4-star OT Brandon Baker picks up Louisville offer

Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei four-star offensive tackle Brandon Baker has earned an offer from Louisville.

Baker is the No. 95 overall recruit in the 2023 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 sixth-ranked player at this position behind Dorchester (S.C.) Woodland four-star offensive tackle Kam Pringle, West Roxbury (Mass.) Catholic Memorial four-star offensive tackle Guerby Lambert, Copperas Cove (Texas) four-star offensive tackle Michael Uini, Roswell (Ga.) Centennial four-star offensive tackle Daniel Calhoun and Dillon (S.C.) four-star offensive tackle Josiah Thompson.

All Glory To God! Blessed to announce I've
received a(n) offer to the University of Louisville. Thank
you for all the coaches for believing in my talents. #AG2G @pete_nochta13 @MDFootball @GregBiggins @ChadSimmons_ @adamgorney pic.twitter.com/0KlXLsZrev

— Brandon Baker (@BrandonBaker73) August 29, 2022

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine has in-state USC as the early leader at 59.5%.

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.

Baker currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $59k. 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.