All that remains is for Darrell Scott to sign his name.
Scott, a star running back at Ventura St. Bonaventure High, is among the nation's top football prospects. He will sign a national letter of intent today, ending a college recruiting process that was understated by Internet-age standards.
Unlike most top high school players who answer as many phone calls from information-hungry recruiting experts as they do from college coaches, Scott has mostly been mum. But even so, the 6-foot, 200-pound senior has been the subject of seemingly endless message-board discussion.
"I don't like all the attention and everything," Scott said. "I just sit back and relax and watch everything develop. That's just me. That's how I am. Quiet."
Allen Wallace, national recruiting editor for Scout.com and publisher of SuperPrep magazine, said Scott's delaying his decision until the final day is not all that unusual for players regarded among the best at their positions.
"We always come down to letter-of-intent day with big-timers we're waiting on," Wallace said.
Scott, who helped St. Bonaventure win the state Division III championship bowl game, took only two recruiting trips: to Colorado, where his uncle, Josh Smith, plays receiver, and to Texas, where running back Jamaal Charles recently left after his junior season to turn pro.
Those schools and possibly Louisiana State, he said recently, were favorites in the race to secure his services. He is scheduled to announce his choice at 10 this morning on ESPNU.
"I've got my mind set on probably where I want to go and I'm going to stick with it," Scott said.
College coaches were trying to sway him even in the last few days.
While Scott was being interviewed in the St. Bonaventure locker room, UCLA assistant DeWyane Walker strode past and entered a nearby room. Scott later joined Walker, who also made a return trip to St. Bonaventure with new head Coach Rick Neuheisel and another assistant in tow.
St. Bonaventure Coach Todd Therrien has witnessed similar parades. He was a Seraphs assistant when running back Lorenzo Booker signed with Florida State in 2002 and when receiver/running back Whitney Lewis signed with USC in 2003. Scott's recruitment, the coach said, mirrors Booker's -- with one obvious difference.
"Lorenzo kind of loved it and he pushed himself to it," Therrien said. "He was a natural where Darrell's been, well, you've got to kind of pull him out and bring him into the spotlight."
