Ole Miss hosted 16 official visitors this past weekend, according to Scout.com. One of those prospects, wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo, had such a good time that he went ahead and pulled the trigger to commit to the Rebels
Cedar Hill receiver Quincy Adeboyejo (18) in High School Football action against Allen at Longhorn Stadium in Cedar Hill, Texas Friday, September 7, 2012. (Brad Loper/The Dallas Morning News)
Friday night via Twitter.
“#HottyToddy I’m a Rebel baby,” Adeboyejo tweeted.
Adeboyejo, who is listed as a four-star prospect by Rivals.com, was once committed to Texas A&M, but the 6-foot-3, 175-pounder decommitted from the Aggies in early January.
“I didn’t feel really needed,” he said of the decommitment. “I felt like the coaches weren’t giving me love any more. Even when I committed, I just really felt like it wasn’t the right decision. I felt like I was rushing into it, so I wanted to decommit and pick a school and really look into what was the right school for me.”
When he put himself back on the recruiting market, Ole Miss caught his eye, and it didn’t take long for Adeboyejo to feel at home in Oxford.
The Cedar Hill, Texas, native had recently taken official visits to Nebraska, Texas Tech and UCLA before heading to Oxford, and in just a few hours, he knew where he wanted to be.
“Honestly, I knew I was going to commit to Ole Miss probably two weeks ago,” Adeboyejo said. “I just wanted to take those visits and make sure that’s what I really wanted to do.”
Co-defensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Wesley McGriff was the main recruiter for Adeboyejo, and the wide receiver said his relationship with McGriff was a big factor in his decision.
“When I first met him, I just knew he was a really good guy,” Adeboyejo said. “Then, I met coach (Hugh) Freeze, and I had heard so many good things about him. They are just really good people, you know?”
Adeboyejo said playing in the Southeastern Conference was also a big plus for the Rebels, but there was one thing about Ole Miss that stood out above the rest of the schools.
“What I liked most is that it was a family environment,” he said. “Most of the visits that I took, it didn’t seem like it was family, it felt like it was more of a business visit. When I got (to Ole Miss), it just felt like family.”
Adeboyejo also had a few of the other Ole Miss commitments in his ear trying to get him to jump on board.
Quarterback Devante Kincade, a four-star prospect on Scout.com, is also from the Dallas area, so Adeboyejo was familiar with him. However, wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, the nation’s No. 1 receiver according to ESPN, was on him from the moment he made his announcement to play for the Rebels on Jan. 17.
“That was a big deal,” Adeboyejo said of Treadwell’s announcement. “He was in my ear early on. He was telling me, ‘Let’s get out there and shock the world.’ It’s going to be interesting with both of us on the outside just making plays.”
Kincade, Treadwell and Adeboyejo are just a few of the pieces of what could be a stellar recruiting class for Ole
Cedar Hill’s Quincy Adeboyejo during the Class 5A Division II Region I final high school football game against Waco Midway, Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 in Midlothian, Texas. (Matt Strasen/Special Contributor)
Miss. The Rebels’ recruiting class is currently ranked as high as No. 11 on Rivals.com.
Adeboyejo said he is excited about what the future could hold for Ole Miss football, and he believes this recruiting class will put the Rebels in position to do big things.
“It’s going to be really exciting on signing day, I know that,” he said. “There’s some really good top guys that are really interested in Ole Miss. I think we’re going to get quite a few of them.
“It’s going to be really big for the whole program, and that’s going to be what builds the foundation, and we’ll just keep moving up from there.”
Adeboyejo also said out of all the uncommitted players that visited Ole Miss last weekend, he believes defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, the No. 1 overall player by all recruiting services, and Laremy Tunsil, the No. 1 offensive tackle in the country on all recruiting services, are the two mostly likely to ink with the Rebels come National Signing Day (Feb. 6).
“I feel real confident in them,” Adeboyejo said. “I can tell they were really having fun and really hit it off, and it felt like a family thing.”
It could be a historic class for Freeze and the Rebels, and Adeboyejo made sure he is part of it.
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