Tyrie Cleveland Reveals Top 8: Which School Is Best Fit for 4-Star WR?

Eight lucky schools have made the cut in hopes of landing 4-star wide receiver Tyrie Cleveland.

Via his Twitter account, the nation’s No. 6 receiver and the No. 61 player overall in the 2016 cycle announced his top eight schools.

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It's been a long process but these are the schools that I'm interest in, I'm truly blessed to be in this position  pic.twitter.com/GtfXiSE1N5

— Cleve (@Tyrie_1) October 8, 2015"

Arizona State, Arkansas, Florida, Houston, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, TCU and Texas A&M will battle it out in hopes of signing Cleveland in February.

He was committed to the Aggies for roughly six months before reopening his process back in April.

Which of his finalists presents him with the best option to make an impact early in his college career?

For starters, his list is largely ripe with schools who have lit up scoreboards this season. Six of his top eight schools feature offenses that currently rate among the nation’s top 25 total offenses.

Cleveland has the skill set to fit in nicely at any one of his finalists.

The three schools based outside of the Lone Star State that appear to have the most traction with Cleveland are Arizona State, Oklahoma and Ole Miss.

As Taylor Hamm of GigEm247 noted, he’s already taken official visits to check out the Sooners and the Sun Devils, and he intends to use an official visit to Oxford at some point.

The biggest attraction with the Sun Devils would be the opportunity to continue playing with his good friend, prep teammate and current 4-star quarterback Dillon Sterling-Cole—who is currently pledged to the Sun Devils.

All three of his in-state options feature programs that have prolific aerial attacks.

In TCU’s Josh Doctson, Texas A&M’s Christian Kirk and Houston’s Demarcus Ayers, all three programs have receivers who are among the nation’s top 25 most productive wideouts.

Heading to Fort Worth and potentially sliding into Doctson’s spot on the outside is a role that he could find appealing.

Of all of the staffs recruiting him, he may be closest to Texas A&M and head coach Kevin Sumlin.

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Aggie love   pic.twitter.com/ORteH7fBgw

— Cleve (@Tyrie_1) August 13, 2015"

“Every time I go out there, I feel comfortable, so there’s progress,” Cleveland told Hamm. “Every time I go there, I get a different vibe, and they’ve been doing a great job talking with me. Coach Sumlin has been talking to me a lot. We talked a few days ago on the phone, so it’s been great.”

He has been present for two of the Aggies' home games thus far.

Another plus for the Aggies in their quest to regain Cleveland’s commitment is the health of their quarterback situation.

With sophomore Kyle Allen, freshman Kyler Murray and a pledge from 2017 5-star passer Tate Martell, the Aggies appear to be set up for success at the game’s most critical position for years to come. 

While prospects who decommit from a program rarely end up signing with their original school of choice, the Aggies have plenty of positives trending in their direction with Cleveland.

Sanjay Kirpalani is a National Recruiting Analyst for Bleacher Report. Unless otherwise noted, all quotes obtained firsthand, all recruiting information courtesy of 247Sports, and all states courtesy of cfbstats.com.

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