{"id":844504,"date":"2026-03-31T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844504\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:12","slug":"4-star-db-hayden-stepp-sets-one-final-unofficial-visit-ahead-of-narrowing-his-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/844504\/","title":{"rendered":"4-star DB Hayden Stepp sets one final unofficial visit ahead of narrowing his list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas (Nev.)\u00a0Bishop Gorman<\/a>\u00a0defensive back\u00a0Hayden Stepp<\/a> has more on unofficial visit set before he narrows his list and locks in his official visits. <\/p>\n

Stepp is one of the nation\u2019s top cover corners and is currently rated the No. 27 player nationally in the Rivals Industry Ranking, an equally weighted average that utilizes all three major recruiting services, as well as the No. 4 corner in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stepp has been very active over the last few months, taking several unofficial visits all over the country. He told us a month ago he expected to start setting his official visits soon but wants to take one final unofficial visit before doing so.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to visit Cal this week,\u201d Stepp said. \u201cI\u2019ll be out on the 4th and I\u2019m excited to check things out. Coach Tosh (Lupoi) is being very aggressive right now and I know there\u2019s a lot of players interested in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve long maintained Alabama <\/a>and Oregon<\/a> are the teams to beat with Stepp but he recently took unofficial visits to Tennessee<\/a> and Georgia<\/a> and raved about both schools. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tennessee trip was great,\u201d Stepp said. \u201cI really enjoyed talking with coach Heupel, that was the highlight of the visit for me. He was very approachable and direct about how he sees me fitting into the program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trip to Georgia was eye opening. We had a chance to watch practice and I loved watching them compete. They were very intense and efficient in everything they did. It\u2019s a program known for great defense and when you see them up close, it\u2019s easy to see why.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clemson<\/a> is another school Stepp has visited multuple times and should not be discounted. <\/p>\n

\u201cRight now my visits will be between May 29.- June 20 so it\u2019s kind of small window,\u201d Stepp said. \u201cI\u2019ve liked all my visits so far so it\u2019s tough to narrow down. After the Cal visit, we\u2019ll sit back and really evaluate everyone. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to give any coaches false hope right now so we\u2019re being patient and thorough. I should have a good idea by next week where I\u2019m going and then we\u2019ll get some locked in for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

As mentioned, we like where the Ducks and Tide sit and it will be a major shocker if both don\u2019t receive official visits. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a great comfort level at both schools,\u201d Stepp said. \u201cI was at Bama recently for practice and always love the intensity and energy there and I really like the coaches a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been to Oregon a ton and it always feels like home. They\u2019re recruiting me really hard and I really like the direction the program is going right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas (Nev.)\u00a0Bishop Gorman\u00a0defensive back\u00a0Hayden Stepp has more on unofficial visit set before he narrows his list and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[89873,7,79262,49,48,1966],"class_list":{"0":"post-844504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-bishop-gorman-gaels-las-vegas","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-hayden-stepp-27-bishop-gorman","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-nv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116322739443592504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844504","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=844504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}