4-star EDGE Blake Purchase announces top five schools, commitment date

Englewood (Co.) Cherry Creek four-star EDGE Blake Purchase will be announcing his commitment on Sept. 6 and choosing between Colorado, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Oregon and Washington. The 6-foot-2.5, 240 pound prospect is the No. 298 overall prospect and No. 35 EDGE in the 2023 On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Purchase, who is the No. 1 player in Colorado, took official visits to Iowa State, Oregon and Washington in June. He has also been on multiple unofficial visits to Colorado, as well as a June official visit to California.

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, the Ducks have a commanding lead to land Purchase’s commitment at 83.2%. The Cyclones have the next-best odds at 4.7%.

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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.

More on Purchase’s recruitment

Purchase has received 18 offers. He spoke with ScoopDuck’s Justin Hopkins about four of his finalists in June.

Colorado: “I grew up watching Colorado. My dad went there. They were my first offer. I have a lot of love for them.”

Iowa State: “I love the program and the staff. They’ve pushed really hard for me for a year or longer. Also my brother is a sophomore there and that helps.”

Oregon: “(Defensive coordinator Tosh) Lupoi and (head coach Dan) Lanning are recruiting me really hard too. I just talked to them earlier today. Oregon is always a top school out West and I liked what I saw at the Spring game. It’s nice having a defensive-minded head coach that knows my position really well.”

Washington: “The coaches are recruiting me super hard. I have been there this Spring and I love the culture and the new staff. I would like to get up there one more time and see more of the campus and the city.”

Purchase has an On3 NIL Valuation of $14.7K. 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.