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I'm pleased to see Hawkins in the class, and I don't mind taking some high risk/reward recruits.  I note that, with this commitment, Stanford now has 14 commits who received offers by March 15.  Bailey and Moi would make 16.  It's true that a recruit with an early offer isn't always the coaches' top choice, but the timing of the offer does tend to correlate to the coaches' preference, and the timing of the offer is one of the best easy to track, objective metrics available to those who aren't subscribing to Rivals or 247.  

Also, for those keeping track, the Hawkins commitment and public interest from Moi suggest that the June official visits may have been more successful than I previously appreciated.  9 recruits who attended OVs in June have committed and 9 have eliminated Stanford, with only Bailey left to decide.  Though I'll admit the losses at WR sting.

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I'm pleased to see Hawkins in the class, and I don't mind taking some high risk/reward recruits.  I note that, with this commitment, Stanford now has 14 commits who received offers by March 15.  Bailey and Moi would make 16.  It's true that a recruit with an early offer isn't always the coaches' top choice, but the timing of the offer does tend to correlate to the coaches' preference, and the timing of the offer is one of the best easy to track, objective metrics available to those who aren't subscribing to Rivals or 247.  

Also, for those keeping track, the Hawkins commitment and public interest from Moi suggest that the June official visits may have been more successful than I previously appreciated.  9 recruits who attended OVs in June have committed and 9 have eliminated Stanford, with only Bailey left to decide.  Though I'll admit the losses at WR sting.