{"id":706176,"date":"2026-06-15T21:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:23:08","slug":"db-taylan-patterson-is-big-12-bound-with-his-commitment-to-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706176\/","title":{"rendered":"DB Taylan Patterson is Big 12-bound with his commitment to Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandler (Ariz.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/high-school\/basha-chandler-az-23025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Basha<\/a> athlete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/taylan-patterson-281329\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylan Patterson<\/a> is Big 12-bound, announcing his commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/utah-utes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah<\/a> on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>After taking his official visit to Salt Lake City, Patterson knew he had found his home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where I can be developed and grow and get mentally better,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cAnd this is home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He raved about the official visit and highlighted the culture being built under first-year head coach Morgan Scalley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone on the staff treated me like family,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cThe culture of Utah is unmatched and they\u2019re just good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ute coaching staff was also another positive for Patterson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all want me at Utah and it feels like home,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cThey are amazing people and care for me as a player and a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patterson is the No. 35 overall prospect in Arizona according to the Rivals Industry Ranking, an equally weighted average that utilizes all three major recruiting services.<\/p>\n<p>He ranks as the No. 51 athlete nationally in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chandler (Ariz.) Basha athlete Taylan Patterson is Big 12-bound, announcing his commitment to Utah on Monday afternoon. After&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99,304910,8390],"class_list":["post-706176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports","tag-taylan-patterson-27-basha","tag-utah-utes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}