Cat is Out of the Bag

Last year, the University of Florida made a head coaching move that helped DWill make his decision to come to PSU. Could this type of thing happen two years in a row?

On January 2nd Miami's head coach, Coker, fired four assistant coaches to include his QB coach, Dan Werner. Werner is the recruiter responsible for landing PA star QB Pat Devlin (#3 QB in the nation according to scout.com). This shifting of coaches has left the door open for Devlin to start to reconsider his commitment. Devlin committed to Miami way back in July of 2005. Before the success of the lions this season. It is amazing what a great season can do for recruiting as we have seen so far already this year. Pat has come out and said that he is "exploring Virginia and Penn State". Virginia was in Devlin's final cut list as PSU was not when he made his decision.

If you look at UVA's problems, you would think Pat would eliminate them pretty quickly as they too have made big coaching changes. I guess we will all have to wait and see how this unfolds. A little teaser for you though, Pat and Vidal Hazelton have become very good friends as they both were expected to attend Miami early going in the recruiting picture. Vidal has been quoted to say that he would love to go to a school with Devlin because he knows the type of caliber QB Pat is.

I am sure all of this is a long shot, but something to keep the final two weeks until LOI day very interesting...

Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/19/2006 | Sports in Brief | Downingtown QB backs out on Miami