mississippi St, Mizzou, Arizona St, Indiana, TCU, Illinois, Baylor, West Virginia, Cal, Kansas, SMU, Tulane
On3 Predictions:

1. Nobody above 10% and lots of FCS - looks like it needs some updating with all the recent offers

21. CB Mason White Unranked (JUCO)

Crystal Balls: TCU
Official Visits (2): TCU, Oregon St
247 Warm Teams: TCU
Other Offers of Note: Oregon St, Washington St, Kansas, Fresno St, UNLV, Utah St, Tulsa, UAB, Georgia Southern, other assorted G5 and FCS
On3 Predictions:

1. TCU 99.6%

22. CB Anthony Robinson Unrated (JUCO)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Indiana, Jackson St, Marshall
On3 Predictions: None

23. ATH Mateaki Helu 86.47 (potential Utah flip?)

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (3): Utah, BYU, Oklahoma St
247 Warm Teams: Utah commit
Other Offers of Note: Nebraska, Baylor, Oklahoma St, Cal
On3 Predictions:

1. Nebraska 79.3%
2. Utah 6.3%
3. BYU 5.4%
4. Baylor 4.5%
5. Utah St 4.5%

24. ATH Chris Snyder Jr 86.11

Crystal Balls: None
Official Visits (0): None
247 Warm Teams: None
Other Offers of Note: Oregon, Pitt, Colorado, Kansas, Cal, Oregon St
On3 Predictions: