3-star offensive lineman Landen Hatchett drops top 5 schools

Ferndale (Wash.) three-star interior offensive lineman Landen Hatchett has dropped his top five schools of Michigan, Oregon, Texas A&M, USC and Washington.

Hatchett is the No. 881 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Landen Hatchett is the brother of Huskies offensive lineman Geirean Hatchett.

He is the 11th-ranked player from the state of Washington and third-ranked offensive lineman from the state. The only two offensive linemen ranked ahead of him are Snoqualmie (Wash.) Mount Si three-star offensive tackle Heath Ozaeta and Burien (Wash.) Kennedy Catholic three-star interior offensive lineman Micah Banuelos.

The Ducks are the current favorite to land Hatchett, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine. Oregon has a 79.8% chance of signing Hatchett with no other team having a percentage about 10%.

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

Jana Hatchett, Landen Hatchett’s mother, talked with ScoopDuck after a March visit to Eugune, Ore.

“Going through the process with Geirean, we’ve been to Oregon multiple times already,” she told ScoopDuck. “But this is the first time with the new staff which is why we were get down there so quickly. We wanted to get a feel for the connection, the development and how he would fit into their offensive line group. We had a really good relationship with coach (Mario) Cristobal and coach (Alex) Mirabal. But we wanted to get connected with the new coaches as quickly as possible.”