Patterson spoke to ON3 today:
“It comes down to now where I feel I can make the biggest impact at the quickest. I want to get on the field. All five schools have great academics and I like what they do on the field as a team, but playing early, the depth charts and the impact I can have on the program are things I am focused on.
“The home feeling is the same at each of these schools, so it is one or two things that will help me commit to one of them.”
“My plan all along was to take five official visits, but I don’t know exactly what the future will bring. I will go into those visits committed now, so I might want to settle down a little and only take two or three, but I haven’t decided on that yet. My plan is to still take at least a couple of official visits though.”
This is what he said about Miami:
“I have always thought about being part of the Miami team that brought Miami back. I would be devastated if they won a national championship while I was in school and I wasn’t part of the team. That has always had Miami on my list. Then the new staff too and how they have recruited me made an impact on me. I have always felt like a priority for them.”