With National Signing Day right around the corner, there have been few Texas prospects as hotly pursued as Mesquite-Horn wide receiver Reggie Roberson.

The former Kansas commit has narrowed his options down to Illinois, Utah, Washington State, and West Virginia, and is set to announce his commitment on Monday evening. He admits that he still doesn’t know who his pick will be, but much of that likely has to do with his visit to Morgantown this weekend.

That trip will be all the more important after the recent flurry of visits he's had from the coaches of his finalists.

“All the in-home visits went well,” he said. “I think I have a good chance of playing early on all of those teams. I think that’s really why they made the cut because that’s a big thing for me - to play early.”

Monday night’s hang out with Mountaineers head coach Dana Holgorsen and receivers coach Tyron Carrier also seems to loom large. West Virginia is certainly in the market for a big-play receiver following Mike Harley’s recent decommitment. Roberson would immediately step in as WVU’s highest-rated pass catcher in this class, should that be his decision.

“They just talked to me about how long they’ve really been wanting me,” he said. “They explained a lot of things to me about how I thought I would be the best fit for them. I’ve been talking to Coach Carrier a lot over the past few weeks and he’s been telling me I’ve always been their guy.”

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“They’ve put a lot of receivers in the league the last couple of years,” he said. “Just playing in that offense would be really great and playing in the Big 12 gives me the chance to play some games around my parents.”

On Illinois

“It’s really a family environment with Coach (Garrick) McGee, Coach Lovie (Smith), and Coach (Andrew Hayes-) Stoker” he said. “With Illinois’ pro-style offense, for some reason I really like it. They were telling me about how they can help get me ready for the NFL and what I can do playing in the slot there.”

On Utah

“Coach (Troy) Taylor is changing their offense from the pro-style stuff they were doing with two receivers to four, running the spread, and I really liked that offense,” he said. “Utah was probably my favorite official visit all-in-all - everything we did, snowmobiling, stuff like that was something I’ll always remember and I really liked sitting down and watching film with Coach Taylor.”

On Washington State

“Coach (Dave) Nichol and Coach (Derek) Sage, the outside receivers coach came to see me and I think they’re coming back to see me with Coach (Mike) Leach,” he said. “I know they throw the ball a lot - that’s like receiver heaven so I really like their offense.”

Roberson said that he’s developed friendships with Illinois commits Ricky Smalling and Mike Epstein as well as Washington State quarterback commit Connor Neville. While those relationships certainly don’t hurt either team’s chances, he maintains that his decision is ultimately going to come down to where he feel he can best find a role that will get him involved in an offense as quickly as possible.

“I really think when it comes down to it, me playing early in the offense that I can catch the most balls and be the most productive,” he said.

Despite his appreciation for the Wazzu offense, Roberson seemed more interested about the changes that Taylor plans to make at Utah. That, coupled with the full-court press that West Virginia has been able to make late in the game gives the feeling that his decision is primarily a choice between the Utes and the Mountaineers.