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Utah, USC, Stanford, Oregon

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While currently undecided, cornerback Sammie Hunter is closing in on a decision in early July and is very interested in the possibility of becoming a Ute after his official visit. Before the visit, he was believed to be a Iowa State lean. However, Utah drove home an effective message.

“They’re back to back Pac-12 Champions. It’s a dream come true to have the chance to play for a championship culture.”

Iowa State and Utah are his final two with a decision likely on July 1st.

More details to come in an article coming soon...

First, I’m told Lamar doesn’t like doing media, so a tweet like this is a glimpse into his process. I thought it was very classy of his mom. We’re still reaching out to the others. I know Cole will have a Sammie Hunter update soon.

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Here’s Matt’s article on Dayton “Dayday” Aupiu.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/ball-hawk-aupiu-impressed-with-utah-s-winning-culture

Just had some time to step away from Coach Mac’s fundraiser. Here’s what Andrews commitment means… And yes he’s coming as a LB, but I’ll be interested to see if that could change.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/what-it-means-magnolia-s-andrews-commits-to-utah

Here are this week’s visitors. I’m double-checking any last minute changes like can always happen. It’s a week of extremely talented players that are mostly flying under the radar early in the process. Plus, four-star Lamar Radcliffe who hails from Ganther’s stopping ground in Sacramento.


Sammie Hunter
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Audric Harris
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Jaden Pettway
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Lamar Radcliffe
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I’m currently at a Coach Mac fundraiser, so I’ll have more soon:

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Ephraim Asiata loved his visit. Check out what he had to say:

Sammie Hunter just posted this on Twitter with an upcoming commitment date:

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68 days until kickoff. Let’s talk Jaren Kump:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utenation-countdown-to-kickoff-no-68-jaren-kump-1

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Student-athletes out supporting the local non-profit All Poly Football camp. Several defensive linemen, offensive linemen and wide receivers represented Utah Football today!
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Valentine down to two… I like where Utah is sitting.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/fresh-off-utah-visit-valentine-down-to-two

I’ve reached out to get more info on him.

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Was just thinking about that in an excited moment and wanted to ask anyone in the know, if at all.....

Utah just hosted Jayden Lawton, a freshman who played last season at SMU. He’s a big dude that can fly, 6-foot-3 and 173 pounds. He claims to run a 4.33 40 and jump a 39 inch vertical jump.

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Valentine had a great visit with Utah last weekend. A month ago he was down to 8 schools, now he's down to just two - Utah and Illinois.

His tape reminds me of TJ Pledger. Once he gets through the hole he hits another gear and he's gone.

There's a lot more details in an article coming soon.

I just spoke with Aupiu who visited last weekend and said it was a good visit. The highlight of the visit was getting to see how serious the Utes are about winning and seeing how they develop players.

Aupiu is just the kind of athlete Utah likes at the free safety position. He's got good height, a ball hawk mentally, and he likes to hit.

About a month ago he narrowed his top 5 schools to San Diego State, Penn State, Arizona, Utah, and California.

Just recently, he's reduced that list to just Arizona, Utah, and California, and he's visiting each school this month and then he plans to make his decision in early July.

Article to come.

Isendre Ahfua is on a rare mid-week visit. He’d be a huge get for Utah…

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Dalton is making a huge impact with the guys already…

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With the back to back days of holidays, we’re working on getting the visitors on the phones. I promise we’ll have more updates coming.

I spoke with Ephraim tonight and he said the best part of the trip was see his family’s excitement. He talked about each one to me. Additionally, he said he got a kick out of his dad acting like he was reliving his Utah days.

His hosts were Spencer and Logan Fano. He also spent time with Isaac Asiata, since they’re family.

He admitted to me that his commitment timeline probably just moved up. He’s still going to BYU this weekend, but he said it was really hard for him to not commit over the weekend, especially during his talk with Whittingham.

More to come…