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2024 3-star OT Kison Shepard announces top five schools

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Somerville (Tenn.) Fayette Ware Comprehensive three-star offensive tackle Kison Shepard announced his top five schools on Tuesday. They are Tennessee, Ole Miss, Texas, Nebraska and Mississippi State.

Shepard is the No. 670 overall prospect and No. 44 offensive tackle 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. 22 player in Tennessee.

The 6-foot-6, 305-pound recruit has visited the Longhorns and Rebels. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Ole Miss is leading for his commitment at 59.8%.

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. 

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It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

Shepard has taken two unofficial visits to Oxford on Oct. 1 and June 3, respectively. Meanwhile, he traveled to Austin for an unofficial on June 17. Texas’ chance for the three-star on the RPM is currently 27.4%.