Seen more than enough recruiting articles where kids say "they gave me love early" or "they were my first offer" or "they been texting me every day for years." Got to get on it now and develop those relationships.
To cross-pollinate between recruiting threads: Clawson has told us several times that their strategy is sometimes to be the first offer or first P5 offer. Especially with QBs. Doesn't always work -- I believe Wake was Justin Fields' first P5 offer -- but it does enough to prove that being "first" on guys pays off more often than it doesn't.