The Arizona Wildcats have lost yet another top prospect in this 2017 recruiting class, as four-star quarterback Braxton Burmeister has flipped to the Oregon Ducks.
Burmeister was planning to enroll early at Arizona, but a report emerged last week that he was considering a change of heart after receiving a late offer from Oregon.
Akili Smith, his quarterback coach and former Duck, played a huge role in convincing Burmeister to attend his alma mater.
Burmeister had the second-highest ranking among recruits in the Wildcats’ class.
He had been committed to Arizona since his sophomore year of high school, but decommitted in the spring of his junior year, looking into Indiana, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington as schools of interest.