Having second thoughts? 5-star RB Zach Evans will no longer be announcing his commitment at 2020 Under Armour All-American Game
Without a doubt, Zach Evans’ recruitment has been one of the more interesting recruitments in some time.
The five-star prospect from North Shore High School in Houston and the nation’s No. 1 running back prospect in the 2020 recruiting cycle, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, was set to announce his commitment live at the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game. The game is set to be played Thursday night starting at 6 p.m. ET and will be televised by ESPN2.
While all the speculation regarding Evans’ recruitment is that he’s already signed with his college of choice during the Early Signing Period back in December, this news makes those rumors all the more puzzling. Evans is also planning to enroll early at his school of choice.
It’s unclear why Evans is waiting to announce something he’s not only committed to but apparently signed behind the scenes. Could he be having second thoughts about his decision to sign with a school?
During his recruitment, Evans has been a heavy lean at a number of different programs at various times. He also was sent home from North Shore’s appearance in the latest Texas State Championship Game.
While his commitment at the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game has been set for weeks, the game announced on Thursday that Evans no longer plans on making his commitment known publicly.
We’ll see if that changes before kickoff, as Evans has a few hours to make a final decision on whether or not to announce his college selection.
At this point he may want to hear what Swift’s plans are before he tries to explore getting out of an LOI. I’ve heard at least some rumblings that Swift is entertaining the possibility of returning. If he does Evans might want to look elsewhere. I can’t think of any other possible reason to delay the announcement.
This makes sense.
I wonder if he is having problems qualifying.
^ I dunno what else it could be.
I wonder same thing but usually Kirby doesnt go hard after those who may not qualify. E.g. Herrien who didnt get a glance until he qualified late.
Don’t think he would have been offered the paper unless already qualified, says he’s enrolling in January somewhere
No way Swift is coming back. Maybe Zeus scared him off :-)
How can you get out of the LOL? I thought those were pretty tight? Well, then again, you would think a non grad couldn’t be automatically eligible when transferring….
He can’t get out of it, but Georgia can release him from it which it appears they are willing to do. Pretty sure he won’t be allowed to sign an LOI with any other team though.
If he’s already signed his LOI, there is no reason to delay the announcement. This is odd.
Bru McCoy also signed an LOI last year before transferring to Texas and then transferring back to USC.
I heard it has to do with not being able to enroll early / academic
I forget, who is he still deciding between again?
LSU, UGA, Alabama is the word.
A&M and Texas are still in the mix as well.
This kid sounds like he is high maintenance.
I hope he signed/signs with UGA but I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t pan out at the college level.
Makes me appreciate Nick Chubb and Sony Michele that much more, they are special guys.
I’ll tell you this, this kid has a red flag with him, he not only was sent home before the championship game because of a policy he refused to follow, which all players were asked to give up their phones to get ready for the game, all did but him, the coach gave him every opportunity to do as asked and when he refused the coach took it up the chain of command at his school and because of past discipline problems he was sent home. He did miss 3 other games for inhouse violations suspension, there is a pattern here and i hope nothing but the best for him but if he’s like this now what’s he going to be like later on
Let’s remember Roquan Smith was a dragged-out, weird recruitment too. (Not saying Roquan got in trouble like Zach)
This is a huge decision for him and he’s a stud. Hopefully this will all be forgotten next year when he’s on the field for the Dawgs.
supposedly a problem with the po po
If he had been arrested we would know it.
Troll.
Florida troll, to be precise.
I don’t think a top 15 player is worried about too much depth at his position or a potential lack of playing time. Also, I see absolutely no reason why Swift would want to return. It would take a Heisman-level season to raise his stock unless the talking heads are wrong and his draft grade was not where he wanted it to be.
I know Evans had to take the ACT several weeks ago but unless I’m mistaken I heard rumors that the grade was satisfactory.
I don’t think this is related to a depth issue simply because Evans is too talented. He runs a 3.8 shuttle and has dominated the UA All-American RB room this past week.
Last week he as much as named Ga as the school with his hint. So if he has signed papers and hinted that last week, I dont think its a change of heart . Also since Ga doesnt usually recruit academic question marks, I dont believe that is an issue either.
My guess is that given his self created recruitment drama, he decided that being just one part of the announcement cattle call tonight at that All Star game wasnt enough. He wants his own announcement with all the spotlight on him. So back to the HS on signing day.
I hope thats all it is.
If this is it then hallelujah. All I care is him getting to Athens before September 2020. People whine and complain about “drama queens” and such but we’re not the ones who sacrificed all the hours and hard work to achieve these other-worldly skills.
In addition to the points above, The lineman from Texas that we signed has made some comments that made me believe he knows Evans is coming to Ga. So imo the dekay its either something that would prevent him from coming e.g. grades, or he just wants attention as I stated above
Alright so what if he wanted to do something wile with his announcement and they told him that he couldn’t, that he’d just have to pick a hat from a table instead of having Uga eat his way out of a giant cake or something? And he gets upset cause they won’t let him do what he wants and so he says I’m not announcing on your program, I’ll announce it myself. That or he’s gonna announce mid game somehow or do something else dramatic…
rumor is that Kirby cut him loose and he won’t be at UGA.
Troll.
Nah…he’s not going to UGA
If you’re going to troll, at least be creative. You come off more like a simpleton than a troll.
Drama queen be gone. Hold out for Newtons bag man…
Drama.
Saban took his offer away because of his character traits. “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”
Hopefully he is ok once he gets under right program but don’t have any patience with another Crowell. The more he is open the less rumors swirl so just do the interview and pack
Definitely sounds like this would be another Isaiah Crowell debacle. I am happy with our stable of backs right now with the addition of Kendall Milton. Maybe if Evans does come to UGA, the other backs like Zeus and Milton would help lead and straighten him out.
I don’t know why I see this as arrogance. To me it feels like he’s just wanting more and prolonging people’s attention
Swift going to the NFL…no reason not to sign now.