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With his college scholarship offer list growing by the week, growing larger than he ever could have imagined, Kyle Baublitz is still waiting on a couple more possibilities.
The Central High football star already has written offers from some of the best football programs in the East and Midwest, including Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Pitt.
There's also a few from the South, such as Virginia, Clemson and Florida State.
And even one from the other side of the country in Stanford.
But there are a couple of schools that Baublitz, a junior, would like to get some more love from.
One is Oklahoma, whose coaches have been in contact with him quite often lately.
"They want to see me in person, to see if I'm really (6-foot-4 or 6-5). They don't want to offer unless they see me and get to know me. They said they're going to come up some time this spring or summer."
The Sooners apparently are recruiting Baublitz, a 250-pounder, as a tight end. Most other schools want him as a defensive lineman or linebacker.
And, he also would love to start hearing from Texas.
"I have had a little thing for them since I was a kid. Just liking the team, I guess."
With or without the Longhorns, Baublitz has plenty of decision-making to do. His offer sheet has increased to 17 now and also includes Illinois, Boston College, Connecticut, Rutgers, Maryland, Northwestern and Akron, which just became official on Monday.
So he'll keep
This weekend he'll take in spring practice at the University of Virginia. He then expects to make back-to-back trips to State College, including one to see the annual Blue-White Game on April 25 in Beaver Stadium.
He also is planning to make a summer road trip with his family to visit schools in the Midwest. He's already made spring trips to Pitt and Maryland.
He said he doesn't know when he will make his choice.
"I'm just trying to evaluate everybody right now," Baublitz said. "One doesn't really stick out."
The recruiting process is "fun. You get to meet new people and get to see the difference campuses, but it kind of gets crazy after a while because of all the letters in the mail."
Baublitz said he gets seven to 10 recruiting letters each day -- just another thing to fit in along with classes, weightlifting and running and playing outside hitter on Central's varsity volleyball team.
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