He was committed to West Virginia, so we know he has passed Dana's criteria of a "professional."
RECRUITING: Isheem Young signs
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He was committed to West Virginia, so we know he has passed Dana's criteria of a "professional."
This guy held up a convenience store his senior year in high school after committing to Penn State. He is their version of Sam Mack. I’m not really a fan of this pickup by Campbell. He’s built his program on character and I’m sure he has set a pretty high standard for Isheem to meet, but it feels too risky for the culture he is building.
All, not to ruin your exciting but its been said that rivals is going to be dropping him from a 4 start to a 3 star since he didn't play last year. This will make his final ratings a 3 star.
He was never publicly committed to WVU. He was previously committed to Penn State.
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Looks like this guy has an interesting story. Prosecutors say he was coerced into the robbery by the two other individuals - https://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/05/judge_helps_clear_path_for_ex-.html
Hope he's turned it around and has a great career here on and off the field.
Hope he's turned it around and has a great career here on and off the field.
14 Big Ten or SEC offers.....he may be good.
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I think Coach Campbell has earned the benefit of a doubt. If he believes in the kid then let's let it play out.
"robbed a wawa" is going to follow this guy for the rest of his life - will be a great story if he can turn his life around!
It's safe to say that with Datrone and Isheem, we are going to be Young in the secondary.
Obviously, those offers were from before the armed robbery conviction. But he does still have the same skills that earned him those offers. Seems like we entered the picture late after West Virgina backed off, according to the Des Moines Register..
This will be an interesting test then. We have a lot in common with other programs who have found success by working with mid-tier recruits who are hungry and coachable. We coach the hell out of them and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Then as those programs build success, they attract better talent, but sometimes that also means more character issues and things that can mess with the chemistry and culture of a program. Then they underachieve relative to their newer, better talent level.
Given how much Campbell talks about culture I will assume they have approached this carefully. I don't know anything about this kid, but I would guess he's an otherwise good kid who made a big mistake and sincerely wants to right himself.
WVU didn't back off. We took their coach and he followed
Johnnie Lang did some regrettable things before arriving here too. Nonetheless, haven't heard a peep about him having bad character since arriving. Every situation is different, but lets not jump to conclusions.
I'm all in on my trust in this staff however I will say Young is a risky move If this blows up in Matt's face it will take some of the lusty off the program they have worked so hard to build.
Negative recruiting is a fact of life and taking a convicted felon will be mentioned when coaches are sitting in a kid's livingroom. Hope it works, Guessing the expectations were spelled out.
Negative recruiting is a fact of life and taking a convicted felon will be mentioned when coaches are sitting in a kid's livingroom. Hope it works, Guessing the expectations were spelled out.
