2024 4-star CB Jaylen Thompson announces top 10 schools

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Riverdale four-star cornerback Jaylen Thompson released his top 10 schools on Sunday. The list includes Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

Thompson is the No. 227 overall prospect and No. 23 cornerback 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. 4 player in Tennessee.

Top 10 @BallHawkU @RebelsFBRec @RHS_WarriorsFB @coachkriesky @CSmithScout @NCEC_Recruiting @CoachTBarr @NPA_Tennessee @MSU_Football @UKFootball @UMichFootball @NEB_Recruiting @AuburnFootball @RazorbackFB @ULFBRecruiting @Vol_Football @HailStateFB pic.twitter.com/4DfM5cI2eD

— Jaylen Thompson (@JaylenT06) October 23, 2022

The 6-foot-0, 175 pound defensive back has already made visits to Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ole Miss and Tennessee, per the On3 Visit Center. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, it is a very close race for his commitment.

Five schools have a 14% chance or better to earn Thompson’s pledge. The Volunteers currently have the highest odds at 23.1%.

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.

Thompson has an On3 NIL Valuation of $6.1K. 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.