Coveted 2024 ATH Jadan Baugh commits to Arkansas

Decatur (Ga.) Columbia 2024 athlete Jadan Baugh has committed to Arkansas over Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech South Carolina and Louisville. Baugh pushed his commitment back nearly five months later than it was originally planned.

Baugh announce back in October of last year that he’d commit on Nov. 4, 2022. He felt uneasy things, so he pushed it back.

Baugh went through the process and found a home in Arkansas. He feels it this time around. Baugh feels he landed in a good spot.

“I’m relieved,” Baugh told On3. “That’s how I feel. I know where I want to be. I know where I’m wanted. I’m really excited.”

Jadan Baugh driven by relatationships

Baugh feels he had a strong bond with the coaching staff. That was one of the main selling points for Arkansas. He connected with the coaching staff on a deep level.

“It was my relationship with the coaches,” Baugh said. “The bond was there and it felt really strong. When I got up there to see the school, it was like I can feel I can be there. They wanted me there. It wasn’t like I was just there and they just recruiting me. You can feel that sometimes when you get to certain schools. When I was there, I was like ‘they really want me’. I feel like I’ll do good there and I’ll be developed very well.”

Baugh knew once he got home from his latest visit. He talked with his parents and got their thoughts. Everyone was on the same page and felt the same things about the upside to making his decision.

“As soon as I got home from my visit, I talked it over with my parents and they thought it was the best decision for me and best place for me,” Baugh said. “I felt the same way about it.”

Baugh has high hopes for the future at Arkansas. He expects to play on the offensive side of the football.

“I feel like I can accomplish a lot just being there,” Baugh said. “I want to do all four years of school and graduate and I know I can do that there.

Baugh currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of 20K. 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.