re: 4* CB Nigel Knott commits to Alabama

Pretty good story in the CL about him (and two other local kids). Congrats on the pickup.

LINK

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Givens’ life changed the summer of Knott’s junior year when he became active on the camp circuit. Givens always knew her son was fast and that’s what caught the eyes of coaches early on. During the course of one weekend in 2014, Knott went to Southern Miss, Ole Miss and Auburn camps, each time bettering what he had just done.

“I was shocked,” Givens said. “He ran a good time at Ole Miss and then ran faster and jumped higher at Auburn. The players were screaming and the coaches were really impressed with him. I looked over at his grandma, she looked over at me and I looked over at his dad and was like, oh my goodness, here we go. Nigel was looking at me like, 'yeah mom, we’re going to do this.' My whole life changed right there. I had to start catering around to him.”

Word of Knott’s camp performances got around as the offers poured in for the budding Germantown star. Each camp he attended, he was already on someone’s radar. That momentum never died down.

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