'20 CA RB Nathaniel Jones (Signed to New Mexico)

[WasianCU]

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St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA)

Twitter: https://NOPE/Sandbeast24

Ht: 5'11"
Wt: 190
40: 4.76

247s rating: 3* - 88 grade; #38 RB
ESPN rating: 4* - 80 grade; #25 RB
Rivals rating: 3* - 5.6rr; unranked RB

247sports Composite: 3* / 0.8743 / #40 RB / #531 overall

Reported Offers: COLORADO, Arizona State, Boston College, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, San Jose State, UCLA, Utah

 

[WasianCU]

Chev recruiting

 

[Big Jim]

UCLA

 

[Creebuzz]

Big get for Chip.

 

[buffaholic]

Appears that he decommitted from UCLA, but I don't see that he's signed. Wonder if he might have to go to Juco?

 

[Creebuzz]

I hear Florida needs a running back.

 

[AztecBuff]

Looks like he ended up at New Mexico.?.


Edit - his tweet (for some confirmation) -

 

[Buffnik]

Looks like he ended up at New Mexico.?.

If we lost a committed recruit to New Mexico, I'd have questions.

 

[DBT]

If we lost a committed recruit to New Mexico, I'd have questions.

Yeah. Like, “Wut the ****?”

 

[Alfred91]

Um, something's not adding up here.

 

[GoldenSkier]

If we lost a committed recruit to New Mexico, I'd have questions.

My money is on this being a similar situation to what we encountered with the DBs who went to Oregon state

 

[married2abuff]

I suspect grades are a part of it. Perhaps he developed a relationship during the recruiting cycle with UNM's new head coach, former DC from ASU. Wrong side of the ball, but who knows.

 

[Buffnik]

My money is on this being a similar situation to what we encountered with the DBs who went to Oregon state

It wouldn't be unusual that a recruit could get through the NCAA Clearinghouse with his test scores and core grades, but still fall short of the minimums required to be admitted to UCLA. That happens quite often with about 3/4 of the schools in the Pac-12. Definitely a possibility.