Commitment Preview: 2023 Rainier Beach CB Caleb Presley

Though schools are at the moment in the midst of a recruiting lifeless interval for the month of July, recruiting by no means stops.

Six of the nation’s prime colleges will probably be stuffed with anticipation on Tuesday, as cornerback Caleb Presley makes his faculty resolution. He is the No. 1 recruit within the state of Washington for 2023 and can announce his dedication at 5 pm PST on CBS Sports activities HQ.

2023 Cornerback Caleb Presley

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Presley, a 6-foot, 180-pound cornerback from Rainier Seaside Excessive Faculty in Seattle, Washington, not too long ago turned the state’s No. 1 recruit following five-star edge rusher Jayden Wayne‘s switch to IMG Academy in Florida.

Presley will make his faculty dedication from six finalists together with Alabama, Michigan State, Oregon, Texas A&M, UCLA and Washington.

It has been fairly the battle for the nation’s No. 9-ranked cornerback, with colleges from all throughout the nation vying for Presley’s abilities. Nevertheless, heading into the choice Oregon appears to have emerged because the frontrunner.

The Geese have been working laborious to lock down Presley since Lanning and his employees took over, shortly re-offering him in early January after the teaching transition.

He is been to Eugene a number of occasions since then, with a kind of journeys being for Oregon’s spring recreation, historically one of many largest recruiting weekends of the yr. 

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Presley’s curiosity in Oregon extends past the sphere.

“I keep in mind on the primary day, I really did not even speak to the workforce about soccer,” Presley advised Geese Digest after a go to. “They simply wished to attach with us and have particular person conferences with every participant simply to get a really feel for who they’re as folks, so I believed that was fairly cool.”

If Oregon secures Presley’s dedication, it will be the second straight yr Oregon stole Washington’s primary recruit from hated rival UW’s yard. In 2022, Oregon swiped Washington’s prime recruit in offensive deal with Josh Conerly Jr., and Washington’s No. 3 recruit in inside offensive lineman Dave Iuli.

The Huskies, who’re additionally in Presley’s prime six, have been doing all the things of their energy to ensure Presley stays nearer to residence and boast the No. 20 recruiting class in 2023. Presley has been out to the Seattle campus a number of occasions. In spite of everything, it is simply 20 minutes away from Rainier Seaside Excessive Faculty.

One other faculty that is has been making a powerful push of late is Michigan State. The Spartans are the farthest away from Presley’s residence, put they’ve put within the work to make up the miles, internet hosting him for an official go to in East Lansing on June 10. 

The space and the standard of the soccer workforce, though necessary, have not been the highest precedence for Presley in selecting his faculty.

“Taking my mother and my dad to satisfy the coaches has been a precedence for me at these occasions, so we are able to actually sit in a room and simply get to know one another,” stated Presley. “Really having coaches take care of my household much more, as a result of no person desires to ship their little one out to strangers.”

Will or not it’s excellent news for Dan Lanning and the Geese on Tuesday?

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