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Rivals Most Wanted: Riep, Ray, Delpit

Each week, Rivals.com is featuring three players who are blowing up on the recruiting trail with a flurry of new offers. This week, two defensive backs and an offensive lineman are decidedly on the radar of several programs.

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This week's offers: Wisconsin, West Virginia, Bowling Green, Notre Dame, Oregon, Florida, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh

Status report: Riep has been consistently picking up offers over the last couple of months, but the last seven days have been especially memorable. Already knowing that he plans to enroll at his future school for the spring semester in 2017, Riep realizes that his process will be a little bit sped up. However, he has no plans to rush into a decision as he hopes to takes official visits and then make a decision during his senior season.

In his words: “It feels good to get the respect I’ve been working for since day one. It also lets me know that the hard work and grind is well worth it. I still have my senior year ahead of me and a lot of people and alumni will be at the games to see if I deserve all of the offers and to see if I’m really that good. For all of the universities, coaches, teammates and family, I will not let them down, and for receivers and whoever comes in my way, they’re in trouble.”

Visit plans: Riep, who has already attended junior days at both Ohio State and Kentucky, will look to continue a busy visit schedule. He has plans to visit Indiana this week, Penn State and Michigan State next week, Tennessee on March 5th, Notre Dame for a junior day and then Oregon for their spring game.

This week's offers: California, Utah, Hawaii, UNLV, San Diego State, Tennessee, Louisville

Status report: Ray's Tennessee's offer caught people's attention as it was the first from outside the West. Louisville quickly followed suit, giving Ray his first ACC offer. Ray claims no favorites. When it comes to a timetable for his final decision, Ray is still hoping to make one before his senior season, but now realizes that with all of his recent offers, that may be more difficult to accomplish.

In his words: "It feels great. I’ve dreamed and prayed for this since I’ve been a little kid and for this to all be happening is awesome and such a blessing.”

Visit plans: Ray took closer looks at UCLA and USC last week. He plans to return to UCLA to take a more extensive look, but will likely wait for USC to show more interest before he returns to check out the Trojans again. Up next for Ray will be a visit to Arizona State on Feb. 27 for their junior day, followed by likely stops at Arizona, Washington, Washington State and then Tennessee for its spring game.

This week's offers: LSU, Baylor, Miami, Houston, Purdue, Iowa State, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss

Status report: While Riep and Ray were already known four-star recruits, Delpit’s recent and sudden recruiting success definitely came as more of a surprise. He picked up his first six offers in the span of a week and then saw his recruiting process hit another level over the last seven days. With the recent flood of offers, Delpit has no favorites and does not have a timetable for a final decision. However, he did point out that a decision could come at “any time” if the situation presented itself.

In his words: "It’s crazy. Growing up watching guys, you’d never think you would be where they are. I think I’m handling everything well.”

Visit plans: After taking a recent visit to Baylor, up next for Delpit is a visit to Miami for the Hurricanes’ junior day this weekend. A recruit paying his own way to fly half way across the country to check out a program is always a good sign of legitimate interest, so look for the Canes to be a player for Delpit throughout his process. After Miami, Delpit will then visit LSU on Feb. 27 and Texas A&M on Feb. 28.

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