Football: Stevens says he will wait until Friday
Hemet (Calif.) High offensive lineman Hamani Stevens, a three-star LDS recruit whom BYU covets, will wait until Friday to make his college decision known, the Web site rivals.com is reporting today.
In a story written by recruiting analyst Greg Biggins, Stevens says he will make the announcement at 12:30 p.m. PST on Friday.
Stevens has not returned my text messages today for confirmation, but the latest news is not a surprise, considering that he mentioned in a text Tuesday night that UCLA -- the school he committed to last spring -- is back in the mix.
"Coach [Rick] Neuheisel and coach Palcic came to my house [Tuesday] and made a huge impression on me and my family," he told rivals.com. "They really sold my family and my parents like the idea of me staying close to home."
There's some consolation to BYU fans, however. Biggins ends the article thusly:
"If I had to say I was leaning anywhere right now, it would probably be BYU because they offered my brother Tevita a scholarship but it's not over yet and like I said, ‘I still have a lot of thinking to do,'" Stevens said.
Tevita Stevens signed with UTEP, but is currently on an LDS Church mission.
Stevens said Saturday that he had narrowed his choices to BYU and Oregon. But UCLA's push has evidently altered his thinking.
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For those of you who follow college basketball recruiting in the state of Utah, my colleague, Michael C. Lewis, has posted an interesting blog on the pursuit of Oregon prep phenom Brad Tinsley. The high school senior signed with Pepperdine in November, but has been granted his release due to the resignation of Pepperdine's coach and is now being courted by several programs, including the University of Utah.
Go to http://blogs.sltrib.com/utehoops for the story.
In a story written by recruiting analyst Greg Biggins, Stevens says he will make the announcement at 12:30 p.m. PST on Friday.
Stevens has not returned my text messages today for confirmation, but the latest news is not a surprise, considering that he mentioned in a text Tuesday night that UCLA -- the school he committed to last spring -- is back in the mix.
"Coach [Rick] Neuheisel and coach Palcic came to my house [Tuesday] and made a huge impression on me and my family," he told rivals.com. "They really sold my family and my parents like the idea of me staying close to home."
There's some consolation to BYU fans, however. Biggins ends the article thusly:
"If I had to say I was leaning anywhere right now, it would probably be BYU because they offered my brother Tevita a scholarship but it's not over yet and like I said, ‘I still have a lot of thinking to do,'" Stevens said.
Tevita Stevens signed with UTEP, but is currently on an LDS Church mission.
Stevens said Saturday that he had narrowed his choices to BYU and Oregon. But UCLA's push has evidently altered his thinking.
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For those of you who follow college basketball recruiting in the state of Utah, my colleague, Michael C. Lewis, has posted an interesting blog on the pursuit of Oregon prep phenom Brad Tinsley. The high school senior signed with Pepperdine in November, but has been granted his release due to the resignation of Pepperdine's coach and is now being courted by several programs, including the University of Utah.
Go to http://blogs.sltrib.com/utehoops for the story.
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This post originally stated that Tevita Stevens was Hamani Stevens' twin brother. That was erroneous, so I fixed it to avoid confusion. -- Jay
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