Alabama picks up commitment from elite in-state LB Demouy Kennedy
Alabama’s loaded 2020 class, ranked highest in the SEC, picked up commitment No. 19, and it’s a big one.
Theodore (Alabama) OLB Demouy Kennedy decided to go ahead and pledge to the Crimson Tide Sunday instead of waiting until after his senior season. Listed at 6-2, 204 pounds, Kennedy is rated a 4-star recruit, the No. 2 Alabama product, No. 6 outside linebacker and No. 96 prospect overall nationally for the 2020 class on the 247Sports Composite. Five recruiting experts had submitted Crystal Ball predictions that he would sign with LSU.
Kennedy announced the news on his Twitter account, with the note and graphic below:
100% committed!!! my recruitment is closed!!!! I just wanna thank everyone for their support and love and without my mom & coaches I wouldn’t be where I am now and I just wanna thank y’all for everything y’all do
#RollTide#RTR@CoachGolding@coachsunseri let’s go baby!!
Check out his junior highlights:
So the recruiting experts and insiders go 0-5 with this player. Nice work gang.
It’s still early. I don’t get worked up over these “commits” as they change their minds constantly. He still may end up at LSU before it’s over.
He’s not going anywhere but BAMA. He’s from Theodore Al. same hometown and High School as CJ and Jamey Mosley. He will stay committed to the Tide.
So does Bama tend to have a lot of guys flip on them? If so, does it tend to be the 5 stars or lower rated players?
As a Kentucky fan, I can tell you all about “100 % committed”.
Players that are highly rated coming out of high school gets numerous offers and many flip their commitment numerous times before they actually sign somewhere…
It’s just part of it…
I think sometimes you see guys “flip” on Alabama because of the recruiting powerhouse that they are. Some players might see that Bama is recruiting another guy at their position hard will “flip” somewhere else. It’s all part of the numbers game but Bama has done it better than anyone for the past decade.
Six-two, 204 sounds like a safety or receiver, not a Bama linebacker. The plan has to be to beef him up a quite a bit. He’d be mauled at that size in the SEC, even on the outside.
A different site has more info on that. Planning on using him in a hybrid position and move him around. I agree that 204 is small but he is still young so I would think they will put weight on him. His coach says that he had more athletic ability than C.J. Mosley.
I have NO doubt Nick has a plan ;-)
Not too far off from Owen Pappoe or Alec Ogletree when he came out of highschool. He has a large frame and looks like he could easily put on 20+ lbs.