Four-star wide receiver prospect Sam Bruce has been committed to the Miami Hurricanes since July, but the 5-foot-9, 183-pound prospect from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will take official visits to three SEC programs before putting his name to a letter of intent on national signing day, Feb. 3, 2016.
Bruce, the nephew of former NFL wide receiver Isaac Bruce, has scheduled official visits to South Carolina on Jan. 15 and Alabama on Jan. 22 and says that heโll likely take a mid-week official visit to Florida in January as well.
โSomehow I will fit it in,โ Bruce said of his planned official visit to Florida. โI have to go to Florida. Itโs just a point of (getting) it in. I donโt have that much time now.โ
Bruce is still committed to Miami, however, and Hurricanes wide receivers coach Kevin Beard was in attendance to watch Bruce help St. Thomas Aquinas win its second consecutive 7Aย state championship and ninth title overall Saturday.
Whether Beard stays with the Hurricanes is a matter of debate as it appears new Miami head coach Mark Richt would like to bring in Bryan McClendon, currently Georgiaโ interim head coach and wide receivers coach. Bruce is hoping Beard is kept on the Miami staff and called the coach a โfather figure.โ
When asked about Miamiโs of hiring of Richt, Bruce spoke glowingly of the move.
โItโs a phenomenal hire,โ Bruce said. โHe did some exceptional things at Georgia and Iโm hoping heโs going to bring that to the University of Miami.โ
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Bruce hasnโt spoken to Richt yet but said he spoke with him while Georgia was recruiting him and said Richt was a โcool dude.โ
For months itโs been rumored that Bruce would eventually flip to Florida but after leading Aquinas team to a 45-10 win against Viera in the Florida Class 7A football championship game Bruce sounded like a solid commit.
โWeโve had some guys de-commit, but I tell Michael Irvin all of the time weโre going to roll with who we have,โ Bruce said.
As for the rumors Bruce said thatโs just a lot of internet talk.
โThese guys on the internet โฆ they say whatever they want,โ Bruce said. โThey have no filter.ย They say whatever they want to say. I ignore them.”
Corey Long is a freelance writer for SaturdayDownSouth.com. Follow Corey on Twitter @CoreyLong.
