Interest but no offers yet for Pulsipher

A lot of recruiting mail has arrived but Adam Pulsipher is well aware from past family experience that while letters are encouraging, offers are what really count and that's why the Temecula (Calif.) Temecula Valley linebacker hopes those starting arriving soon.

Pulsipher has had two brothers involved in the recruiting process - Austin plays at Yale and Andrew took a grayshirt at BYU last season - so he is familiar with how everything works and now many big-time programs are after him. The two older Pulsipher brothers were two-star recruits by Rivals.com.

Alabama, BYU, Arizona, Utah, Boise State, Washington, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Stanford have sent the most correspondence to Pulsipher, who said he's excited about the early attention but hopes he can start earning offers soon.

"The offers are everything," Pulsipher said. "Without an offer none of this matters. That is something I've seen with two older brothers that have been through it. I've seen they got a ton of mail too but it's the offers that really matter. I'm doing everything I can to get at least one."

This off-season has already been busy for Pulsipher, a Mormon who is strongly considering mission work when he gets to college.

He's doing morning lifts at his high school four days a week. He's also training at a facility near San Diego, all in preparation for a big spring showing and his senior season. Pulsipher said he's planning to go to "as many camps as possible" this spring.

Not only did he learn about hard work from his older brothers but also the ins-and-outs of the recruiting process, an important head start as he deals with it throughout his senior year.

"(Austin) really liked it especially when the coaches came out here for the in-home visits," Pulsipher said. "He mostly had Ivy League schools talking to him so when they came out that was cool. I remember our whole family sat in talking to those coaches and he said the official visits were really helpful.

"It didn't work out because everyone wants to play Division I, he wanted a scholarship, but he's still happy. It's good to have brothers that have gone through it."

Pulsipher is not being picky when it comes to schools but staying on the West Coast is preferable and he said BYU, Washington, Oregon State, Southern Cal and Stanford particularly stand out to him. Still, he's being realistic and just wants options moving forward - and that means picking up offers.

"I'm pretty much wide open," he said. "Whoever is interested in me, I'm interested in them. It would be nice to stay on the West Coast because it's closer to home but it's not a necessity. Whatever works out best for me."