Unbelievable, Alabama Offers 8th Grader

[cygnus34]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabamaextended a handful of
scholarship offers to recruits during Saturday's junior day, but none more
surprising than the one given to Dylan Moses, an eighth-grader from Baton Rouge,
La.

The 2017 prospect, who was also offered a scholarship by LSU last summer,
made the trip to Tuscaloosa with his father, Edward Moses Jr.

Alabama has offered a scholarship to eighth-grader Dylan Moses. Are you OK
with this, or does it strike you as a little much?

"For Dylan, excitement spilled over," Moses Jr. said. "When he heard those
words from Coach [Nick] Saban, 'We're offering you,' you could see him light up.
It was shocking because we were going in thinking we were just going to get a
tour of what Alabama has to offer.

"To hear, 'You're impressive, keep your grades up, we want you to come here,
and we're offering you a scholarship now,' I can't even put that into
words."

It's not the first time Alabama has offered a scholarship to a younger
recruit, but it doesn't happen very often.

The Tide offered current 2013 signee Tim Williams as well as 2014 ESPN
Watch List running back Leonard Fournettewhen they were both
freshmen.

Still, Moses might be the first eighth-grader to receive an Alabama offer.
Other schools haven't started showing interest yet, but his father anticipates
things to pick up in the spring and summer. For now, Alabama and LSU have the
early advantage.

"The battle for Dylan internally is who would be the best fit," Moses Jr.
said. "Right now, he's an eighth-grader, he doesn't have to worry about
that.

"We have LSU right here. They have access to us. At Alabama, we know what
they have over there with the great running backs and another first-rounder on
the way. Those two schools are No. 1, and everybody else is 2, 3, 4 and 5."

During his visit to Alabama, Moses measured in at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds.

The offer from the Tide and the earlier offer from LSU has the 2017 phenom on
top of the world, but his father knows it's his job to keep him grounded through
the recruiting process. After all, he still has four years before he signs his
national letter of intent.

"The attention from those levels of institutions, No. 1 and No. 2 in the SEC
and arguably in the country, he feels like a boss, like he's untouchable," Moses
Jr. said. "We have to bring him back on down to earth, let him know that he
still has to do his work down here to make sure that dream comes
true."

 

[Triple B]

Link? .... and shouldn't the title of the thread be "Unbelievable, LSU Offers 7th Grader"?

[cygnus34]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/8989200/alabama-crimson-tide-offer-scholarship-eighth-grader-dylan-moses

[Triple B]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/8989200/alabama-crimson-tide-offer-scholarship-eighth-grader-dylan-moses

 

 

Thanks.