Maybe Casey Phillips will be an automatic redshirt when he comes to Baylor in the summer of 2018. Maybe he won't.

But if you're the Baylor coaching staff, you don't mind that problem when you just received a commitment from a player who is 6-6 and 280.

The debate only surfaces because the Franklin projected four-year starter will be moving from the Old School Wing T offense and into Baylor's pro style look. On Saturday while attending Baylor's first spring football workout, Phillips became the fourth commitment to the 2018 class.

Baylor would eventually like for Phillips to evolve as its future left tackle. Phillips is ready for the challenge.

"At Franklin, our tackles are known as the strong and quick tackles,'' he said. "I'm in four-point stance all the time. So this is all new to me. It's really exciting. It's something new. I have to learn. It's a new style of offense. I've done camps and combines since ninth grade, so I have an idea.''

Once Baylor offered Phillips on Feb. 2, the coaching staff put the pedal to the metal and talked him with at least three times per week. It wasn't just one coach. It was everybody on the staff. Phillips also took a couple of visits to Waco.

What you're seeing in the Phillips recruitment and commitment effort is the plan by the Baylor staff. While a coach may be in charge of particular position or area, it's the goal for every coach on the staff to make it a point to get to know and personalize the relationship with the player.

Saturday's decision didn't come down to a sudden feeling. It was a sense of closure.

"Deep down, I knew I wanted to go there,'' Phillips said. "But I just wanted to wait and see. Everything felt right. This was the time to do it. I never had a dream school. It was about the right school showing up. That was Baylor between its academics and athletics.''

To be sure, Phillips and his family had questions and concerns about the recent sexual assault scandal. Phillips said they talked with head coach Matt Rhule about the fallout.

"I was skeptical and my parents had a lot of questions,'' Phillips said. "We wanted to know about what things were still lingering. But the coaches were up front. They answered every question. I have confidence in the coaches and that they will rebuild the program. I don't have to worry.''

When taking in the Baylor practice, Phillips locked into new offensive line coach George DeLeone working with the techniques.

"He makes them do the little things right over and over until they get it perfect,'' Phillips said.. "That was their balance, where to position their hands and how they use their feet. That really stood out to me.''

Phillips doesn't have to wait long for his next trip to Baylor. That will be March 25 when the Bears transition to their first full pad workout.

A two-star recruit, he holds other offers from Texas Tech, Rice, Bowling Green, SMU, Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Kansas, TCU and Army.