Texas A&M in the top five for four-star OT Chase Bisontis

Weeks after dropping a top eight, Ramsey (N.J) Don Bosco Prep four-star offensive tackle Chase Bisontis has cut his list once again, to five schools: Rutgers, LSU, Michigan State, Georgia and Texas A&M.

The Aggies offered Bisontis back in May 2021, but have surged in recent months since the arrival of mew offensive line coach Steve Addazio

“I am interested in Texas A&M because of my relationship with Coach Addazio,” Bisontis told On3’s Hayes Fawcett. “We’ve built a strong relationship recently. I believe their program is headed in the right direction.”

He previously told Fawcett that Addazio’s pedigree and the opportunity at Texas A&M has the Aggies standing out to him.

“He is highly respected around the country,” he said of Addazio. “He’s coached some of the offensive line coaches that are coaching at some big schools right now. They also had the best recruiting class last year, so that’s also very good because playing there will make me a lot better in practice and playing in the SEC.”

The four-star has yet to visit College Station, but he plans to change that soon.

“Texas A&M is the only school I am interested in that I have not visited yet, I plan on getting down there,” he said. “That visit will have a huge impact on where I will stand with them.”

Rutgers and LSU are among two schools to keep an eye on in his recruitment. He made his first visit to LSU last month, which helped the Tigers surge up his list. The four-star has visited Rutgers more than any other school to this point. The Scarlet Knights are considered the favorites as of right now, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine (RPM), which gives Rutgers a 28.2 percent chance of securing his commitment.

“I’ve been recruited by coach Schiano and the staff for a long time now,” Bisontis told Fawcett. “Visiting Rutgers six times now, and all were great experiences. I’ve built very strong relationships there across the whole staff. Rutgers feels like home. I have a bunch of friends and former teammates currently on the Rutgers roster. Rutgers is only 45 mins away from me as well. I believe that Rutgers will soon be a top program and to go there and help that happen would be awesome.”

The Tigers trail in second with a 24.7% chance of landing the four-star. Texas A&M sits in third with a 19.3% chance to land the New Jersey native’s commitment.

Texas A&M holds just one offensive line commit in the 2023 class to date in Spring Branch (Tex.) Smithson Valley three-star Colton Thomasson and will look to take at least 2-3 more this cycle. 

Bisontis is ranked as the No. 52 player and No. 5 offensive tackle nationally per to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He has an NIL Valuation of $137K. 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.

Join the conversation at the Aggie Scoop message board