Artavis Scott to announce at The Opening
Will decide between Michigan, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Ohio and Central Florida.
Edit: Event takes place June 30 - July 3.
Ok more @TheOpening_2013 commitments - WR Artavis Scott (@ArtavisScott7) will announce from #Clemson #Gators #FSU #Michigan #Buckeyes #UCF
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Freddy-Canteen-…
According to your link, he's top 50 at his position, not overall.
Not that being top 50 even at your position is anything to be disappointed with.
He is not a top 50 overall player, he is in the top 50 of his position group (#43 WR). Pretty big difference.
Assumed state to be the position and the position to be overall. Oh we'll, at least he is a 4* to 1 service.
I disagree. If the staff offered Canteen after Scott and KJ decided to go elsewhere I would agree with you, but that didn't happen. The coaches obviously were willing to take Canteen and discontinue their recruitment of Scott.
I don't think an offer always means a kid can commit immediately, such as when Kyron Watson seemed to want to commit, but had to wait on Winovich. It is possible that they told Canteen to wait until Scott's decision (or a certain date if Scott were to put it off longer than expected). On a related note, I really like Canteen. Only playing three games last season seems to have put him way under the radar (although a 4-star is obviously nothing to sneeze at) and it seems like he's picking up offers wherever he camps. Unfortunately it looks like he is now picking up quite a bit more attention and from interviews, it seems like his recruitment might go on quite a while.
It looks bad now, but hasn't Clemson had a bunch of early commitments fall through? Robert Nkemdiche is obviously their highest profile decommitment, but I seem to recall they've had quite a few decommitments over the past few recruiting cycles. So even if he verbally commits to Clemson at the Opening, I don't think Michigan is out of it, unless he winds up in the same situation as EJ Leavenberry and loses his spot to another commit before he can change his mind.
that he asked Scott if Michigan was out of it, and his response was "Hell No"
we have at least 2 days before he makes his choice. Anything can happen between now and Friday or Saturday!
do we go back to Williams or have we burned that bridge a bit?
Also, not so sure we're totally out of this. Apparently the coaches felt confident enough in their chances with Scott that they told KJ Williams he didn't have a spot at the moment. The coaching staff has pulled one out of thin air enough that I won't believe we're out of it till Scott publicly picks another school
9/9 for Clemson in the last 2 hours. Have to think there's some reliable information out there
Then again, we saw everyone suddenly freak out with Winovich to Pitt and OMG Hand to Bama so I'll take it with a grain of salt at this point
regarding Hand and Bama. Could still happen
Think positive!
The point being that people all predicted Bama on a little snippet of information but people still kinda sorta think Michigan might be Hand's letter so just because everyone freaks out and picks one school all at once doesn't mean they're right, it probably just means something is happening.
With Winovich, a lot of people thought Pitt since he decided he was announcing and had recently visited Pitt. Wrong
With Hand, a lot of people took Hand eliminating Va Tech as Hand loves Bama
Here, people could be interpreting "Scott is announcing" and his recent visit to Clemson as OMG Scott to Clemson. NSFMF! I don't think Michigan's out of it
Clearly a few people picked Clemson based on info (or the timing of his announcement) and the rest are just following suit.
need THE KNOWLEDGE to tell us who he chooses and we can move on.........well?
Not enough points to start a general recruiting info thread, but I will add here that Michigan 5* DT offeree Andrew Brown (who is tight with Hand but eliminated us a couple weeks ago) said he's deciding tomorrow from among the following:
<blockquote>Brown, who will decide between Virginia, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Alabama and Clemson, said there are several factors that will go into his decision.</blockquote>
EDIT: blockquote fail
Brian has the wrong twitter account for Scott.
I have to stop following recruiting on a day to day basis. Losing these kinds of kids to other schools didn't hurt as much when I wasn't getting my hopes up by reading the hype everyday. I started following recruiting heavily right around the Laquon Treadwell hype. Im sick of the emotional roller coaster already
Bye bye BBQ I guess
The crystal ball is such an annoying feature. If you're just going to follow the crowd, what's the point of making a prediction?
in that he could have seen Clemson and realized it was the place for him, or they could have been the real contender with us, and he saw it and was like "Nah", so the choice became obvious.
Clemson also has Deshaun Watson committed for the class of 2014, who is the #1 dual-threat quarterback to Rivals and the #5 pro-style quarterback in 247's Composite ranking. A high-profile QB can go a long way in the recruitment of receivers, especially when those receivers can look at the offense and see themselves in it, which Scott can do with Hopkins, Watkins, Jacoby Ford, etc. I think one of the issues for Michigan in recruiting receivers has been, "Yeah, you've got Shane Morris in the fold, but there hasn't been a standout Michigan receiver since Mario Manningham in 2007."
Every Big time WR recruit is going to want to play for great school and see a track record of WR success to the NFL. We just don't have that lately and it's killing us on the trail. I think we can win the battles in the Midwest and PA because of our pull here but the out of region WR studs won't come here unless we start getting Wideouts to the league again.
i keep hearing that his commitment may not stick as did nkemdiche last year clemson has a bad habit of losing alot of recruits i hope he does stick with them but scott has to be thinking about that
The theory has been very solid in the past, Garnett followed a bunch of things like Stanford medical school the week before he decided. Green followed a crap ton of Michigan related things before he decided. Treadwell followed a bunch of ole miss related things before he decided.
Does anyone know when Scott is announcing this weekend? (i.e. date and time)
Also, are we sure that Williams is out or is it just assumed because we seemed to "slow play" him in favor of Scott?