DT Dante Phillips

[Mama_Bull]

Robbie Andreu â€@RobbieAndreu

Just talked to the father of DT Dante Phillips. He's been cleared by the NCAA, but been rejected by UF admissions to enroll in classes.

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1h Robbie Andreu â€@RobbieAndreu

According to his stepfather, Phillips has been cleared by the NCAA Clearing House and would be eligible at any other school.

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[Mama_Bull]

Top signee denied admission by UF

By Robbie Andreu

Staff writer

Published: Monday, July 2, 2012 at 12:11 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, July 2, 2012 at 12:11 p.m.

Four-star defensive tackle Dante Phillips has been denied admission to the University of Florida, according to his stepfather, Damon Wilson.

“We were kind of blindsided,†Wilson said Monday. “He did everything he needed to do to be cleared by the (NCAA) Clearing House, but now he's been told he doesn't have a scholarship to Florida.

“He's been cleared by the NCAA. He's academically eligible. But the admissions office says he can't enroll at Florida. If he can't get in there, we have to look at other places. He's got some offers out there. He's totally qualified (academically).â€

Wilson said Phillips is appealing the decision with the admissions office, but that he does not expect to win the appeal.

“We'll know something later this week,†Wilson said. “There's only a small chance of them reversing the decision.â€

UF officials could not comment on Phillips' academic situation.

Phillips, who attended Venice High School, committed to the Gators more than two years ago and signed with the Gators in February after strongly considering Miami in the closing weeks of the recruiting season.

Wilson said Phillips always thought he was in good shape academically to enroll at Florida.

Phillips was in Gainesville last Thursday when UF informed him he had been denied admission.

“Something like this should never happen,†Wilson said.

Two other highly rated defensive line signees — Dante Fowler and Jonathan Bullard — also are dealing with academic issues and have not been cleared by the admissions office to enroll.

Sources said Fowler and Bullard's situations are different than Phillips'. They have not been denied admission at this stage and there is a chance both could be cleared to enroll.

Fowler's father tweeted last week that Fowler would be in Gainesville today.

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20120702/ARTICLES/120709965

[Mama_Bull]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Dante-Phillips-104435

[Bulls1181]

Do we have scholarships left?

[Mama_Bull]

At one point, he was interested in USF.

Recruit Report: Dante Phillips, DT, Venice

By The Bull Gator | June 28, 2011 - 9:55 pm | Florida Gators

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We continue to go through the committed recruits over at Alligator Army. This time around, I profile Venice (Venice, FL) defensive tackle Dante Phillips.

Phillips is a powerful, but slim defensive tackle who despite his commitment to Florida has mentioned that he will take additional visits. Schools involved include Alabama, Auburn, LSU, USC, and USF. Although he remains solid to the Gators, he will look around.

[Mama_Bull]

Do we have scholarships left?

I don't know.

[Reliable Source]

If he couldn't get past UF's admission office, could he get by ours? I assume he would be eligible to play immediately, because he was denied admission. Boy what a lousy thing to do to a kid. I assume they are already beginning classes like we are. Stay classy, Florida......

[Bulls1181]

asking Greg

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Question is would he clear our admissions panel ...

[Mama_Bull]

Question is would he clear our admissions panel ...

Who knows?

Sometimes a school uses that as an excuse when they don't really want a player.

BTW, we previously offered him according to this site.

http://www.theringer.com/forums/florida-recruiting/3996-12-fl-dt-dante-omari-phillips-florida-commit.html