Football: BYU Still In Running For Cal OL Stevens
Almost anything can happen when a football recruit makes an official campus visit, so Brigham Young coaches are breathing a little easier this week with the news that one of their most coveted prospects -- offensive lineman Hamani Stevens of Hemet, Calif. -- did not make a commitment after visiting Michigan State last weekend.
While the Cougars were entertaining the Spartans in basketball at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, the four-star recruit who is listed as one of the top centers in the country was checking out East Lansing.
Stevens told the Web site GoSpartans.net that he enjoyed the trip, despite the frigid cold weather, but did not make a pledge to coach Mark Dantonio.
"I really enjoyed it," he said. "It was my first time [that] close to the East Coast. It was cold, but I mean, I put a jacket on and I was fine."
It was the 6-foot-2, 290-pound lineman's fourth official visit. He's also been to Colorado, Oregon and Arizona State.
"This trip was different than my other ones," he said. "I couldn't even rank it because it was different since it is not on the West Coast."
Stevens is scheduled to visit BYU on Jan. 11. However, he has not promised that he will wait until after that trip before making a commitment.
He is also still keeping an eye on UCLA, but is holding off until the Bruins name a new coach. Stevens said he lives close enough to UCLA that he can make an unofficial visit there anytime.
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Remember our post about Chris Polk? He is the Southern California running back, a four-star recruit, who orally committed to play for USC way back in March.
Polk de-committed to the Trojans recently, and on Wednesday night he committed to play for Washington.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound athlete will graduate this month and enroll at Washington on Jan. 7, he said.
We wrote about Polk last week because he has a teacher at East Valley High in Redlands, Calif., who lined up a meeting between Polk and BYU coaches. Cougars offensive line coach Mark Weber met with Polk, but talks pretty much ended when Weber brought up BYU's strict Honor Code.
While the Cougars were entertaining the Spartans in basketball at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, the four-star recruit who is listed as one of the top centers in the country was checking out East Lansing.
Stevens told the Web site GoSpartans.net that he enjoyed the trip, despite the frigid cold weather, but did not make a pledge to coach Mark Dantonio.
"I really enjoyed it," he said. "It was my first time [that] close to the East Coast. It was cold, but I mean, I put a jacket on and I was fine."
It was the 6-foot-2, 290-pound lineman's fourth official visit. He's also been to Colorado, Oregon and Arizona State.
"This trip was different than my other ones," he said. "I couldn't even rank it because it was different since it is not on the West Coast."
Stevens is scheduled to visit BYU on Jan. 11. However, he has not promised that he will wait until after that trip before making a commitment.
He is also still keeping an eye on UCLA, but is holding off until the Bruins name a new coach. Stevens said he lives close enough to UCLA that he can make an unofficial visit there anytime.
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Remember our post about Chris Polk? He is the Southern California running back, a four-star recruit, who orally committed to play for USC way back in March.
Polk de-committed to the Trojans recently, and on Wednesday night he committed to play for Washington.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound athlete will graduate this month and enroll at Washington on Jan. 7, he said.
We wrote about Polk last week because he has a teacher at East Valley High in Redlands, Calif., who lined up a meeting between Polk and BYU coaches. Cougars offensive line coach Mark Weber met with Polk, but talks pretty much ended when Weber brought up BYU's strict Honor Code.
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