Cincinnati offers 2024 4-star QB Jayden Bradford

Chapin (S.C.) IMG Academy four-star quarterback Jayden Bradford received an offer from Cincinnati on Friday. He announced the news over social media.

Bradford is the No. 99 overall prospect and No. 9 quarterback in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 18 player in Florida.

BLESSED and HONORED to revive an Offer from the University of Cincinnati #GoBearCats @GoBearcatsFB @CoachSattUofL @CoachPeteThomas pic.twitter.com/H1lXLCNO7c

— Jayden Bradford ✪ (@JaydenBradford7) December 9, 2022

Bradford announced a top four of Louisville, NC State, Penn State and South Carolina on Nov. 17. Since then, Scott Satterfield departed Louisville to become Cincinnati’s head coach.

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, South Carolina has a commanding lead for Bradford’s commitment at 70.8%. He has visited the Gamecocks seven times, most recently on Oct. 22.

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

A 6-foot-0, 185-pound signal-caller, Bradford has an On3 NIL Valuation of $72K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. 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.

Jayden Bradford breaks down his top four schools

Bradford discussed his top four schools last month in a conversation with On3’s Chad Simmons.

Louisville: “I love the coaching staff up at Louisville. They have a young staff and I just feel like I would get along great with them. I liked the city that Louisville’s in. It’s a nice city. It’s a lot different than what I expected it to be. I just feel they’re maybe on the come up. They got a really good running back committed in the ’23 class. They got a great quarterback committed and they got a receiver committed from St. John Bosco. They’ve done a great job in the ’23 recruiting class, so that’s why they’re on my list and they’ve definitely made me a priority.”

NC State: “I really love (offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tim) Beck up there. He’s a great guy. He really knows offense really well. He’s been in the game for a countless number of years, probably longer than I’ve been alive. So he just really knows the game of football and I just feel like I could learn so much by going up there and be(ing) with him.”

Penn State: “I feel like they’ve done a great job of just being consistent over the past years, always finishing in the top 25 rankings, just having a good team and a solid season every year. They told me that if I go up there, I could be that difference maker. That’s really what led me to Penn State and made me put them in my top four. I love the coaching staff up there. They’ve done a great job focusing on me hard throughout my high school career, even though it’s a far distance and everything. They’ve done a great job of keeping in contact with me and building a relationship.”

South Carolina: “It’s my hometown school and I’ve grown up watching them and seeing them play every Saturday. I’ve always heard all the sayings about, ‘Go to Carolina. Do what you got to do to get there’ and all that. It’s always been, I wouldn’t say a dream, but maybe being cool to go play there just cause I’m from there and represent my city and playing for my hometown state. They were on me early, so they’ve done a great job of staying in touch with me and continuing to build a relationship.”