At the time of his commitment, Thomas Hudson reported nine Pac-12 scholarship offers and 25-plus total offers including some BCS schools outside the west including Michigan State and Northwestern. USC and Notre Dame later offered. He was recruited to ASU by Chip Long and has a chance to see playing time next fall.

Name: Tommy Hudson

Hometown: San Jose (Calif.)

School: Archbishop Mitty

Position: Tight End

Height: 6-foot-5

Weight: 253 pounds

Rivals.com ranking: Three stars, 5.7 Rivals rating and ranks as the No. 24 tight end prospect and the No. 80 overall prospect in California.

Offers: Arizona, Boise State, California, Cincinnati, Colorado, Colorado State, Fresno State, Memphis, Michigan State, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, UCLA, UNLV, USC, Utah, Utah State, UTEP, Washington and Wyoming.

Favorite food: Steak

Favorite movie: Long Survivor

Favorite music type/artist: Rock and Roll/ACDC

Favorite female celebrity: Carrie Underwood

Favorite NFL player: Rob Gronkowski

Favorite hobby: Going to the gym, playing basketball

Role model: To be like Gronkowski. He's relentless, he's dominating, he's big, seems like a cool dude. It seems like a good way to play the game and enjoy life

Best sports memory: Probably a long touchdown I had in the championship game or the WCAL long touchdown I had my junior year against Serra. It felt great, a 67-yard touchdown. It took a while but it was fun.

On the first time he knew he was good enough to play at the next level: I feel like I knew I was good enough from the second I started playing football but I didn't know how to get there with contacting coaching and getting myself out there but once I learned that it took off from there.

On moving to ASU and being on his own: It's exciting. I'm really pumped about being able to be around the team and the atmosphere all the time, everyone with the same goals going toward the same path and feeding off all their energy. I'd love to become more of a dynamic football player. I'm pretty comfortable with the area. I have a lot of friends and family in Phoenix too so it's kind of cool.

Why ASU: The coaches made it feel like, comfortable, a good place to go. I wasn't really looking for facilities or stuff like that. I wanted strength of program and the people I was going to be around for four or five years, who their legacy was, having a good, enjoyable experience.

On his goals for next season: My mindset is to play a significant amount. I don't know about starting but that's the No. 1 goal. If I can achieve that as soon as possible I would love that and I'm going to work toward that. I feel my role coming in will be more determined by what I do in practice and the weight room but I feel I have as good a chance as any to get playing time.

On his signing day plans: We have a signing day thing at school so I go there and do that but I have all the paperwork here. It's awesome because it's kind of the dream getting wrapped up. It's not just a thought, it's on paper, it's here, it's really cool.