Plano East WR keeps SMU in his top 10

SMU already has filled up its spots for slot receivers in 2016 but the Mustangs still need a guy who can line up outside and go up and make a big catch.

That's where 2016 Plano East wide receiver Adewale Omotosho comes into the picture.

The three-star product released his top-ten schools list on Saturday and SMU made the cut, along with Arkansas, California, Maryland, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, UCLA, Utah and Washington.

Omotosho spokes with the HillTopics at the Texas State 7v7 tournament about SMU and the relationships he is building with Chad Morris and wide receiver coach Justin Stepp.

"It's been going really great. Coach Morris and coach Stepp are telling me about their cookout at the stadium on (July) 24 so I should be able to make that," Omotosho said. "I have a really good relationship with coach Stepp and he's trying to tell me what their vision is. Because that's the most important, not how the season went this past season before the coach change."

Omotosho is paying close attention to this vision for SMU's future.

"Most importantly you shouldn't look to the past but to the future. I've already seen the progress, just the little things," Omotosho said. "Like the stadium. I was there before and I came back months later and they already got the walls up, the posters up. They're all about progress, they're not guaranteeing me we're just going to come out and ball but just to give them a chance and see what they do."

Omotosho just took his second visit to SMU in June at a camp and received the full-court press from the SMU staff.

"It was cool. It's always a good time at SMU. It's a great atmosphere at that campus," Omotosho said.

But being at the camp gave the 6-foot-3 wide out the opportunity to watch Stepp, his possible position coach, out on the practice field coaching guys up.

"I liked it a lot. He's out there wearing cleats running around with the kids and everything. I think that's really important for me especially because I'm a quick learner but I'm a visual learner so when I see it done it's easier for me to replicate it," Omotosho said. "So for me it was really important to see him out there going through the motions and the ins and outs and for me to reciprocate that."

Omotosho's list includes schools from all over the country offering a lot of different environments. Omotosho described what he wants out of his college experience.

"Most importantly just academics. Having a future outside of football because as we all know football doesn't last forever. So that's the number-one thing for me, the number-one priority," Omotosho said. "Secondly, an offense I can play and flourish in and develop in as far as making it to the NFL because that's a big goal for me as well. And then third is just having a great atmosphere. Knowing I'm around the right people, coaches, teammates, campus."

Omotosho is planning to visit Texas Tech, UCLA, California, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State this summer but there are no set dates just yet.

At the state tournament Omotosho was one of the most vocal players on the field, coaching up his teammates and encouraging them from the sidelines. You could call this senior leadership but it is not something new to Omotosho.

"Even as a junior, that's when it's all about having the great players but not even just the great but the vocal players on the team step up. Because coaches can't hold our hand, coach isn't going to be the one running the fade or running the route so it's important for us to have leaders on both sides of the ball. I take that role and I take it very seriously."