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Prince Kent Commits To Miami

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4-Star ATH/DB Prince Kent to announce Monday

Prince Kent - Rivals

Will decide between 'Bama, Clemson, and Miami. Set to announce Monday, July 21st at 11:30 AM. Would be a huge pickup for us!! Projects as a safety with a slight chance he could end up at WR. Both Darius Hanks and Devonta Bolton went to Norcross. Chris Jordan also attended Norcross for a while as well before moving to TN. Super athlete with great size and leaping ability.

Athlete
Norcross (GA) Norcross

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 195 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Shuttle: 4.35 secs
Class: 2009 (High School)
 
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Good height and 4.4 speed. That would be a great pickup for us if we can get him.
 
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Given our connections with Norcross and his past comments about us, you have to feel great about our chances.

This would be a huge pick-up for us. With Jeffery leaning to South Carolina and Woodson's continued academic concerns, Kent might be the most feasible potential safety prospect on our board.

I hope next Monday brings us great news.
 
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One more tidbit for you guys...

Last month, Kent was quoted as saying, "It's going to be hard not to end up at an SEC school."

Considering he is choosing between Alabama, Clemson, and Miami, I'll let you play a quick game of "Know Your Conferences" and figure out for yourself what this portends for Alabama.
 
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crimson_blood said:
Prince Kent - Rivals

Will decide between 'Bama, Clemson, and Miami. Set to announce Monday, July 21st at 11:30 AM. Would be a huge pickup for us!! Projects as a safety with a slight chance he could end up at WR. Both Darius Hanks and Devonta Bolton went to Norcross. Chris Jordan also attended Norcross for a while as well before moving to TN. Super athlete with great size and leaping ability.

Athlete
Norcross (GA) Norcross

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 195 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Shuttle: 4.35 secs
Class: 2009 (High School)
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But Scout.com has Georgia at the top of his list. I guess they were wrong - imagine that. Scout really needs to step up their game.
 
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Capt. Jack said:
But Scout.com has Georgia at the top of his list. I guess they were wrong - imagine that. Scout really needs to step up their game.
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Yeah and Scout also has his 40 time at 4.62. Sometimes it's like the 2 services are describing 2 totally different people...and you wonder who actually does the research on the kids to provide accurate information.

He eliminated UGA a while back because of their lack of room.
 
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this has been a VERY quiet recruitment to this kid....I honestly haven't heard a good word on him since February.

Mixed info right now....a claim for all three schools
 
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ATH/S/WR Prince Kent has offers from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Boston College, North Carolina, NCS, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt among others. I read that he hopes to graduate in December and enroll early so hopefully that along with the fact that he has offers from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt means that qualifying will not be an issue.
 
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This one is going to be a tough call, no doubt about it. He obviously loves Alabama and Nick Saban, but Clemson is only an hour away from home, and apparently he has a ton of family living near Miami. If you listen to him talk, it seems like he's more interested in Alabama than either Clemson or Miami, but the location / family factor is clearly something we have going against us.

I'll give the kid credit, though, he's obviously putting a lot into this decision. He's going to step back a few days and make sure he's doing the right thing -- with no outside influences -- and you've got to admire that.

Maybe we'll get him, it'd be a great pickup. But of course the great thing about Saban is that even if we miss on him, he'll find someone else just as good to replace him.
 
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Have heard all three schools also, but might be a good pick for us and at Safety, we will see.
 
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First off I don't condone criminal behavior of any kind, especially felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor criminal trespass. I am no lawyer and I certainly do not know all the facts in this case. After reading all the articles that I could find on the matter, it appears like this is a HS kid who made a very bad mistake, but he did not do the shooting. It looks like he is was in the wrong place at the wrong time and may be guilty by association. As far as I can tell it looks like it was another person, Al-Farouq Aminu, who allegedly used a BB gun in the assault. We need to let all the facts come out and let this case take it's due course in the courts before we lock up Kent and throw away the key. Hopefully this will turn out for the best for all concerned.

