LOOK: Arch Manning in Austin with 4-star EDGE Colton Vasek

New Orleans Isidore Newman Five-Star Plus+ quarterback Arch Manning is in Austin for Texas’ BBQ/Pool Party event, which was held Thursday.

One of the biggest Longhorn targets also at the event was Austin (Texas) Westlake four-star EDGE Colton Vasek.

Vasek is the No. 174 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.

The face of the class and the top target connected at the event. Vasek posted a photo afterwards of himself and Manning throwing up the Hook ‘Em Horns sign.

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— Colton Vasek (@ColtonVasek) July 29, 2022

Colton Vasek is a key target for Texas’ Arch Manning-led 2023 class

Texas currently holds the lead for Colton Vasek, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, at 56.2%. But this race is far from over, with Oregon right in the mix at 39.6%.

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.

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $17.3k. 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.