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Four-star defensive lineman and Mississippi State commit Nathan Pickering did not sign this week and plans to wait until February to make his college choice official.
Mark Hudspeth, the assistant who handled Pickering's recruitment for Mississippi sTate, recently left to become head coach at Austin Peay (Tenn.). Adding those two developments together leads to a simple question: Could another school flip the 6-foot-3, 285-pounder?
"Honestly, I tell this to every reporter, if there's a school that has a chance to flip me, it'd be Alabama," Pickering said after playing in Monday's Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in Montgomery.
"Ever since the first offer they gave me, it's been the same," Pickering said. "They haven't stopped and they've been recruiting me hard ever since. One thing I like is loyalty, and they show a lot of loyalty. They don't (say), 'Oh, he committed to Mississippi State, he'll stay in state, (so) let's back off.' They didn't think that way. They stayed recruiting me."
Pickering also explained his rationale behind waiting until February to sign.
"I'm waiting because I'm trying to give it as much time as I can to make sure the decision is right," Pickering said. "I wanted to see who I was going to sign with in school. I don't want to go to a school where they sign three juco defensive tackles, you know what I mean? I want to see where everybody signs, and that will just give me more time to think about it and make sure I'm making the right direction.
Could Alabama flip 4-star Mississippi State D-lineman commit?
Mark Hudspeth, the assistant who handled Pickering's recruitment for Mississippi sTate, recently left to become head coach at Austin Peay (Tenn.). Adding those two developments together leads to a simple question: Could another school flip the 6-foot-3, 285-pounder?
"Honestly, I tell this to every reporter, if there's a school that has a chance to flip me, it'd be Alabama," Pickering said after playing in Monday's Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in Montgomery.
"Ever since the first offer they gave me, it's been the same," Pickering said. "They haven't stopped and they've been recruiting me hard ever since. One thing I like is loyalty, and they show a lot of loyalty. They don't (say), 'Oh, he committed to Mississippi State, he'll stay in state, (so) let's back off.' They didn't think that way. They stayed recruiting me."
Pickering also explained his rationale behind waiting until February to sign.
"I'm waiting because I'm trying to give it as much time as I can to make sure the decision is right," Pickering said. "I wanted to see who I was going to sign with in school. I don't want to go to a school where they sign three juco defensive tackles, you know what I mean? I want to see where everybody signs, and that will just give me more time to think about it and make sure I'm making the right direction.
Could Alabama flip 4-star Mississippi State D-lineman commit?
