UT gets a commit from a 13 year old

pdxduck · Post by **pdxduck** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:50 pm

He's a legacy, but this seems pretty ridiculous to me.

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/TheRec ... _old/26095

He can't drive yet. In fact, he's not even going to be in high school until the fall.

But already, Evan Berry, the younger brother of Tennessee standout Eric Berry, has pledged to be a part of the Vols' class of 2013. College football programs aren't allowed to extend a written offer to a player until Sept. 1 of their junior year, so it'll be a little while before an official scholarship offer from the Volunteers would even come through.

Evan is also the son of James Berry, a former Tennessee player from 1978-81.

"It's the only college I know right now and it seems the best for me," Evan Berry told Rivals.com. "My dad went there and my brother is there now. I know I can do the same things there. I have a real friendly relationship with the coaches there. I know I don't know them too well but I know I will have plenty of time to get to know them."

duckgrad99 · Post by **duckgrad99** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:54 pm

That is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard of. He is a 13 year old kid, he shouldn't be focused on college and important decisions yet. And who says he will even be decent playing high school football?

hines · Post by **hines** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:04 pm

of all the reports over the years about 13 or 14 year olds committing to School X, they never stick. Taylor King committed to UCLA when he was 14 and that didn't stick and there was a kid about 5 years ago committing to Baylor in football and that didn't stick either.

gofightingducks · Post by **gofightingducks** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:30 pm

Considering his dad went to Tennessee and his brother is currently there, it is pretty much common sense that he would want to go there, but to make a news story about it is stupid, leave it to the douchebag Kiffen!

alabamaduck · Post by **alabamaduck** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:31 pm

Didn't Joey Harrington's dad send a letter to the Athletic Dept committing him to the Ducks shortly after he was born? That one stuck!

ducksrock · Post by **ducksrock** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:49 pm

My 1st thot was, will any D1 football team EVEN want the kid. Hell, he may very well play the harmonica better than he can ever play football...Or, is that the fiddle? After all, we are talkin Tennessee here...
YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAA

duck55 · Post by **duck55** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:26 pm

His brother will be gone, the coaches will be gone most likely and the team may be on probation by the time he starts looking @ offers IF he is good enough to recieve any.

goducks75 · Post by **goducks75** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:28 pm

ducksrock wrote:My 1st thot was, will any D1 football team EVEN want the kid. Hell, he may very well play the harmonica better than he can ever play football...Or, is that the fiddle? After all, we are talkin Tennessee here...
YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAA

Nah it's the banjo

RuhlandAsherBestEver · Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:06 pm

Our commitment will stick

Tray Dub · Post by **Tray Dub** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:10 pm

Zenitram wrote:
goducks75 wrote:
ducksrock wrote:My 1st thot was, will any D1 football team EVEN want the kid. Hell, he may very well play the harmonica better than he can ever play football...Or, is that the fiddle? After all, we are talkin Tennessee here...
YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAA
Nah it's the banjo
hey shut up

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Bigducker · Post by **Bigducker** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:22 pm

My second favorite team next year is any team that plays Tennessee. Kiffin just rubs me the wrong way.

wheaton4prez · Post by **wheaton4prez** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:11 am

Not making this up. My 3-year-old went to his first soccer practice today. He said that he didn't want to play soccer. He wants to play "Duck football".

It's a legacy also since my grandfather was on the team back in the day.

You guys can go ahead and run that commit story on DT if you want. No charge.

ncduck · Post by **ncduck** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:23 pm

Kiffin needs to stop checkin out the young boys.

uodux1212 · Post by **uodux1212** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:42 am

I took my 7 year old nephew to a game a few years ago, during halftime he asked me if he could come live with us (he lives in Vegas) and go to school at the UO when he got older... I said "sure buddy, you want to play football for the ducks?", he replied "no, I want to be the mascot". The mascot! I was dying...

GO DUCKS

wheaton4prez · Post by **wheaton4prez** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:55 pm

uodux1212 wrote:I took my 7 year old nephew to a game a few years ago, during halftime he asked me if he could come live with us (he lives in Vegas) and go to school at the UO when he got older... I said "sure buddy, you want to play football for the ducks?", he replied "no, I want to be the mascot". The mascot! I was dying...

Hah! Kids say the darndest things.

Our son interrupted the national anthem at the Spring Game this year because he saw Puddles walking out of the tunnel. "There's the Duck!!"

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