Oregon State offers 2024 On3 top-40 RB Taylor Tatum
Longview (Texas) four-star running back Taylor Tatum received an offer from Oregon State Monday. He announced the news on Twitter.
Tatum is the No. 79 overall prospect and No. 5 running back 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. 12 player in Texas.
On3 rates Tatum higher than other recruiting services, according to the Industry Comparison. Per the 2024 On300, he is the No. 36 overall prospect, No. 2 running back and No. 8 player in Texas.
The 5-foot-10, 195-pound Tatum holds 25 Power Five offers.
The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has Baylor with a narrow lead over Texas and Texas A&M to land a commitment from Tatum.
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.
It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.
Tatum currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $57K. 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.