Another commit for BYU?

According to the Eureka Times-Standard in northern California, wide receiver Cody Hoffman may have verbally committed to BYU.

The story follows:

Sean Quincey/Times-Standard

ARCATA — Thursday night wasn’t all bad for Cody Hoffman. In fact, it was life-changing.
Following his basketball team’s hard-fought 45-43 loss to Arcata, the Del Norte senior went to dinner with a coach from BYU where he said he was going to verbally commit to playing football for the Cougars next year on a full scholarship.
‘I knew it was coming,’ Hoffman said. ‘It was getting closer and closer.’
Hoffman last week went on an official recruiting trip to BYU, the No. 25-ranked team in the country at season’s end. That trip helped him choose between the Cougars and Sacramento State, the only other school he said he seriously considered.
‘There are lots of nice people, they have a nice, clean facility,’ Hoffman said, ‘and their football team is top 25 in the nation.’
When it comes to actually playing the games, Hoffman, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound wide receiver said he is looking forward to playing in their pass-heavy offense. He also mentioned that he runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds, a very respectable speed that should only get faster training at BYU.
It’s far too early to speculate about whether he will actually see the field next year, but Hoffman will join a receiving corps that is losing the nation’s leading pass catcher, Austin Collie, to the NFL draft. Collie had 1,538 yards and 15 touchdowns in 106 catches last year.
Hoffman enjoyed a stellar senior season, which included several 100-yard games and his third consecutive selection on the all-Humboldt-Del Norte Conference team. The Warriors won league titles his sophomore and junior seasons before finishing tied for second this year.
Hoffman has played virtually every position on defense, he kicked extra points and he even threw for a touchdown this year.
Nothing will become official until national signing day, which is Feb. 4. On that day, if Hoffman does indeed sign with BYU, he will join a string of North Coast athletes who in the past five years attended college on a football scholarship. USC’s Rey Maualuga and former Nebraska receiver Maurice Purify, who just finished his rookie season with the Cincinnati Bengals, are both from Eureka.
‘I didn’t think it was realistic coming from such a small school,’ Hoffman said. ‘It just shows you what hard work can do.’