Texas, Oregon State, Washington and Miami all trending for key recruiting wins

​  The dead period is here but recruiting never stops. There’s still several players on the board who are set to make their commitments over the next couple of weeks.Washington looks good to score big on the Rivals Summer Signing Day Show July1, Oregon State has a lot of momentum on two key targets and Texas could be trending for one of the top lineman out West.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFor months I had my commit prediction for Las Vegas (Nev.) Arbor View quarterback Thaddeus Thatcher on Michigan. The Wolverines offered Thatcher during his unofficial visit to campus back in April and there was a feeling a commitment was imminent.The longer things dragged on, the more time it gave other schools to jump in to the picture. Thatcher ended up taking official visits to Oregon State, UCF and UNLV. The visit to Corvallis was impactful and I’ve now joined colleague Steve Wiltfong in moving my prediction over to the Beavers.Thatcher along with his teammate and adopted brother Damani Warren officially visited Michigan over the weekend and the Wolverines were pushing for a package deal. It now looks like both players will head elsewhere.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOn Tuesday, I put in a prediction for Warren to land at Texas A&M. The Aggies have been leading this race for some time and were recruiting Warren harder than anyone. We did think Michigan had a shot since they were the only school recruiting both players but it now appears the two will head their separate ways.The two are set to commit late this week on June 26.I also put in a commit prediction for Oregon State to land Anaheim (Calif.) Servite athlete Benjamin Harris. Harris is one of the fastest football players in America and won the 100-meters at the CA State Track and Field Championship with a personal best 10.14 time.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHe’s more than just a track guy and has the ability to be a difference maker at running back and receiver. He officially visited Oregon State over the weekend and the Beaver coaches did a great job on selling Harris on scheme fit and comped him to former Oregon State athlete James Rodgers.It was the biggest recruiting shocker of the year out West when four-star offensive lineman Rashaun Lavata’i committed to Washington State over Washington on Tuesday.The Huskies are well positioned to rally and could go 2-2 when a pair of key OL targets announce on the Rivals Summer Signing Day show July 1.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementI’ve joined colleague Brandon Huffman in putting in commit predictions for Washingto to land four-star guard Gecova Doyal and high three-star tackle Tye Kennedy.Both wins would be significant. There was a time when Oregon looked like the team to beat for Doyal. We still see the Ducks as the main competition for the Huskies but after his weekend visit to Seattle, we’re betting on Doyal to stay in-state.Kennedy also visited UW over the weekend and his ties to the program are well do      ​Read More Feedzy