Booker T. Washington Safety Dax Hill Breaks Down Recruitment, Oklahoma State Interest

Entering the summer of what will be his junior season, Booker T. Washington safety Daxton Hill — the younger brother of All-American OSU running back Justice Hill — has seen a meteoric rise in his stock on the recruiting trail despite being held out most of the spring with an injury.

The 6-foot-1 prospect from Tulsa has picked up scholarship offers from OSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, TCU, Michigan, Ohio State and Texas since the new year in addition to an offer from the Sooners that came on Christmas Day.

Needless to say, business is boomin’.

“Recruiting has been going really well, a lot of offers have been coming in for me. I’m just really thankful for that,” Hill told Pistols Firing. “I’m not going to be able to take any visits this month, but come July, I’ll take some unofficials. Recruiting is going well for me and I’m excited about that.”

Hill says his first unofficial will be to the University of Arkansas in July, but plans after that are still being worked out. Because his recruitment is still blossoming, though, his ears are open to all schools — as is his visit schedule.

“I’m going to take as many visits as I can. I know I can’t always stay home, you know, taking home visits [to OSU or OU]. I just gotta travel, explore, and see what all the universities have to offer,” he said, adding that his brother has been an encouraging voice throughout the process.

“He’s just been congratulating me, just telling me to keep the good job up and to keep doing what I’m doing and to stay focused,” he continued. “He’s really just been telling me that even though he went to OSU doesn’t mean I have to follow in his footsteps. He wants me to weigh my options, and has told me I don’t need stay in Oklahoma just because I live here. He doesn’t want me to limit myself or my opportunities to just Oklahoma schools, so he’s encouraged me to explore all my options.”

Hill’s rise as a recruit has been primarily at the safety position, where Oklahoma State has offered him. But he says Ohio State has offered as a cornerback, and schools aren’t set on bringing him in primarily as a safety. They just want him in the fold. Period.

Being that Hill is just a Class of 2019 prospect and his recruitment is in its early stages, he’s made it a focus to keep open lines of communication with coaching staffs across the country as he learns about his opportunities he’ll soon have to choose from. Like Justice, who became commitment No. 1 for the Cowboys, he says he’s leaning towards an early commitment. But it’s still a fluid situation.

“I’m probably not going to wait until my senior year on signing day,” he said about when his college decision might come. “I’ll probably do it early in my senior year or the summer of my junior year. I’m really not going to wait too long, but I don’t want to do it too early, either. I want to make a decision when I feel like it’s the right time.”