{"id":822154,"date":"2026-03-20T00:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822154\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:37:14","slug":"calling-my-shot-texas-lsu-nebraska-usc-more-predicted-to-land-top-recruits-out-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822154\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling My Shot: Texas, LSU, Nebraska, USC & more predicted to land top recruits out West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier in the week, I posted a \u2018calling my shot\u2019 commitment prediction story, see here-\u00a0Calling My Shots<\/a><\/p>\n

The first list focused mainly on the high end four-star prospects ranked in the Rivals 300 plus two flip predictions and an early 2028 forecast<\/p>\n

Today we\u2019ll look at 10 more players, including a few high three-star prospects that could be making their commitments in the next month. <\/p>\n

Just for the fun of it, we added a pair of very early 2028 predictions as well although we don\u2019t think a commitment from either player is imminent.<\/p>\n

Williams currently has official trips lined up with Arizona State<\/a>, Cal<\/a> and UCLA<\/a>. We expect Miami to get one as well. This one is very tough to predict, hence the 10% confidence level. Williams typically plays things close to the vest in terms of naming leaders and really the only way to know is to, \u2018follow the visits.\u2019 He attended Cal\u2019s Junior Day back in January and immediately set up an official trip. The Bears are all in on Williams and\u00a0this just looks like a natural fit for both sides right now. <\/p>\n

Prediction: Cal
Confidence level: 10%
Biggest competition: UCLA<\/p>\n

Ioane has a final five of Cal, Penn State<\/a>, Stanford<\/a>, UCLA and Washington. He\u2019s closing in on a decision and we expect it to happen at some point this month. The Huskies and Bears have distanced themselves a bit here but I like Washington to win out. They have been on him hard for the last two years and he\u2019s coming off of Washington\u2019s Junior Day and then decided to shut things down, always a good sign for said team.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Washington\u00a0
Confidence level:\u00a075%
Biggest competition: Cal<\/p>\n

Baker has official visits to LSU<\/a>, Cal and Stanford<\/a> and unofficial visits set to Alabama<\/a>, Oregon<\/a>, Ohio State<\/a> and UCLA. He was just at Cal earlier in the week and has an official visit locked in as well. It\u2019s still very early in his recruitment but as of today, we lean slightly to LSU. The Tigers and Corey Raymond are making a strong push and we know Baker has no issues leaving the region as Michigan was the clear leader at this time a year ago. He was wowed\u00a0on an unofficial visit to Baton Rogue back in January and has a former teammate, Havon Finney, on campus. Don\u2019t sleep on Cal here though. Tosh Lupoi is personally involved in this recruitment and few do it better. This one is far from over.<\/p>\n

Prediction: LSU\u00a0
Confidence level: 10%
Biggest competition: Cal<\/p>\n

Arizona<\/a> has a couple of things going for them in this recruitment. They\u2019re recruiting Johnson harder than anyone and have developed very strong relationships with him over the last year. On top of that, we like where the Cats sit with Johnson\u2019s Crean Lutheran teammate and close friend, quarterback Caden Jones. He has an official visit locked in for June and although UCLA is making a push and also has an official visit set, our pick is on Arizona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Arizona\u00a0
Confidence level: 40%
Biggest competition: UCLA<\/p>\n

Washington is making this one close but we still like where the Bears are at right now. Cal has been the team to beat for well over a year and that lead only strengthened once Tosh Lupoi was hired. He has been on campus multiple times, is close with several members of the coaching staff and has talked up his comfort level as well as the fit in the defense. Penn State and UCLA are involved as well and should get official visits but everyone is chasing the Bears right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Cal\u00a0
Confidence level: 40%
Biggest competition: Washington\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hill is another tough read as his recruitment has already taken several twists and turns. There was a time when we thought Indiana<\/a> was leading and a commitment was imminent. We know he\u2019s very high on USC<\/a> and Notre Dame<\/a> and has been to both campuses multiple times. The school recruiting him the hardest right now is Nebraska<\/a>. His most recent visit was to Lincoln and with every visit, his interest seems to grow stronger and stronger.\u00a0Hill has connected well with the coaching staff and the \u2018college town\u2019 vibe has hit home with him as well. <\/p>\n

