re: 4* DE Demon Clowney commits to Ole Miss

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I haven't heard of any character issues with him like some others that are having trouble finding a landing spot. I do understand that he may need to bulk up a bit to be an every down DE in the SEC.

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I don't think there were character issues at all. Just weird the way a 4 star DE at that school didn't really get the serious interest that you'd expect. There was some chatter about him on our pay site back around the ESD, folks were noticing a 4 star DE that was still undecided so they started asking about him and whether or not we were interested. TN signed his teammate(D. Bailey) and offered several younger kids at that high school so we were there a lot. I think reading between the lines there, the thought by many was "why are we at this high school routinely checking in on our committed player and working on the younger kids, and not really trying to get this 4 star DE". I remember reading Pruitt saying something about watching that HS practice was similar to watching an NFL practice with all the talent they had all over the field.