D.J. Law, the high school football prospect from Florida who submitted signed national letters of intent to Utah and Mississippi, has been released from his obligation to Ole Miss.
Rebels coach Hugh Freeze said the school’s compliance department is cooperating with the national letter of intent office and is “completely certain no wrongdoing occurred by our coaching or compliance staff.”
A Utah spokeswoman says the school also was working with the NLI office.
Freeze says after speaking with Law and his family, Ole Miss is releasing Law from his letter of intent.
Law had announced Wednesday he planned to attend Utah, but both schools received signed letters of intent from him.
Rivals lists the 5-foot-11, 186-pounder is listed as a three-star athlete.
n FSU’s Winston says he plans to play two more years: At Tallahassee, Fla., Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston says Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher was on the money when he said that the Heisman winner might play two more years of college football.
Winston told The Associated Press Thursday, that is his plan. The redshirt freshman said he and Fisher — who said Wednesday while talking about the Seminoles recruiting class that the QB will be in Tallahassee two more years — have a good relationship, “so whatever he says most likely is true.”
“I’m a big baseball person, so that’s an accurate statement because I plan on playing baseball next season anyway,” said Winston, who is expected to be the Florida State’s closer this season.
Many NFL draft experts believe Winston would have been a high first-round pick, possibly No. 1 overall, if he was eligible for this year’s draft in April. NFL Media draft analyst Gil Brandt, who helped build the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys as vice president of player personnel from 1960 to 1989, has said Winston has a bright NFL future.
Since the 20-year-old will be eligible for the 2015 NFL draft, Fisher said, “Everybody says, well he’s going to stay one (more) year and leave. … I think it’ll be two.”
Winston said he’s not thinking that far ahead, but since he plans to play baseball next year it would be difficult to also prepare for the NFL combine at the same time.
“I’m not even worried about the draft and stuff like that,” Winston said Thursday. “I’m worried about winning championships here at Florida State.”
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