Another Team Might Be In On Wright

[Brett Vito]

DRC

[ValleyBoy]

For a California guy, the following could also be a factor:

Living in Miami > Living in Denton

Should say For a Georgia guy....ect.

He is from Savannah, Georgia

http://savannahnow.com/staff-and-wire-reports/2008-05-30/savannah-high-players-sign-junior-college-california

[UNT Mean Green]

Obviously this coaching staff knows how to evaluate talent if Wright is in consideration for being recruited to Miami.

[untbowler]

Wow if true what a testament to his character, that he commits and then turns tale 5 seconds later.

[TheTastyGreek]

Wow if true what a testament to his character, that he commits and then turns tale 5 seconds later.

Shavod Atkinson did the same thing. He was a "soft" verbal up to and including signing day. Can't remember who he held out for... Either West Virginia or Rutgers.

[eulessismore]

Shavod Atkinson did the same thing. He was a "soft" verbal up to and including signing day. Can't remember who he held out for... Either West Virginia or Rutgers.

West Virginia

[Mean Green 93-98]

Shavod Atkinson did the same thing. He was a "soft" verbal up to and including signing day. Can't remember who he held out for... Either West Virginia or Rutgers.

He didn't hold out for WV--they offered him.

[TheTastyGreek]

He didn't hold out for WV--they offered him.

The way I remember it, they had interest, but their class was full with verbals and they were wanting him only if one of their commits fell through on signing day. He committed to us, they came sniffing around, and he ultimately signed on with us but not until after going silent for a while.

I remember a thread from signing day 2009 where we were tracking the West Virginia signings to see if any of their scholarships opened up at the last minute.

EDIT: Looked back at Vito's old blogs and the threads... Atkinson told Vito he had an offer from them, but they didn't have a scholarship that was actually available. Then he went from being Vito's "favorite recruit" because of immediate responses to going very, very quiet. The only ship WVU had open up on signing day wound up getting shifted to a guy who had been an Ohio commit, and Shavod faxed in his LOI with us right around the time that the Ohio kid got that one free scholarship.

Edited December 29, 2010 by TheTastyGreek