Deontay Burnett commits to USC on a blueshirt offer
Deontay Burnett accepted a blueshirt offer from USC. Really strange recruitment. I also have a hard time believing a kid with other major scholarship offers would accept a blueshirt from a private school. He is probably going to have to pay at least one semester to one year of private school tuition out of his pocket (assuming the recruitment is not dirty and his family is actually paying for it).
Just when you think the SCerra pipeline can't get stronger, WR Deontay Burnett takes a blueshirt offer from #USC, will count for '16 class
— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) February 4, 2015February 4th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
According to BiSB it's a walkon spot with the coaches telling the player they'll get a scholarship when one opens up.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
What does BiSB say about the difference between this and a greyshirt?
February 4th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
I was just about to post that.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
Greyshirt you wait until next semester to go to school I believe.
Blueshirt you pay your way so you are enrolled until a scholly opens up?
February 4th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 4:22 PM ^
The Red shirts are coming! No taxation without representation!
February 4th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
Blueshirt starts school in fall as a walk-on and goes on scholarship either in spring or following fall to count against the following year's scholarship total. Greyshirt delays enrollment by a semester (until Spring but misses a year of football) to count against the subsequent year's scholarship total.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
Selling for the low, low price of $59.99 at your local American Apparel!
February 4th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
From 2 schollies in hand to...well, maybe it all works out in the end.
Best of luck to the young man.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
As long as there was something in writing that said I'd get my scholarship for my remaining 3-4 years of eligibility.
If his family can afford to pay for 1 year of SC, this is the obvious choice, IMO. Now if you can't afford to pay for it, then you have no choice and you go to WSU.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
I think a blueshirt is when a recruit pays his way for the first year and then gets the next open spot?
Thus unlike a grey shirt, they are actually in school waiting.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
if memory serves
February 4th, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
So when we thought he committed earlier this week, he was actually saying "Go Blue (Shirt)" instead of "Go Blue." Miscommunication totally makes sense now.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
Good explanation here:
http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/story?id=10431213
Essentially, pay own way to school, can practice, and play, but won't count against scholarships.
Only downside is that the kid must not have been recruited by the school, so that means no official visit prior to committment.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
February 4th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
I wish Bacon would do an article every year around March telling us what really went down in that year's recruiting ;) it would be fascinating.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
Because if they're not this is an incredibly stupid move.
Why would you pay for something, when you can get this other thing of equal or greater value, for free?
February 4th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
Maybe he is getting a "need" based scholarship until a football scholarship opens up. While he is on the "need" based scholarship he plays school only. When a football scholarship opens up, he switches over to the football scholarship and plays football.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^
it seems like a damn cynical and crafty way to skirt NCAA rules. Why not just sign 30 kids per class, give some need based or other scholarships, and then slide them in to the football program as other guys transfer out, quit, or get hurt?
February 4th, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^
Something here just doesn't smell right. If a Blue Shirt is what I think it is it means Burnett would have to pay his way during the Fall. Last time I checked tuition alone at USC was $25,000. To say nothing of room and board. This is not a cheap school. So then the question is how does the kid pay for it? I only ask because I thought I read the Burnett family was not affluent...Wish him well...
February 4th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
So he went blue afterall!
February 4th, 2015 at 3:26 PM ^
It's not really an issue when the boosters give your mom a house.
February 4th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
set by NCAA's sanctions?
February 4th, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^
Yes, big loophole in the system, or at least being used for all the wrong reasons here. One semester at USC is over $30k, don't get why you'd foot the bill for that when you can have the same opportunity elsewhere for free.
February 4th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
So U of M can give a student like Higdon, a full-ride academic scholarship, and not have it count against the 85 football scholarships?
February 4th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
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February 4th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
Its Hoke's version of a red shirt.
February 4th, 2015 at 5:44 PM ^
He would be better at WSU in my opinion. Don't think he will ever start.