Brahms breaks down Stanford interest

Limited available scholarships have drastically slowed the flow of new 2017 Stanford offers - they've extended only a pair of new scholarships to the 2017 class in the past four-and-a-half or so months (one to a wide receiver, the other to a linebacker), but the Cardinal continues to recruit and evaluate a number of other players. One of the more highly touted prospects who remains a candidate in the 2017 class is four-star Florida offensive lineman Nick Brahms.

"I got in touch with Coach Bloomgren on Twitter," Brahms said. "We were talking on and off a little bit. They haven't offered me yet. But I would like Stanford. The academics there are tremendous, (as is) the football program."

"He said I'm high on his recruiting board. I think he's waiting for a few guys - I'm not sure. I think he's high on me. It would definitely be an option if they offer."

In addition to communicating over Twitter, Bloomgren paid a visit to Navarre High School during the spring evaluation period to check on Brahms and co.

A Stanford offer would be taken under serious consideration.

"It would be pretty big," Brahms said. "I like Stanford a lot. It's been a dream school of mine since I was a kid, just the academics, being the No. 1 school in the nation. It's beautiful out there - my dad grew up in California, actually Southern California. He said California is beautiful, especially Northern California."

Brahms has not yet visited The Farm, though he said he "wants to go sometime."

A visit might be contingent upon a scholarship offer, however.

"I'd probably want an offer before - that's pretty far," Brahms said. "But we'll see what happens, I'm not sure."

If Brahms' recruiting does proceed with Stanford (perhaps including a visit to The Farm), what would he like to find out about the Cardinal?

"How many alums are across the nation, because I've heard they usually stay in California," Brahms said. "If I wanted to move back down to, say, Florida, or wherever, stuff like that. The dorm situation - I heard it's different. They stay with regular students. I feel like that would be an obstacle, kind of. For me, I don't know, waking up early (and if the schedules would conflict) - they might have the same drive for excellence or whatever. That's probably the main two things."

Brahms' days as an uncommitted prospect may be numbered. He said his top schools are currently Miami, North Carolina, Auburn and Tennessee, and a decision could come in July.