June 4 – When you know, Cam Dyer said, you know.
A few days in the Arizona desert changed everything for Dyer, the future La Cueva senior quarterback who had four official visits scheduled in June.
He only needed one to finalize his college decision.
Dyer officially announced Tuesday night that he would be signing his national letter of intent with Arizona State, where he visited last weekend.
“I’m happy to have found a home,” he said.
One of the interesting questions is this: He won’t play quarterback in college.
Arizona State, which left the Pac-12 to join the Big 12 earlier this season, recruited the 6-foot-10 Dyer as a wide receiver. He was being recruited by several schools as a QB, defensive back or receiver.
“If I have to abandon my dream of being a quarterback at the next level to become a receiver playing in the NFL, then that’s what I’ll do. This is what’s best for my future,” Dyer said.
Former longtime NFL standout Hines Ward is ASU’s receivers coach.
“I think the biggest change will be mental,” Dyer said of the impending position change. “I don’t think it’s that difficult to change physically, because I feel like I already have all the physical aspects I need.”
Dyer was named the 2023 Gatorade Player of the Year after leading the Bears to the Class 6A championship last November.
And he will be La Cueva’s QB next season. So he plans to graduate early and begin his college career reporting to Tempe early next year. He will sign his national letter of intent in December.
Utah (which was recruiting Dyer as a quarterback) and UTEP were among the other three visits Dyer had scheduled later this month. All of these visits were canceled after the Tempe tour.
“The campus, the facilities, were amazing,” he said. “More the culture than anything else. I fell in love with it immediately. Once I saw everything, I knew immediately.
“Another thing that really tied me in was that my family loved it, they felt like it was home too, and that was really important to me.”
Dyer said Sun Devils coach Kenny Dillingham, in addition to Ward, “views me as an NFL talent,” Dyer said. “So this means a lot to me. And I think I can see my future moving in the right direction.”
