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DEL.ICIO.USLassiter OL Wentz backs off Stanford commitment, headed to Georgia Tech?
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Will Georgia Tech now offer Lassiter offensive lineman Camden Wentz?
Wentz has maintained an open line of communication with the Jackets this season while being committed to Stanford. Wentz backed away from the Pac 10 school on Sunday night, and confirmed it with AJC only minutes after talking with Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh.
Why did Wentz decide to open his recruiting? Stanford had told Wentz that they wouldn’t be able to let him to know until at least December whether or not he had made it through admissions.
“It’s not because I don’t want to go to Stanford,” said Wentz, a member of the AJC’s The Georgia 150. “It’s just that I’m looking out for myself. Stanford is still my No. 1.
“But I have to have a backup plan and shop around for myself. The coaches out there [at Stanford] want me to do this because they know the situation I’m in.”
Programs expected to show immediate interest in the 6-foot-3, 275-pound Wentz are Duke, Georgia Tech, Rutgers and Vanderbilt. And Wentz just returned home from a weekend visit to Louisville.
“I like the school a lot,” said Wentz, who was accompanied on the trip by his father. “Louisville is great and at the top of the line … “They didn’t offer, but they seemed very interested.”
Wentz said he is still undecided on which school he will visit on Saturday. He reiterated that there is still a slight chance he could wind up at Stanford if he gains admission into the university. “I’m not writing them off.”
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By Captain
October 27, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Stanford can’t let him know if he’s going to be accepted until Dec but GT has a spot for him? Wait a minute, say it ain’t so. What about all those claims by GT that they have to recruit superior academic athletes? GT is now a ‘fall back’ if Stanford’s Admissions denies him. That’s interesting, very interesting. For some reason I thought GT liked to compare themselves to great academic schools like Stanford. Oh well, guess they’ll take the same kids Louisville does.
By the real captain
October 27, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
at least Tech doesn’t have to recruit the intelligence that UGA is limited to.
By wes
October 30, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Stanford is harder to get into than Tech.
However, GT is more renowned internationally.
This young man will do just fine no matter where he ends up.
Captain, quit hatin’.