Four-star defensive end Hunter Echols (Los Angeles, CA/Cathedral), one of the more vocal commits in the USC 2017 class, tweeted out that he was shutting down his recruitment process Friday.

100% committed and shut everything down i will be a USC TROJAN tune in we are building something special here #FightonForever pic.twitter.com/OepK4RBS79 — HUNTER (@hunter_tyb) January 6, 2017

USC flipped Echols from UCLA but programs like Oklahoma (Echols took an official visit) and recently Miami have come on strong for the U.S. Army All-American.

Echols said this weekend he was "intrigued" by the Hurricanes and has an OV scheduled for the 13th. It is unclear if that is still on.

The 6-foot-4 Echols is the No. 9 WDE in the 2017 class according to the 247Sports Composite.

Five-star WR and USC target Joseph Lewis also retweeted the announcement.

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