Prediction: Nebraska
Confidence level: 20%
Biggest competition: USC<\/p>\n

Washington<\/a> is on a mini-heater right now and Wily-Ava is another player we think they currently lead for. He has a big Michigan<\/a> visit coming up in April and Arizona State has been a constant in his recruitment. Saying that, no one has recruited him harder or longer than the Huskies. Taylor Mays has quickly established himself as one of the best recruiters in the region and the entire Husky staff as a whole has done a great job recruiting the Bosco program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Washington\u00a0
Confidence level: 50%
Biggest competition: Arizona State<\/p>\n

Fares has official trips lined up with Texas<\/a>, UNLV, UCLA and Cal. He has already been to all four campuses but we like the Longhorns in this race right now. UCLA is making a push and Fares really talked up the new staff following a visit last month. Saying that, Texas is sitting in pole position heading in to the visits. He really likes TE coach Jeff Banks, loves the fit in the offense as well as the big stage the Longhorns play on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Texas
Confidence level: 60%
Biggest competition: UCLA<\/p>\n

Jones Drew has very strong ties to the UCLA program as the son of former Bruin All-American running back Maurice Jones Drew<\/a>. UCLA is recruiting him aggressively and the family really likes RB coach AJ Steward. Jones Drew was at UCLA\u2019s Junior Day last month and a commitment seemed like more a matter of when, not if. A decision is expected within the month and UCLA is a heavy leader at this point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: UCLA\u00a0
Confidence level: 75%
Biggest competition: Cal\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a couple of \u2018commit predictions\u2019 in for USC with Poyer and although I wasn\u2019t ready to pull that trigger just yet, I do think the Trojans are the team to beat at this time. Notre Dame is the toughest competition and somewhat of a dream school for Poyer. He\u2019s planning to visit this Spring and the Irish will likely get an official trip as well. UCLA and Cal are two others we like here but USC is close to home, he\u2019s been on campus multiple times and the Trojans staff is making him a high priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: USC\u00a0
Confidence level:\u00a0
Biggest competition: Notre Dame\u00a0<\/p>\n

Early 2028 Predictions\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Longhorns have yet to offer Attalah but once they do and we can\u2019t imagine they won\u2019t, they will jump to the top of his board. Attalah has a ton of family in Texas and grew up a die hard fan of the program. He visits the state every year although he has yet to visit the Austin campus. Attalah is a great looking tackle prospect and has picked up scholarship offers over the last month from schools like USC, UCLA, Notre Dame, Miami, Oregon and Texas A&M to name a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Texas
Confidence level: 20%
Biggest competition: UCLA<\/p>\n

Nash has already been to Ohio State<\/a> twice and the Buckeyes are in a good spot. Arizona State and Washington are high on the list and Oklahoma should get a spring visit as well. The talented safety will also visit Ohio State once more and if the visit goes well, it won\u2019t shock us if Nash decides to shut things down before his junior year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prediction: Ohio State
Confidence level: 20%
Biggest competition: Washington\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier in the week, I posted a \u2018calling my shot\u2019 commitment prediction story, see here-\u00a0Calling My Shots The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[114046,114047,114048,95158,7,114049,114050,114051,114052,114053,114054,114055,114056,107342],"class_list":["post-822154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-austin-attalah","tag-brandon-nash-28-st-john-bosco","tag-duece-jones-drew-27-de-la-salle","tag-duvay-williams-27-junipero-serra","tag-football","tag-isala-wily-ava-27-st-john-bosco","tag-jailen-hill-27-st-john-bosco","tag-jon-ioane-27-tustin","tag-josiah-poyer-27-st-john-bosco","tag-malakai-taufoou-27-junipero-serra","tag-maurice-jones-drew-03-de-la-salle","tag-myles-baker-27-sierra-canyon","tag-ty-johnson-27-crean-lutheran","tag-zac-fares-27-arbor-view"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116258711729358001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}