Yes, that is what raised the initial questions. The D1 team website just posted a release and this player is not listed or even mentioned as a prospect.
And yes, could be the NLI has been offered as an incentive to improve upon his grades. However, this is a player who every HS season has had to sit out games due to academic problems and it is a soft class load. I don't know NCAA clearinghouse eligibility criteria but the whispers are this player would have difficulty reaching them.
Just not adding up aside from average skills with what has been pictured and printed in papers about signing an NLIwith scholarship.
Not for nothing but we all know bigger deceptions and hype jobs have happened before just hope that is not the case and some kind of NLI arrangement that makes sense really took place.