Jaylan Knighton Talks Top Schools, Sets Decision Date

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Feb 25, 2019 2 min read

Jaylan Knighton was one of the biggest names last weekend at The Opening in Miami. While he just came short of winning the running back MVP, he did enough to get invited to The Opening finals in Dallas.

“It was great. I got the invite (to the finals).”

When asked which other players stood out to him, Knighton answered without hesitation.

“Don Chaney. Great running back. Also, Derek Wingo.”

Switching over towards high school football, Knighton and the rest of the Deerfield Beach squad are looking forward to a revenge tour during the 2019 season after failing to reach the state championship in 2018.

“We gotta try to punish everybody. We have got a tough schedule this year, but we aren’t scared of anybody. We’re ready.”

Clemson, FSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Utah are the schools Knighton feels are recruiting him the hardest, but he has also publicly named Clemson as his leader. His thought process on this is pretty clear.

“The brotherhood, the relationships they have. It’s a winning program.”

Clemson is selling Knighton on being the successor at running back to Travis Etienne and the Clemson staff sees a lot of similarities between the two. Although Clemson remains the favorite, Miami has worked hard in an attempt to catch up to the top group.

“Coach (Eric) Hickson, coach (Manny) Diaz, they have contacted me. We are just building that relationship right now. This staff has shown me more love, and they are just showing me how I fit in the system.”

Knighton plans on taking some official visits this spring. While we do not know where he will take his official visits, we do know when to expect a decision.

“I will be committing the first week of August, probably August 2nd.”

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gcane44

Mar 29, 2019

moshated305 said:
Blades was going no where but Miami. He shouldn't even enter this discussion lol

Nonetheless, during his recruitment half this board was freaking out about him going to Tennessee a mere days before he committed to UM

Mar 29, 2019

gogeta4 said:
We have gotten more STA kids than Carol City kids through the recent years.

Pipeline doesnt mean you get EVERY kid. Just that we are first in and usually in it with a kid from the school. STA has sent more kids to UM than they do to any other school. Keep in mind im not an sta fan ..1 bit.

Who’s your squad?

Mar 29, 2019

Coach Macho said:
Really?

Who have we gotten from there?
Nesta and Hebert? LOL

Is that dude serious?

Schuylkill County Cane

Mar 29, 2019

Corch Nacho Ragin'

Agree with him or feel the all caps wrath, dummies.

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Shizzap84

Mar 29, 2019

Cuban-Cane said:
Im not tryna troll lol and he is legit showing love to UGA on his instagram every week. Dont believe me then follow him

His twitter is all Miami as well

Cuban-Cane

Mar 29, 2019

Shizzap84 said:
His twitter is all Miami as well

Maybe his pitcure cause his always here but his stories are as much UGA as Miami

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Shizzap84

Mar 29, 2019

Cuban-Cane said:
Maybe his pitcure cause his always here but his stories are as much UGA as Miami

His twitter not Instagram I'm saying. All his likes, retweets, etc are all Miami.

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305407cane

Mar 29, 2019

Shizzap84 said:
His twitter not Instagram I'm saying. All his likes, retweets, etc are all Miami.

It’s gonna be a task holding onto the studs we have for 2021

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Shizzap84

Mar 29, 2019

305407cane said:
It’s gonna be a task holding onto the studs we have for 2021

I agree just giving some more facts to the story.

pacusmc

Mar 29, 2019

Coach Macho said:
Landing a couple mid-tier kids from a team that has THAT MANY MAJOR D1 RECRUITS does not make a STA a legitimate pipeline.
You're bound to land a couple kids just by showing up and being the local program.

Call me when they send us one of their kids that has offers from Clemson/Bama/OSU/etc.

Same thing applies to Heritage.

That’s what a pipeline looks like.

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Shizzap84

Mar 29, 2019

Ivins saying Knighton may visit again tmr.

Ziggy

Mar 29, 2019

Shizzap84 said:
Ivins saying Knighton may visit again tmr.

If he visits again, can he just commit already?

Shooter McGavin

Mar 29, 2019

We are all ******* insiders here

moshated305

Mar 29, 2019

TaylorCaneOrDie said:
If he visits again, can he just commit already?

Let's hope we aren't just the hang out spot anymore. Richt had kids on campus all the time only for them to catch the first bus up to "insert redneck school here" come signing day.

Mr. Dynasty1

Mar 29, 2019

TaylorCaneOrDie said:
If he visits again, can he just commit already?

Slow spring break down there?

brock

Mar 29, 2019

moshated305 said:
Let's hope we aren't just the hang out spot anymore. Richt had kids on campus all the time only for them to catch the first bus up to "insert redneck school here" come signing day.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If he visits a lot(“we have seen this before, he’s not coming”) comments come out. If he don’t visits,”Miami can’t never get elite recruits on campus”

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ajone228

Mar 29, 2019

brock said:
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If he visits a lot(“we have seen this before, he’s not coming”) comments come out. If he don’t visits,”Miami can’t never get elite recruits on campus”

Sad story smh.