BYU football: Y. could land solid receiver
A few months ago, it seemed like a longshot that the BYU Cougars would land three-star recruit O'Neill Chambers of Harmony, Fla., even if his high school football coach was former BYU receiving star Tyler Anderson.
The likes of Maryland, Purdue and Florida were also pursuing the big receiver (6-foot-3, 200 lbs.) with decent speed, and Chambers had no ties to BYU and its sponsoring institution, the LDS Church, outside of Anderson.
Having spoken to Chambers three times now, including Monday, when he told me he was visiting Provo this weekend with his parents, I am starting to think there is a chance this kid could end up wearing a BYU uniform.
For starters, Chambers talks enthusiastically about BYU's coaches, especially receivers coach Patrick Higgins (who has visited him several times) and defensive backs coach Jaime Hill. He likes BYU's offensive system, has studied it well, and believes he can flourish in it.
He also seems to have a handle on the things that make BYU unique (different?), things such as the strict Honor Code and Provo's homogeneousness.
All that aside, it could come down to college admission test scores.
Chambers said both he and his friend and teammate, Kedron Paul, "came up a little short for BYU's standards" on a college admission test they took last month. I'm not sure whether it was the SAT or ACT, but the scary news for BYU fans, if Chambers' estimation is correct, is that they both scored high enough to be admitted into Purdue.
The Big Ten school is perhaps BYU's biggest competitor in the battle for Chambers.
Chambers spoke confidently about doing better the next time he takes the test(s), noting that he will get another shot at the ACT in two weeks and the SAT in three weeks.
"I didn't miss [passing] by much," he said.
Chambers said Paul is also visiting Provo this weekend, but we have been unable to verify that through any other source.
The likes of Maryland, Purdue and Florida were also pursuing the big receiver (6-foot-3, 200 lbs.) with decent speed, and Chambers had no ties to BYU and its sponsoring institution, the LDS Church, outside of Anderson.
Having spoken to Chambers three times now, including Monday, when he told me he was visiting Provo this weekend with his parents, I am starting to think there is a chance this kid could end up wearing a BYU uniform.
For starters, Chambers talks enthusiastically about BYU's coaches, especially receivers coach Patrick Higgins (who has visited him several times) and defensive backs coach Jaime Hill. He likes BYU's offensive system, has studied it well, and believes he can flourish in it.
He also seems to have a handle on the things that make BYU unique (different?), things such as the strict Honor Code and Provo's homogeneousness.
All that aside, it could come down to college admission test scores.
Chambers said both he and his friend and teammate, Kedron Paul, "came up a little short for BYU's standards" on a college admission test they took last month. I'm not sure whether it was the SAT or ACT, but the scary news for BYU fans, if Chambers' estimation is correct, is that they both scored high enough to be admitted into Purdue.
The Big Ten school is perhaps BYU's biggest competitor in the battle for Chambers.
Chambers spoke confidently about doing better the next time he takes the test(s), noting that he will get another shot at the ACT in two weeks and the SAT in three weeks.
"I didn't miss [passing] by much," he said.
Chambers said Paul is also visiting Provo this weekend, but we have been unable to verify that through any other source.
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