Long Beach (Calif.) Millikan receiver Ezavier Staples (6-3, 185), is working his way through a long list of offers.

Staples has 17 offers, from Nevada, UNLV, UCLA, San Jose State, Arizona State, Colorado State, New Mexico, BYU, Boise State, Fresno State, Cal Poly, San Diego State, Hawaii, Liberty, Kansas, Utah and Purdue but a handful of those are standing out to him.

"Right now I’m looking into Nevada, UCLA, Boise State and Arizona State the most," said Staples.

While Staples said he hasn't narrowed his list down, those four, plus San Diego State and Utah comprise a short list for him.

"A top five right now I haven’t thought too much about it but if I had to choose now it would be UCLA, Nevada, Arizona State, Boise State, San Diego State and Utah," said Staples.

Still, Staples isn't closing off communication with any schools.

"I've also heard from Washington State, Colorado and Oregon State," said Staples. "I think the next closest to offering is probably Washington State. I've been receiving mail from them the longest. "

Staples was hoping to check out a number of schools this spring but the NCAA dead period sidelined him from going to see anyone or having coaches come by.

"My coach had a lot of schools planning on coming out," said Staples.

Staples was only able to get to one school in January and none in March, before the dead period started.

"I was only able to see UCLA which went really well but I really wanted to see other schools too," said Staples.

The Bruins have prioritized Staples, offering him in February, a week after he visited.

"I talk with coach (Jimmie) Dougherty and coach Chip (Kelly)," said Staples. "And me and coach (Don) Pellum talk a lot."

Pellum visited Millikan in January, and his nephew, Romeo Pellum, is Staples' head coach. Pellum and Dougherty have been recruiting Staples together.

"Coach Pellum always tells me I need to start looking into where I want to go and he tells me how each school is recruiting me which also is important because I don’t want to go to a school that has me last on there board," said Staples.

Staples enjoyed his visit to Westwood.

"I really like the facility they had," said Staples. "And the staff was cool. I liked the energy around me and plus, knowing it’s close to where my mom could come out and watch me if she wants to is also awesome."

Staples was training for the upcoming track season but that got wiped out.

Still, he's working out on his own.

"Right now, I’ve been doing at home workouts off the computer for my abs and my arms and I’ve been running on the treadmill for cardio," said Staples.

A three-star in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings, Staples ranks as the No. 57 player in the state of California for the class of 2021.