Jake Maikkula

6-6/285 San Ramon Valley (Danville, CA) High School junior OT Jackson Brown? breaks down his June visits, recruiting timeline

6-6/270 Valor Christian OT wraps up 8 visit schedule in June, considers decision

A few thoughts:As official visits are now over (for quite a while), uncommitted recruits are back home, and discussions around the timing of making decisions, available scholarships and how long they will remain available, which visit was their favorite, etc are now front and center. I'm a bit surprised things haven't moved faster with some of Cal's recent visitors but that's how things have played out.My intuition is telling me that Sam Yoon is looking to slow play Cal as he awaits a potential Stanford offer. I can't imagine that's going to play well with the staff and at the very least, they will move on and assume he's not coming, and potentially they will move on completely. This one is complicated as Sam's view, his parents and his grandparents may not all be aligned here.Luka Vincic , Jackson Brown, and Jake Maikkula all feel like near-term decision-makers. Ramsey plays things closer to the vest and may take his time. Lots of mutual attraction with him and Cal yet it feels to BI that he's a bit careful about what's going to drive his decision and the most important factors to him and his family. Would not be surprised to see Jaydn Ott make his decision this week. The feeling here is that he will pick the Bears. He comes from a large family and he plays an important role in supporting his Mom and younger siblings so that will weigh on him as he makes a choiceThe Jeremiah Earby situation is less clear. Football and physical-wise, he's tailor-made for the Cal defense. Would be a very good get. His friend/mentor just choose Oregon State which led to some CBs going to the Beavers but that feels premature. A more considered and thoughtful decision (and one that involves his Mom) is likely to lead him to Cal. Interest in him is picking up from other spots and there may be a bit of the allure to enjoy the recruiting process coming out of COVID that delays him.Cal and Stanford are in a dog fight for both Jaiven Plummer and Elic Ayomanor , the two big WRs from Virginia and Canada respectively. I doubt either of them strongly considers any other schools. Look for Elic to decide in the next 7-10 days with Plummer announcing on his birthday, July 21st. I feel good about both but Stanford will be tough competition.