South Carolina's recruiting class got a large (literally) boost with the addition of former Clemson commitment Leon Mackey, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound defensive end from Hargrave Military Academy, over the weekend. Mackey committed on his official visit to Columbia.
Mackey, who has a four-star rating according to Rivals.com, originally signed with Virginia Tech out of high school, and the school admitted him but he chose to attend Hargrave. Recruiting expert Phil Kornblut is reporting that the Hokies would not let Mackey out of his 2008 national letter of intent to sign with an ACC school, thus eliminating Clemson. Several other SEC schools were apparently pursuing him recently as well.--Stan Olson
Monday, February 2, 2009
SC picks up Clemson recruit
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Your story can't be true, according to the rules of the LOI.....if a student fails to be eligible at a school and denied interest, his LOI becomes null and void.
The only way that it would stay active is if the student was admitted to school after signing the LOI and decided not to enroll.
interest = entrance
Actually, according to the guy I talked to, that's what happened. VaTech admitted him and he decided to go to prep school instead...
Thanks for the clarification....you might want to change the original story, which says Mackey "originally signed with Virginia Tech out of high school, but failed to qualify."
By qualifying, whether he attends class or not, he binds himself to transfer rules by signing the LOI.
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