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Vero Beach signings included Kevin Pollock (Army), Amar Reynolds (Illinois), Chase Stevens (Florida), Xavion Griffin (Western Kentucky) and Tyler Aronson (SMU) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.
VERO BEACH – On the biggest day of the year for high school athletes, six Vero Beach Fighting Indians inked letters of intent to play at the next level on Wednesday afternoon at the school’s Performing Arts Center.
For the early portion of National Signing Day 2023, five Vero Beach football players – Tyler Aronson, Xavion “Tutu” Griffin, Kevin Pollock, Amar Reynolds and Chase Stevens – and golfer Marissa Weaver decided on their colleges in a ceremony shortly after noon.
Vero Beach’s quarterback the past two seasons, Aronson built a relationship with SMU coach Rhett Lashlee during the latter’s tenure as the offensive coordinator under former Miami Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz.
Aronson chose to play for Lashlee at the Dallas school as a junior and stuck to that commitment.
Meanwhile, Lashlee’s Mustangs have gone 18-8 in those two seasons and will play Boston College in the Fenway Bowl on Dec. 28 in the Red Sox’ legendary Fenway Park.
Also since Aronson’s commitment, SMU has left the American Athletic Conference and joined the Atlantic Coast Conference — advancing from the Group of Five’s AAC to the Power Five’s ACC.
“I knew they were joining the Power Five pretty soon and knew coach Lashlee was super capable of competing with Power Five schools,” said Aronson. “They’re doing a really good job in the transfer portal. It’s not a surprise to me.”
Cornerback Reynolds (Illinois) and offensive lineman Stevens (Florida) will also settle in at Power Five schools.
With strong ties to Illinois coach Bret Bielema dating back to when Bielema took over for Barry Alvarez as Wisconsin’s head coach in 2006, Vero…
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Publish date : 2023-12-21 04:30:00
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