Tampavolz
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• Columbus High senior-to-be running back Jakhari Gore (Frank Gore's cousin) said he orally accepted UM's scholarship offer and denied a report it was pulled. Recruiting coordinator ``Clint Hurtt said they would make room for me.'' UM also got oral commitments from Belle Glade tight end Clive Walford and defensive backs Raheam Buxton (Pahokee) and Kacy Rodgers (from Texas and the son of the Dolphins defensive line coach), giving UM 14 oral commitments for the 2010 class.
His recruitment confuses me... I've interviewed him before and he claimed to have offers from everywhere (USC, Florida, Tennessee, FSU, Miami, etc) but none of his profiles list offers from any. I know profiles aren't a great way to determine offers but I would think that they would at least list some. I'm not sure if any of the staffs that offered him would accept a commitment from him (maybe not even UT) with the exception of Boston College.
Why won't they accept his commit? off-field issues?
Gore is a great back, and if he wants to be a Vol, you take him for a couple of reasons....
1. Keep that Florida pipeline gushing. Too important here to not take into consideration.
2. Anything you can take from the U in that area, you take from it. The perception that you can pull recruits from schools that seem to have that player locked down is huge in recruiting.
Couldn't we do the same thing with Bernard? Not sure which one is the superior prospect, but my preference would be Bernard.
Yes, and he would be my preference. You don't turn down any Florida talent that you really don't have to though because obviously the talk down there is about Eddie Gran wanting you to play for UT. You don't want it to turn too many if any down in that area because you need Gran to go in there and be able to accept commits and people continually talk about those commitments.