South Carolina offers 2024 4-star TE Caleb Odom

On3 imageby:Drew Schott10/26/22

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Carrollton (Ga.) four-star tight end Caleb Odom received an offer from South Carolina on Wednesday. He announced the news over social media.

Odom is the No. 241 overall prospect and No. 13 tight end in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 35 player in Georgia. 

On3 rates Odom higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. According to the 2024 On300, Odom is the No. 112 overall prospect, No. 6 tight end and No. 18 player in Georgia.

The 6-foot-5, 205-pound pass catcher has received 19 offers. Odom told On3’s Jeremy Johnson in August that he hopes to play both football and basketball at the next level.

“Playing basketball and football is really big for me,” Odom said. “I want to showcase my talent for both in college, so any college that could offer both is definitely up top.”

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, it is a close race for Odom’s commitment. Vanderbilt is leading for his pledge at 28.3%, while Ole Miss is close behind at 24.8%. Louisville has the third-highest odds at 21.2%.

For more South Carolina recruiting intel, check out GamecockCentral.

RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college. 

It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

South Carolina currently has two commitments in its 2024 recruiting class. They are Fiskdale (Mass.) The Loomis Chaffee School four-star quarterback Dante Reno and Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller three-star cornerback Karson Hobbs.

Odom has an On3 NIL Valuation of $12.6K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.