4-star TE Brady Prieskorn down to eight schools

Rochester (Mich.) Adams four-star tight end Brady Prieskorn is ready to begin the next stage of his recruitment.

On Monday, he announced his top eight schools, which included Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Miami. Prieskorn’s plan has to been to commit before his senior season have recruiting out of the way. He’s yet to visit any programs this winter, but that could be changing over the next few months.

“I’m probably gonna commit before the season,” Prieskorn told On3 last month. “This summer, I’m (going to) speed stuff up and do a lot more visits and I’ll probably do a couple official visits. It’s gonna come to an end soon.”

Brady Prieskorn breaks down top schools

The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder — who ranks as the No. 71 overall prospect and No. 4 tight end in the On3 Industry Ranking — had this to say about each of the programs on his list.

Michigan: “They are close to home, and they have great coaches that will help develop me. I have a good connection with them.”

Ohio State: “They produce pros and they have a great culture over there. They know what they are doing.”

Penn State: “They have great coaches and I have a good connection with them. They have a good history with tight ends and developing them.”

Alabama: “They produce good NFL talent and the tight end coach is a good guy it seems like. They know what they are doing.”

Georgia: “They produce great tight ends. They had the best TE room in the country this past year.”

Ole Miss: “The coaches are great there and my brother just transferred there this past year.”

Tennessee: “They have great coaches that will help me. They do good things with there TEs and it seems like they will do more with them in the future.”

Miami: “They have great talent that will help me. They have a great history with great TEs. The school seems really nice, too.”