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I caught up with Donovan down in Lawrence on Sunday. Sounds like he really likes Nebraska.

Interestingly, he tweeted on June 22 that he would be cutting his list of schools and setting up visits after the Peach Jam in mid-July. Well, we didn't even offer until after his projected cut date. So ... The news of this offer is very curious.

Kansas currently has 26 offers out for the class of 2019 with 2 (though there will be more) open schollies. Depending on what position you have him at (Verbal Commits says SG) he is either the 6th highest rated SG or 4th highest rated SF on their list. To me the real interesting thing is that this is a Texas kid who plays for Texas Nike Team Drive Nation. Miles doesn't follow a ton of people on twitter, but this is one of them and he's followed them for at least a year so he's the connection and is probably the one who made the offer. Here is their twitter https://twitter.com/DrivenationEYBL He has 20+ Div 1 offers so it's good to be him.

Wow. Nothing like offering a top 50 player 3 1/2 months before NLI signing day. The KUs of the world can swoop in at the end of the recruiting cycle and walk away with some upper level recruits, but typically the Nebraskas of the world cannot. We generally have to build a relationship over a long period and then hold on when the big boys figure out we've got a player. There must be more to this particular story that we've extended this offer and didn't offer, for instance, the #4 player in the nation who's also a SF and uncommitted. He's slender like Roby, but that's about where the comparisons stop. From the very brief video I saw of him (very small sample size) my impression is that this is a very skilled player who's probably a better shooter than Roby but doesn't have Roby's explosive leaping ability. If he had Roby's ups, he'd be top 20 instead of top 35. The thing that's putting Roby into the first round draft pick discussion is that his skills are catching up to his elite athleticism. This kid appears to have those two parts of the equation reversed. He's more skilled than he is athletic. Which isn't to say he doesn't have athleticism or can't build on what he does have; it's just that his skills are at a higher level. Hopefully, this is more than just throwing an offer out there and hoping. Hopefully, there's some reason to believe he might actually have some interest.

I also think that his leaving while all the coaches where on the road and texted Tim for his release kind of tells us about what kind of what happened here with out actually knowing everything to be true or not.

I don’t know any more than you but I would think it was quite a surprise. I assume he made a long term commitment in order to be let back on the team.

Jordy shouldn’t have put us in a major bind. Him leaving wasn’t surprising and the coaching staff should have been prepared.

Probably feels like a good ol' kick in the Sack.