Expect New Hampshire to be a place frequented by Power 5 schools come mid January because a developing offensive lineman is picking up Power 5 offers, and even more interest.

Tilton (N.H.) School offensive guard prospect Owen Snively was offered by Syracuse during the season, and by Rutgers when an assistant coach was at the school Thursday.

Pittsburgh and Connecticut have also offered the 6-foot-4, 270-pound Snively, who is yet to make any official visits, and Cincinnati and N.C. State are also monitoring him. His lone in-season unofficial visit was to Connecticut.

“The Syracuse coach came here Wednesday and he was here for about four hours, and we hung out,” Snively said. “The Rutgers coach (Nunzio Campanile), I had lunch with him. It’s the usual stuff. He told me what the school was like. They want me to come down on campus.”

No trips have been set up, but Snively wants to see several schools.

“Obviously, now Rutgers would like be a top (school),” he said. “I’m thinking Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn.”

Without visiting anywhere but UConn, Snively’s knowledge of the programs recruiting him is limited, although he knows Rutgers was in the news recently.

“They didn’t have a coach, but they wanted to offer me about a month ago,” Snively said. “They didn’t have a head coach so they couldn’t do anything. I know they are in the Big Ten. I know the new coach (Greg Schiano) coached there for 11 years before this time.”

Syracuse has been to Tilton multiple times to see Snively.

“I don’t know too much (about Syracuse),” Snively said. “It’s a smaller city. The campus is about 15,000. It’s compact, a private school. The coach talked to me a little bit about it.”

Although Pittsburgh wanted Snively to visit this weekend, but he is taking the ACT so he is pushing his officials back into January.

“Their head coach (Pat Narduzzi) calls me at seven o’clock every Wednesday,” Snively said. “He wants me to feel comfortable with him. He wants me to build a bond.”

Having schools trek to New Hampshire for one player is not time efficient in today’s fast-paced recruiting world, so it could help Snively that a pair of underclassmen are on the radar at Tilton in 2021 offensive lineman Kai Rose, and 2022 running back Jackson Paradsi.

And those players could be aided by Snively’s emergence. As a February signee, schools will have more time to put the finishing touches on their 2020 classes, so traveling to meet with him and his family in January is more ideal.

Tilton coach Matt Dawson, who coached in college for 17 years, sees a big upside in Snively.

“He can run, he long snap, he can run, he can catch,” said Dawson, who was a grad assistant at Oregon. “He’s every bit of athletic as the kids we had out (in Oregon). I think he can be a pro, to be honest with you. I think he’s that good. I think he can play anywhere in the country.

“He’s got the mentality for it. He’s a tough kid. He doesn’t ask why. He just does it. I love the kid.”

Dawson, whose brother, Mike, is New York Giants linebackers coach, played at UMass. In addition to coaching at Oregon, he also had stints at Norfolk State, UMass, Fordham, Virginia State, Monroe College and New Hampshire, so he understands why schools are slower to move on Snively.

“Rutgers offered him as soon as they walked in and saw him,” Dawson said. “It’s hard because I’ve been on the other end of it and a lot of times you don’t trust what the high school coach is telling you as far as weights. When I say 6-4, they probably think he’s 6-2, but when they walk in and look at him, they say, ‘Holy cow, he’s 6-4,’ and they offer him.”