Texas A&M offers four-star Florida WR Cai Bates
Late last night, Texas A&M extended an offer to Orlando (Fla.) Edgewater four-star wide receiver Cai Bates.
Bates is the No. 349 overall prospect and No. 51 wide receiver in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 48 player in Florida
The 6-foot-2, 165-pound junior holds 36 total offers.
Bates has seen his recruitment take off to new levels in 2023, earning 32 of his 36 offers. He now holds an elite offer sheet. Some of his offers include Ohio State, Alabama, Penn State, Tennessee, Miami, Florida State, and many others national programs.
The leaderboard for Bates’ recruitment
The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Kentucky with a slight lead over UCF and Miami to land a commitment from Bates.
RPM was released to the public in December 2021. 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.
It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.
He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $29K. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). 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.
Where the Aggies are with WR in 2024
To date, Texas A&M holds four commitments in the class of 2024, two of them coming from Texas. The four commitments are four-star Hattiesburg (Miss.) Oak Grove quarterback Anthony Maddox, four-star Longview (Texas) Pine Tree defensive lineman Dealyn Evans, four-star Katy (Texas) Tompkins offensive lineman Ashton Funk, and four-star Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton wide receiver Debron Gatling.
As listed aboce, the Aggies hold a commitment from one wide receiver in the class of 2024, Debron Gatling. However, they are targeting a large number of prospects at the position, having offered more than 40 total. As of right now, there is only who Texas A&M is favored to land in the On3 RPM, which is Missouri City (Tex.) Hightower four-star Zion Kearney.