Commitment date set for this coming Monday at 12pm.

Question for Tim,

Why is his rating so low? Every other service has him a 4 star basically. 81 or 4 star on ESPN, 92 on 247 and an 89 on On3. Only a 5.5 on Rivals and 31st in the state. Curious how come there is such a large gap. Thank you

This one has pretty much always been inevitable, but it's nonetheless nice to make it official:

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He is the one I mentioned over the weekend who had already committed to the staff, but may hold off on an announcement for a couple days (for his own moment) after the back-to-back pledges Sunday evening:

72.3% completion accuracy
2,900 passing yards, 45 TDP
1100+ rushing yards, 17 TD, 13.3 ypc

Those are stats you often see in 4 star or even 5 star rated QB prospects. What are the factors that bring Brand down to mid tier 3 star status?? Level of competition? Measurables? Mechanics? His film looked impressive, but I'm no expert in talent evaluation. Just curious what the "experts" are not seeing from Brand that result in a ranking that seems to belie his on field production.