Here are a couple more articles. The part in the first article about Kent being committed to Boston College has been retracted by the AJC. It was untrue and Kent said that he never did commit to BC.

Norcross star Aminu won't face school discipline for alleged shooting

Basketball star has time to explain BB gun incident
 
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Two things I do like that we have working in our favor.

#1. For whatever reason, most of the recruiting "experts" seem pretty high on our odds with Kent, and they would be the ones to know. Again, I don't know why, but that does seem to be their consensus, particularly with the Scout guys.

#2. Clemson already has commitments from Scout.com's national #1 and #2 safety prospects -- Craig Loston and Devonte Holloman -- and both are rated as five stars.

Number two, I think, is particularly good for us. Considering the proximity of the Clemson campus, I would view them as the major threat for the Tide, more so than Miami. Moreover, Kent has talked about how he wants to play early, and we give him a great chance of that. With Clemson's loaded safety class, the odds of being able to do that are much lower.

Granted, I could see this going either way, but I do think you have to really feel good about our chances of landing Kent. I would think we are the slight favorite, but we'll see.
 
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Hmmmmm. I don't see awbarn on that list he's considering.......he must not be that good.....or they just don't want him....
 
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BigEasyTider said:
Two things I do like that we have working in our favor.

#1. For whatever reason, most of the recruiting "experts" seem pretty high on our odds with Kent, and they would be the ones to know. Again, I don't know why, but that does seem to be their consensus, particularly with the Scout guys.

#2. Clemson already has commitments from Scout.com's national #1 and #2 safety prospects -- Craig Loston and Devonte Holloman -- and both are rated as five stars.

Number two, I think, is particularly good for us. Considering the proximity of the Clemson campus, I would view them as the major threat for the Tide, more so than Miami. Moreover, Kent has talked about how he wants to play early, and we give him a great chance of that. With Clemson's loaded safety class, the odds of being able to do that are much lower.

Granted, I could see this going either way, but I do think you have to really feel good about our chances of landing Kent. I would think we are the slight favorite, but we'll see.
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One thing to add to that…Miami has a decent chance of landing him too since he grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and was a Miami fan when he was young.

As far as the criminal charges go, I’m sure CNS and staff have done extensive research on it. All accounts are that he’s a good kid aside from that incident. Teens do some STUPID things…and this incident ranks right up there with some of the most bone-headed stuff I’ve ever seen. A BB gun??? Wow…

I’m not real sure that this is a good time for us to gain a commitment from a kid with a criminal record, regardless of how minor it may be. It’s a tough call for the coaching staff…but I’m sure they’ve examined it from every angle.
 
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crimson_blood said:
One thing to add to that…Miami has a decent chance of landing him too since he grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and was a Miami fan when he was young.

As far as the criminal charges go, I’m sure CNS and staff have done extensive research on it. All accounts are that he’s a good kid aside from that incident. Teens do some STUPID things…and this incident ranks right up there with some of the most bone-headed stuff I’ve ever seen. A BB gun??? Wow…

I’m not real sure that this is a good time for us to gain a commitment from a kid with a criminal record, regardless of how minor it may be. It’s a tough call for the coaching staff…but I’m sure they’ve examined it from every angle.
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Hey, everybody deserves a chance... especially for the minor things. As has been said, it seems like a wrong place and wrong time situation with him. And I for one at that age did intentional things that were very stupid that I wouldn't dare do now and Im not far removed from that age. And we can't worry about what the media or anybody else thinks about the type of player we're recruiting just because we've had a bad year with the law. Every school has some trouble, and a lot of times it comes from kids with clean records and many times their team's leader or guys that do no wrong are guys that had a spotty past prior to college. If Prince comes here and acts up, then he'll be punished or gone... the program will thrive on. Sure media will talk about it for a few days to even a month, but just like past situations... it will blow over and it will once again become about the game.
 
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Better get ready because it looks like he might be rolling with the Tide come Monday, we can all just wait and see.
 
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A lot of people including some Clemson and Miami fans that follow recruiting closely are saying that it looks like Kent will be choosing Alabama on Monday.
 
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