Football: Pocatello QB says BYU visit was pressure-free
Word out there from BYU's Junior Day on Friday was that the Cougar coaching staff put a little heat on Taysom Hill, the 6-foot-2, 210-pound quarterback from Highland High in Pocatello, Idaho, to give them a commitment when he was in Provo last weekend.
I just got off the phone with the four-star (Scout.com) recruit, and he said nothing could be further from the truth.
"No, no," Hill said. "There was no pressure. That's not the case. Obviously, they want me and they said they would accept a commitment from me any time. But as far as pressuring me, no, it was nothing like that at all."
Hill said he didn't stick around for Saturday's Nike Training Camp, although it was free, because he had seen what he needed to see.
"It went well," he said. "I had a good time and whatnot."
Hills said he did not commit, but began looking at BYU in a new light.
"It was not my first trip down there," he said. "But it was my first time being on campus as one of their recruits. I had been there before, but it was different this time. There was a different feel to it."
He said the closest the staff came to asking for a commitment was "kind of like a, ‘when you are ready, we are ready' kind of thing."
Hill said he has offers from BYU, Utah, Arizona, Stanford, Washington State, Boise State, Idaho and Idaho State.
He is going to Stanford this coming weekend for a two-day camp on Sunday and Monday. He would also like to get up to see Washington State, if he can.
Unfortunately, he said, the Stanford camp will keep him from attending Utah's camp on June 23 and 24.
I asked if Utah had a shot at him.
"Utah is definitely being thought about," he said. "We will have to see what I can do as far as [visiting] Utah here in the next little while."
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More odds and ends from BYU's big recruiting weekend:
* Several insiders say it is only a matter of time before the Cougars get a commitment from Mitch Mathews, the receiver from Beaverton, Ore., who received a scholarship offer on Friday.
* Darren Markle, a linebacker from Mountain View High in Meridian, Idaho, impressed Cougar coaches on Friday and may be in line for a scholarship offer. He could be meeting with BYU coaches as early as Tuesday, and, if offered a scholarship, might just commit on the spot.
I just got off the phone with the four-star (Scout.com) recruit, and he said nothing could be further from the truth.
"No, no," Hill said. "There was no pressure. That's not the case. Obviously, they want me and they said they would accept a commitment from me any time. But as far as pressuring me, no, it was nothing like that at all."
Hill said he didn't stick around for Saturday's Nike Training Camp, although it was free, because he had seen what he needed to see.
"It went well," he said. "I had a good time and whatnot."
Hills said he did not commit, but began looking at BYU in a new light.
"It was not my first trip down there," he said. "But it was my first time being on campus as one of their recruits. I had been there before, but it was different this time. There was a different feel to it."
He said the closest the staff came to asking for a commitment was "kind of like a, ‘when you are ready, we are ready' kind of thing."
Hill said he has offers from BYU, Utah, Arizona, Stanford, Washington State, Boise State, Idaho and Idaho State.
He is going to Stanford this coming weekend for a two-day camp on Sunday and Monday. He would also like to get up to see Washington State, if he can.
Unfortunately, he said, the Stanford camp will keep him from attending Utah's camp on June 23 and 24.
I asked if Utah had a shot at him.
"Utah is definitely being thought about," he said. "We will have to see what I can do as far as [visiting] Utah here in the next little while."
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More odds and ends from BYU's big recruiting weekend:
* Several insiders say it is only a matter of time before the Cougars get a commitment from Mitch Mathews, the receiver from Beaverton, Ore., who received a scholarship offer on Friday.
* Darren Markle, a linebacker from Mountain View High in Meridian, Idaho, impressed Cougar coaches on Friday and may be in line for a scholarship offer. He could be meeting with BYU coaches as early as Tuesday, and, if offered a scholarship, might just commit on the spot.
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