2024 4-star QB Michael Hawkins delays commitment

McKinney (Texas) Frisco Emerson four-star quarterback Michael Hawkins announced Saturday that he is delaying his commitment. He was previously scheduled to announce his decision on Jan. 31.

Hawkins is the No. 230 overall prospect and No. 16 quarterback 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. He is also the No. 38 player in Texas.

“I will be pushing my COMMITMENT back!” Hawkins wrote in a statement published to social media. “This will be the biggest decision of my Life and I want it to be right.”

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound signal-caller announced his top eight schools on Dec. 4. According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, Oklahoma has a commanding lead for Hawkins’ commitment at 93.2%.

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.

Hawkins has an On3 NIL Valuation of $21K. 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.