Brandon McIlwain a 2016 out of PA has announced he is enrolling early at South Carolina. McIlwain is both a football and baseball commit, so it isn't clear to me if he plans to join the baseball team this semester or go through spring football. Has anyone ever seen a kid sign in November, enroll in January and play that spring in baseball?
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Not sure about seen it before but another PG AA is doing the same at Dallas Baptist this spring. They also had a top player reclassify and enroll in the fall early.
Trend I think we will see continue for the right kids because of the draft. Allows a kid to enter a four year school and be draft eligible again one year sooner.
I guess we will know soon if the player mentioned above is on the South Carolina roster in the spring. A quick google search listed 43 on the 2015 fall roster, including 12 freshman and 8 from JC. Just a tad crowded.
I have seen players from around my area leave HS after the Christmas break and attend college for football. Gets them a head start for spring football and in the classroom.
At the D1 level if a kid commits in the fall chances are there isn't a roster spot available in the spring.
I think in both of these cases they were committed prior just enrolled one year sooner. I think one of the walk ons in these cases would be how the roster spot gets freed up but just a guess.
