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Utah has landed a commitment from Scottsdale (Az.) Horizon offensive lineman Jake Grant after his visit this weekend to Utah's Junior Day. Grant is one of the top offensive line recruits in the 2015 recruiting class. Utah is currently his only major offer.
This is the place for me. I am a Ute!! #committed #utes. I am a Utah man. United Together Eternal Soldiers. 🏈🏈👍👌 pic.twitter.com/47w0NF22xe
— Jake Grant (@jakegrant76) March 30, 2014
Here are his rankings from the major recruiting services.
- 247Sports: Four stars (90), 5th best Arizona recruit, 15th best offensive guard
- Scout: Three stars, 40th best offensive guard
- Rivals: Three stars (5.6)
- ESPN: Three stars
Here are Grant's junior highlights on Hudl. You can watch his sophomore highlights below.
Here is new #Utes commit Jake Grant's 2013 HighLight Film #Nastiness http://t.co/irZSRzRlnC
— Steve Bartle (@bartle21_56) March 30, 2014
Grant talked to Richard Obert of azcentral about his commitment. He was definitely motivated by the game day experience from an unofficial visit (he was present for Utah's shocking win over Stanford) and is really impressed by the effort the coaching staff put into his recruitment.
Utah coaches sent him hand-written letters and basically rolled out the red carpet to Grant.
"You can't do much better than what they did for me," Grant said. "They're really committed there. Alex Smith just donated a half a million dollars. I feel we'll be able to contend for a Pac-12 South championship when I'm there."
More on Grant's commitment can be found below. This is Utah's fifth commitment of the 2015 class, joining Corey Butler, Zach Lindsay, Brandon Snell, and Tuli Wily-Matagi.
New #Utah OL commit Jake Grant talks about his decision and being "100% committed." #Utes ($)... http://t.co/r8Uq3POIBA
— UteZone (@UteZone) March 30, 2014
Grant just looks like a really tough kid who excels at making the faces of his opponents meet turf. His junior Hudl reel is basically a compilation of him pulling or accelerating downfield to find a linebacker to pummel. He isn't that quick yet and tends to stand a bit upright, but he knows how to engage and get his paws on a defender and take him to the ground. The number of pancakes that he unleashes in this tape is pretty revealing, and you get the feeling Grant is going to develop into a nasty interior lineman as soon as he brushes up on fundamentals and gets the college conditioning down.