When Logan Tuley-Tillman visited Notre Dame last month, the junior offensive lineman from Peoria, Ill., left with the Irish as one of his top two schools along with Michigan.
Tuley-Tillman has since collected several more top offers and his list of favorites has expanded as well.
“Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, Ohio State, South Carolina, West Virginia and Notre Dame; a bunch of schools,” said Tuley-Tillman, who has offers from each of those schools outside of Alabama.
He also has offers from Boston College, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Missouri and Tennessee.
While Tuley-Tillman has lengthened his list, the Irish are still one of his favorites and he’ll be returning to South Bend soon.
“I’m going to Notre Dame on Saturday,” the 6-foot-7, 284-pounder said. “I just want to get up there and see it again. I’m just going to go through it again and watch the basketball game.”
Irish recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin is handling Tuley-Tillman’s recruitment and is excited about having the big-time junior prospect back on campus.
“He told me that’d be great and he really wants me to,” Tuley-Tillman said of Martin. “I just really want to see it again and get a whole feel for it all around.”
Tuley-Tillman made his third visit to Ann Arbor this past weekend and the Wolverines certainly will be a player for the talented 2013 prospect.
“It was real fun,” he said of his trip to Michigan. “I saw the basketball game. They played Wisconsin, it was a good game and they won. I got to tour the academic center and that was pretty nice.”
Even with offers coming at a dizzying pace, only being slowed by dead periods, Tuley-Tillman has had the chance to reflect on becoming one of the nation’s hottest junior prospects.
“It’s great to see it come through,” he said. “Just to see all of my hard work pay off, is a really great feeling.”
Now, it’s up to him to shuffle through all of his opportunities and pick the best one for him.
“I just have to review all of the schools and disconnect everything else and look at how I fit in with these schools and make my decision from there,” said Tuley-Tillman.
He has a solid inner circle to rely upon, but Tuley-Tillman will be making the decision for himself.
“I’m just going to make a decision for what I think.”
