📝 Yulee

[bama alum]

Well, crap. I wouldn't call this crushing as seccountry.com says, but still...

Alabama loses commitment from four-star linebacker

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Former Alabama commit Jaquan Yulee

Chris Kirschner
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Alabama is down a commitment after Jaquan Yulee tweeted that he has de-committed from the program.

“After a long talk with my family I decided to de-commit from Alabama and open up my recruitment,” Yulee said on Twitter. “I still love Bama just want to make sure I’m making the right choice.”

Yulee, a four-star linebacker from Chesapeake, Va., had been committed to the Crimson Tide since June, but there were rumblings that this day was coming for quite a while now.

With the loss of the 6-foot, 252-pounder, Alabama is now down to 17 total commits in this year’s recruiting class.

 

[#80]

Hopefully he is just looking for some attention.

 

[BamaFan334]

Am I wrong in that this is his second decommitment?

 

[PurlJam]

Looking on the bright side, maybe Yulee has heard something on the lines of Ben Davis to Bama.

 

[bama alum]

Looking on the bright side, maybe Yulee has heard something on the lines of Ben Davis to Bama.

Nice. Always look on the bright side of life! (Whistling)

 

[psychojoe]

Nice. Always look on the bright side of life! (Whistling)View attachment 5471

A 'Life of Bryan' fan I see.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

Nice. Always look on the bright side of life! (Whistling)View attachment 5471

Wait. This board's supposed to be about the Life of Bryant.

 

[bama alum]

Wait. This board's supposed to be about the Life of Bryant.

 

[Micahel Westen]

According to Adam Friedman on twitter Jaquan Yulee has committed to Marshall

 

[Voice-of-Reason]

According to Adam Friedman on twitter Jaquan Yulee has committed to Marshall

Got to be grades!!!!!

 

[EasyTider]

Got to be grades!!!!!

IDK, this guy is a hell of a recruiter.

 

[PurlJam]

Got to be grades!!!!!

I think you're on to something there, Marshall allows partial qualifiers.

 

[TerryP]

I think you're on to something there, Marshall allows partial qualifiers.

The last time I looked at this was in the summer of 2014, as I recall. When I read this there was a meeting on the horizon for the Power 5 schools and the moves we've seen towards autonomy that may have changed the rule: I can't recall seeing a report on a change.

The SEC, as a conference, allows Partial qualifiers. As of the time mentioned previously, the SEC allowed eight PQ'ers per school, four women and four men—max of two in football, one in each of the other sports. It is up to the school's administration on whether to take that route.

It's the same with Marshall and CUSA. There are a couple of conferences that don't allow them; Big 12 and American being two of those. (The MWC is probably the strictest. If a HS student doesn't qualify, they are ineligible permanently.)

** Changing the subject slightly here .. when the B1G was complaining about the SEC's alleged over-signing a phrase we saw tossed around often was "roster management." I don't think it's every been a premium as much as it is today. This class is a prime example as we've seen the Alabama staff recruit to needs these past few weeks versus players "you just take."

 

[UAgrad93]

I think Saban and staff have really tried to lock in on those kids that are going to qualify and compete early. Really not much use to sign and place a kid and then risk losing him down the road to someone else or get him only for a year.