"You can't please everybody": 2x Olympian Caleb Holt talks about the pressures of being a No. 1 High School basketball prospect 

Five-star recruit Caleb Holt is ranked No. 3 in the 2026 ESPN 60 Recruiting Database. Holt enters his final year of high school and according to ESPN, has already received several offers from various programs like Alabama, Auburn, Cincinnati, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Houston and Ole Miss.

The shooting guard also has a $277K NIL value (according to On3.com). However, being a top recruit is not easy and Holt talked about it in a video posted by Swish Cultures on Wednesday where Jordan Richard interviewed him. Richard also asked him to talk about his daily life being a top prospect.

"It's crazy, it's crazy man. Your phone's blowing up like if you're like if you're projected to be a top player in high school, I think you should get another phone, said Holt. "It's a good problem to have because everybody's here, you got college coaches, you got interviewers, you got people who want money, you got people who think they know you."

Holt then said that top recruits have to learn to say no and just stay focused.

"It's crazy! You got people who just want to say they trained you being in the gym for a little bit for them you know what I'm saying so you have to also learn how to say no sometimes too cuz you can't please everybody and when once you try to please everybody you're going to find yourself like exhausted so I think just just stay focused really you know what I'm saying."

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Timeline of offers received by Caleb Holt

While Caleb Holt belongs to the class of 2026, he already received offers since 2022. He received his first three in April 2022 from the Auburn Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs. Holt then received another one in May 2022 from the Ole Miss Rebels.

The list does not stop there. In 2023, the Grayson High School student received offers from Kansas State, Houston, Tennessee, UAB, Tennessee Tech, Mississippi State, Radford, Cincinnati and Georgia Tech. Holt also made an unofficial visit to Georgia Tech in December 2023.

This year, Holt received offers from Kentucky and North Carolina. According to 247Sports, the Wildcats visited Holt on September 4 followed by coach Mark Pope's visit exactly two weeks after.

He has been impressive at every stage he has played so far. Which college do you think Caleb Holt will commit to?