'21 ATH Cole Batson Talks About Why He Committed to Boston College

An in-depth discussion with Boston College's most recent commitment.

On Saturday, the Boston College Eagles landed safety Cole Batson out of San Clemente, California. The 6'4 2021 recruit chose the Eagles after decommitting from the Arizona Wildcats just a week before. This move wasn't out of the blue, as Batson had the Eagles in his top grouping before he had originally committed to the Wildcats back in June. 

Batson is an impressive recruit for the Eagles, and was recently selected as part of the SI All American Top 1000. You can read his full scouting report here. BC Bulletin spoke with Batson shortly after he committed to the Eagles. He spoke with us about his relationship with his staff, clarified what position he was recruited for, and what the Tem Lukabu saw in him. 

When it came to evaluating schools, Boston College checked off all the boxes for Batson. When he talked about what attracted him to the school he said, "honestly, the the overall vision of the coaching staff. They are working hard to make BC a special place to play football." The off the field aspects also were attractive to the recruit.  "Their academics were just more aligned with my academic goals and for life after football."

The coaches also really stuck out to Batson. He has mainly been in touch with head coach Jeff Hafley, defensive coordinator Tem Lukabu and linebackers coach Sean Duggan. The head coach impressed the young athlete because of his success at both the collegiate and NFL. And stylistically he lines up with what Batson wants, "he’s a head coach that’s a defensive guy which is what I love."

When talking about defensive coordinator Lukabu, Batson elaborated "He’s an awesome guy, that is very smart and knows what he is doing." The California native further went on, "he liked my ability to move with my height. He knows that there aren’t a lot of guys that are 6’4” and can move as well as I can. He also likes my physicality and overall playmaking abilities."

Batson also cleared up the position he was recruited for, and it will be on defense. "More as an athlete on defense," he concluded. " It depends on the weight I come in at. At my weight right now I would play free safety, but if I came in at like 220 I would move to a strong safety/hybrid."

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