Mark Walton 2015?

[TheSwagger1]

Do kids in SoFla actually attend schools? I mean, transferrin' left and right, then they "re-classify"? Htf does one "re-classify"? I mean..... this is awesome news but how does this happen?

 

[I'm Hurt Dawg]

Do kids in SoFla actually attend schools? I mean, transferrin' left and right, then they "re-classify"? Htf does one "re-classify"? I mean..... this is awesome news but how does this happen?

You take more classes online or in the summer. You can also test out of a grade or two.

 

[AllAboutTheU]

Do kids in SoFla actually attend schools? I mean, transferrin' left and right, then they "re-classify"? Htf does one "re-classify"? I mean..... this is awesome news but how does this happen?

Finish up early. Not really a novel concept.

 

[User-4525]

Do kids in SoFla actually attend schools? I mean, transferrin' left and right, then they "re-classify"? Htf does one "re-classify"? I mean..... this is awesome news but how does this happen?

Happens all the time in basketball

 

[cubin10]

Next year at this time everyone will be melting on ice as Walton decommits.

 

[Stylie]

how .... if he does im guessing taking a bunch of online classes ... also i bet this starts a trend with some kids

Dogge Howser ring a bell?

I always wondered whether under the current rules a Lebron-like b ball talent could drop out and get his GED at 16 and then enter the draft a year later.

Karl Towns the Kentucky hoops commit recently did this. He moved up a grade in HS.

Andrew Wiggins, Nerlins Noel, Dakari Johnson (Currently at UK) and Andre Drummond all did it as well.

 

[1jamaicancane]

Wow I like this!

 

[The Franchise]

Good news is that he'll torture us for one year less before he explores his options elsewhere.

 

[bransuperpower]

i think more croots need to look into this

 

[Canesfan1899]

He'll decommit and have a top 3 of Louisvile, Arkansas, Miami

You are being a mega troll today.

 

[FINCHLION]

Hope he stays in his class 2016 I feel like he'll have more time to develop

 

[thebutcher]

All of those basketball guys did it at prep schools I'm pretty sure, not public high schools. Idk how'd you do it in a public school system but in prep you usually go into the school and repeat whatever year you just completed. Then, later in the process, if the recruit is physically/mentally developed enough, they reclassify to graduate earlier

 

[Stylie]

Hope he stays in his class 2016 I feel like he'll have more time to develop

Agree. College football and college basketball are two totally different animals.

 

[ThePlant]

If I where him I would try to "reclassify" by being a Early Enrollee for 2016 class. Basically you help coaches with #s, count towards the 2015 class, and get more time to physically develop.

I don't know about going a entire year or more. You gotta enjoy highschool IMO and lets him get bigger and mature.

 

[LA\^/]

When's the last time this happened in football?

In basketball it happens almost every year

 

[RyanCane26]

He's the age of a HS Junior for all those saying he needs time to develop and mature

 

[Peter Ariz]

He should really be a 2015 kid in the first place

 

[Artist Formerly Known As]

Would be huge.

Would be even huger if we don't get Cook or Sony

 

[Waffle Honcho]

Hope he stays in his class 2016 I feel like he'll have more time to develop

Maybe if by some miracle Duke stays for his senior year, they can redshirt Walton and give him a whole year to learn the playbook and come out ready to go the next year. We aren't redshirting enough guys, and it's a great opportunity for them to be on campus and learn the system without burning a year of eligibility.

 

[AllAboutTheU]

****, he turned 16 as a freshman? Yea, he needs to reclassify or else he'll be 19 when he graduates HS.