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The Super Bowl kicks off Sunday and Rivals covered the vast majority of Eagles and Chiefs players back when they were high school prospects. Rivals recruiting director Adam Gorney recalls the craziest recruitments from players going after football’s biggest prize this weekend.
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1. SAQUON BARKLEY (2015)
Rutgers was the dream school growing up and after visiting with the Scarlet Knights and getting the offer, Barkley committed there early in his recruitment. Born in The Bronx, Barkley and his father grew up fans of Rutgers and the New York Jets, as they moved to the Allentown, Pa., area, where he played his high school ball.
But as Barkley’s recruitment picked up through his junior season and Penn State came much more into the picture, a flip happened and one of the best backs in recent memory would now play for the Nittany Lions and not the Scarlet Knights.
The four-star would become a superstar at Penn State and the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. One wonders what would have become of him – and the Rutgers program – if he stuck with his first decision.
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2. A.J. BROWN (2016)
The high four-star receiver who was on the fringe of a five-star ranking was very serious about playing at Mississippi State. This was peak time for the Bulldogs in the Dan Mullen era when he took them to No. 1 in the country and Brown was a Starkville…
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Publish date : 2025-02-08 16:57:00
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