Another signing day suprise may be on the way

Submitted by Quail2theVict0r on

Per Josh Helmholdt on rivals:

"Waiting to see if this comes to fruition, but could be in store for one more Signing Day add."

 

UPDATE: The rumor swirling around is that Alex Kozan is not quite sold on Iowa yet and may be considering Michigan.

bronxblue

February 1st, 2012 at 9:40 AM ^

I'm calling Gunner Kiel, just because he seems to be making a thing of flipping schools.

That, or Barry Sanders Jr. because that would be awesome.

Mr. Yost

February 1st, 2012 at 9:51 AM ^

You technically have until April 1st to sign...Signing Day is just something fans and ESPN created, but there are plenty of guys that won't sign today.

Some will wait to finish basketball season and take visits. Others will wait to see how Signing Day pans out and then try to get "picked up" by teams that may have missed out on a bigger prospect. Some people want the attention of having their own day.

In Diamonds case, his school has set a press conference for ALL of the signees for Friday. So he's doing it with his classmates in all sports that sign during this period.

M-Dog

February 1st, 2012 at 9:59 AM ^

Daimond's school is doing this for ceremonial reasons, but you can bet that all the kids at that school have already made their commitments known behind the scenes to their future coaches, so as not to get shut out.

Wherever Diamond is going, that school already knows it.  BTW, I think it is Michigan.

 

a2_electricboogaloo

February 1st, 2012 at 9:52 AM ^

I'm pretty sure he's had that as his date for a while now.  So you shouldn't glean anything from it about where he is going to commit.  It could mean a couple things, I think he just wants to announce at a time that isn't the main NSD rush, and get lost in the crazy amount of news going on.  The other possibility is he's waiting to see how the classes fill out.  this might be likely too, as he doesn't seem terribly gung ho about the idea of commitiing to a class with a bunch of OTs (or at least his mom doesn't).

Alumnus93

February 1st, 2012 at 9:51 AM ^

Our biggest need, and Magnus would probably agree, right now, would be CENTER, based on the assumption that Bars or Kalis aren't expected to play it.

Michigasling

February 1st, 2012 at 9:58 AM ^

Because I've been wondering for days.  Per WKTA this morning:  His high school class is declaring together. 

EDIT: This was to be an answer to Toomer18 above.  And I'm typing too slowly.  Serves me right for getting up early enough to listen live before coffee.

Willhouse

February 1st, 2012 at 10:11 AM ^

Dang, FSU is cleaning up this year...

From ESPN.com

Florida State once again flexed its recruiting muscle on Wednesday reaching up the East Coast for Five-star Under Armour All-American defensive tackle Eddie Goldman (Washington, D.C./Collegiate). The 6-foot-4, 310-pound talent made his announcement live on ESPN at 10:05 AM ET. He picked the Seminoles over Alabama, Auburn and Miami-FL.

M-Dog

February 1st, 2012 at 10:20 AM ^

If I'm Florida, I'm seeing the walls close in a little bit . . . coaching unstability, poor seasons, recruiting not what it was.

Things move fast.  Just a couple of years ago I remember a multi-page article in SI about how FL was invincible in recruting, coming off a National Championship season with the #1 class in the country.

 

 

detrocks

February 1st, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^

Sam Webb just retweeted something from Hawkeye Insider that says that Kozan is still considering Iowa, Michigan and Auburn despite announcing for the Hawkeyes the other day.