4-star TE Israel Briggs Sets Commitment Date Between Two Schools

Trinton Breeze
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On Monday afternoon, four-star tight end Israel Briggs, who recently decommitted from Arizona State, announced his commitment date for June 24th.

He has narrowed his choices down to two schools: Miami and LSU.



According to the 247Sports rankings, the 6-foot-5, 200-pound tight end is rated as a four-star prospect and is ranked as the No. 70 overall prospect in the class of 2026, the No. 6 tight end, and the No. 10 player in California.

Briggs holds 26 scholarship offers, including ones from Miami, LSU, California, Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Kansas, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss.

As a junior at Redwood High School in Visalia, California, he recorded 44 catches for 571 yards and eight touchdowns.

Briggs recently visited Miami, and here’s what he shared with Sebastian Font after the visit:

“I really liked everything all around when it came to Miami; everything was really picture perfect. [Miami] and LSU are really my top schools right now,” said Briggs. “[Miami] just really put a plan together, man. All around, everything was just lined up. For my dad, especially, just outside of football was really the biggest thing that Miami was offering here.”

Can the Hurricanes secure a commitment from Israel Briggs? We will have to wait until June 24th to find out.
 

Comments (58)

Just a question for you, do you think he’s gonna stay at 200 for ever, or do you think S&C brings him to par?
Just a question to add on top of your question, with NIL, transfer portal will he even stick around long enough to have the weight of a TE? We don’t have a recent positive track record of undersized kids gaining a lot of weight by year 2.

Unless the kid is just terribly slow, I’d just keep him at WR.
 
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Is he similar to Jaleel Skinner?
He appears to be more fluid (pause) than Skinner. Skinner appears to be taller. Skinner couldnt catch and was clunky though...he is 6'5 230 now at Louisville but aint doing much.

I think that size would be the goal for this kid by his jr year as well.
 
30-40+ pounds is a big ask. And our S&C doesn’t have a great track record recently of filling out this kind of frame..
Agree, at best 220ish. So then, rhetorically, why are we even pursuing this kid?
 
They can give him a TE title. I am looking at him as a WR. I am good with him. I would think he gives us a commitment this week.
 
They can give him a TE title. I am looking at him as a WR. I am good with him. I would think he gives us a commitment this week.

Unless he moves up his date, it wont be this week
 
Agree, at best 220ish. So then, rhetorically, why are we even pursuing this kid?
Because he isn't being brought in to be an inline blocker. He is being brought in to be a threat in the passing game. In essence Briggs will function like a big WR but he will run the same routes the TEs run in our offense plus more to exploit his unique skill set. He is nothing like Skinner. Briggs has a WR skill set with the length(pause) and the frame to add enough to be effective in the middle of the field and the functional strength to battle LBs and Safeties.
 
Times have changed, huh? A 200 pound TE recruit. Imagine saying that 20 years ago. You'd be negged.
 
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