On June 5, 2022, Brayden Platt posted a message on Twitter outlining his goals: "I will be ... throwing in the Olympics and be in the NFL #Patience."
Those are lofty ambitions, especially for someone who was finishing his sophomore year at Yelm (WA) High School.
Still, if anyone can achieve both things, it might just be Platt.
On Monday night, Platt committed to the University of Oregon, where he will be a thrower on the track and field team and a linebacker in football.
Platt, whose other finalist on his recruiting board was the University of Oklahoma, is expected to make an immediate impact in both sports.
Platt is MileSplit's No. 23 boys recruit in the Class of 2024. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound senior is also the No. 72 football recruit in his class, according to 247Sports.
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