Why do recruits wait so long to eventually commit to the school everyone thought he was going to commit to from the beginning? attention?

I’m sure it would be tough to compete on a loaded DE team like UT with a bum knee. He definitly will have to wait to play at UT or USC.

……he lived up to his promise to notify all the involved coaching staffs.

Ever since he spent virtually all his time with USC recruits during the AA-Army game, I held no hope.

You won’t see the fan uproar like you did when Evans wrote his hit pieces. Kennard, by all accounts, made his own decision, he notified all parties, he didn’t hold an ESPN/ Rivals hat dance. This is how I wish recruiting would go.

In the end he chose USC. While disappointed he didnt choose Texas, I cant hold it against him that he chose an equally prestigious program.

Good luck to him.

If I figured out this link thing correctly here’s a video of him talking about his 3 finalists:

He says some pretty interesting things and seems to have some perspective for an 18 year old kid. From what he says it sounds like Texas was a bit of a long shot from the out set but they did a great job with him despite not be a team out on the west coast. I think if he had grown up somewhere closer to Texas and it came down to an SC/Texas recruiting battle the horns might have come out on top. Whether if he ends up Bear, Trojan or Longhorn I think I’m going to find myself cheering for this kid.

I do keep holding my breath, but I haven’t been very optimistic about landing any of the remaining top recruits.

Kennard has been a class act the whole way, so whatever his choice, I wish him the best.

I think McFarland himself acted pretty well, but allowed himself to be used by both his mother and Thayer Evans.

Jackson Jeffcoat!