[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Found this at New York 2012 college football letter of intent day

Here's the story from the article:

***Leading off today: With National Letter of Intent Day for senior football players under way this morning, here's a hard-luck tale that's more than a little puzzling and a lot disheartening.
***Jontrey Tillman, a running back/defensive back for Baldwin (La.) West St. Mary High with about 5,000 career all-purpose yards, thought he would be signing today for a scholarship with Stanford University. He made a verbal commitment to the Pac-12 school in June and all but checked out of the recruiting process -- no visits and little contact with other schools.

***All was well for the better part of six months, with Tillman in regular contact with the Stanford staff. West St. Mary coach Ryan Antoine told USA Today that Cardinal co-defensive coordinator Derek Mason made a home visit Jan. 16, but Tillman was informed four days later that he did not make the cut with the admission department.

***"The kid was devastated and heartbroken," Antoine told the paper. "He has a 4.0 grade-point average and scored a 26 on his ACT test."

***Antoine says he didn't get a clear answer from the Stanford staff as to what happened, and he's gone so far as to speculate out loud that the Cardinal found a played they liked more than the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Tillman.

***Tillman is probably good enough to land somewhere else in Division I, but it won't be today. Instead, he'll have to wait out the first wave of signings the next few days and catch on with a school that still has a scholarship available.

[hawkfarmer]

I don't know what the reasoning, is but I'm sure they have a lot of players on their team that don't have those academic stats so it sounds a bit suspicious to me.

[truehawk]

Those basstards.

[hawkfarmer]

This is kind of like the Alabama deal, except they basically told the kid they found a better kid so he was out. So it's not really the same, but even if you commit 12 months ahead of time a coach can still pull the rug out from under you.

[hawkeyebob62]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeHypnosis

Found this at New York 2012 college football letter of intent day

Here's the story from the article:

***Leading off today: With National Letter of Intent Day for senior football players under way this morning, here's a hard-luck tale that's more than a little puzzling and a lot disheartening.
***Jontrey Tillman, a running back/defensive back for Baldwin (La.) West St. Mary High with about 5,000 career all-purpose yards, thought he would be signing today for a scholarship with Stanford University. He made a verbal commitment to the Pac-12 school in June and all but checked out of the recruiting process -- no visits and little contact with other schools.

***All was well for the better part of six months, with Tillman in regular contact with the Stanford staff. West St. Mary coach Ryan Antoine told USA Today that Cardinal co-defensive coordinator Derek Mason made a home visit Jan. 16, but Tillman was informed four days later that he did not make the cut with the admission department.

***"The kid was devastated and heartbroken," Antoine told the paper. "He has a 4.0 grade-point average and scored a 26 on his ACT test."

***Antoine says he didn't get a clear answer from the Stanford staff as to what happened, and he's gone so far as to speculate out loud that the Cardinal found a played they liked more than the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Tillman.

***Tillman is probably good enough to land somewhere else in Division I, but it won't be today. Instead, he'll have to wait out the first wave of signings the next few days and catch on with a school that still has a scholarship available.

At least Stanford "catches" it quickly. With Iowa, the NCAA Clearinghouse manages to snag our guys three days into summer/August camp.

Hard to believe the kid finds out 12 days before NLOI Day, though.

[shonblatt]

At least it wasn't Hardvard.

[1hawkeye1]

Kind of stinks. Suddenly he is not eligible by Stanford admission regulations? Sounds like Stanford found someone they liked better.
But he is very bright and will get a ride somewhere. Will just have to wait.

[acgclone]

I can't imagine that all of Stanford's player have better scores than 4.0 gpa and a 26 act. A kid with those kinds of numbers would have his stuff in order. Sounds like they just wanted to recruit over him.