Edison (Fresno) athlete [player_tooltip player_id="25087" first="Velltray" last="Jefferson"] announced his commitment to Utah on Sunday.
Jefferson plays on both sides of the ball for Edison, but Utah recruited him to be a linebacker. In fact, they told him he was a linebacker before he even know he was a linebacker.
"I had a conversation with Coach Mac (Kiel McDonald) when I was a freshman," Jefferson told Brandon Huffman of 247Sports "I was a receiver at the time. Coach Mac told me, ’you don’t play receiver, you’re a million dollar linebacker’. To this day, he’s been sticking with me for three years, telling me I’m a linebacker, I’m a linebacker. So I started playing it and started balling out. He has been there ever since then. I built a relationship with the Utes and I just love them."
Later in his recruitment, Utah linebackers coach Colton Swan began talking to Jefferson and eventually head coach Kyle Whittingham joined the conversation.
As a sophomore, Jefferson committed to USC but later withdrew his commitment.
Many schools were talking to Jefferson this summer and fall, but Utah had been checking on him more regularly.
"Fresno State, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State were all still talking to me, but then one day, when I was talking to Utah, they asked if I’d be committing anywhere (soon)," Jefferson told Huffman. "And then the next day, I said, ’I wanted to be a Ute.’"
He is the second outside linebacker in Utah’s 2021 recruiting class, joining Jonah Elliss of Moscow Senior in Idaho. Jefferson is the second player from California in the class, along with quarterback [player_tooltip player_id="25053" first="Peter" last="Costelli"] of Mission Viejo.
https://twitter.com/UTRScouting/status/1293011857255436290?s=20
<strong>Alemany lineman adds Pac 12 offer</strong>
Class of 2022 lineman [player_tooltip player_id="25244" first="Damonic" last="Williams"] was offered by Washington State on Sunday.
Williams, a 6-foot-1, 300 pound defensive tackle from Alemany of Mission Hills, has seven other offers: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, UNLV, USC and Washington.
Last season, Williams played at Narbonne of Harbor City.
He is the third ranked California defensive lineman in his class <a href="https://prepredzone.com/california/rankings/2022-rankings/">according to Prep Redzone</a>.
<strong>2023 San Diego star lands first offer</strong>
[player_tooltip player_id="25445" first="Chris" last="Snyder"] Jr. of Mater Dei Catholic was offered by UNLV over the weekend, his first offer.
Snyder had two interceptions and a fumble recovery as a freshman for Mater Dei Catholic (Chula Vista) last season.
Several other schools including USC have talked to Snyder, but UNLV is the first to pull the trigger on an offer.
https://twitter.com/chr1zzss/status/1309609385702731776?s=20
<strong>Bachmeier gets offer from his brother’s school</strong>
2023 receiver [player_tooltip player_id="25360" first="Tiger" last="Bachmeier"] of Murrieta Valley High was offered by Boise State last week.
Bachmeier’s brother Hank, was the starting quarterback for Boise State last season.
He had 407 yards and three touchdowns as a freshman for Orange Lutheran last season.
Bachmeier also has an offer from Arizona State.
https://twitter.com/TigerBachmeier/status/1309601456463310849?s=20
