8th grader commits to Kentucky...

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

And again, there ain't nothing about this situation that has anything to do with the kid getting an education - which would be helpful just in case he does ever shred his knee.

I'm going back over to the LGP thread...

You really do not know that. I know if I was a certain kind of player in this day and age, I would have decided where I was going long before the Letter of Intent was signed. And my choice would have been supported by my parents because that is a place my parents attended and a couple of my siblings also attended. Unless you really know the kid's family or situation, you have no idea why he picked that school. It is possible that is the same place his parents attended or once lived.

I had a cousin that lived in Texas and went to FSU to play football. It was pretty obvious that he was going to FSU all the way (Texas was not very good either) because he had family that attended FSU and FAMU (in the same town). He was born in Florida and his father had an old class mate that that was an assistant coach on the FSU team at the time. If you did not know anything about the situation, you would wonder why he left Texas where he went to high school to attend a school in Florida. Of course his decision was not as early as 8th grade, but his decision was made with more factors as to just playing football.

Peace