One of the most sought-after skill players in the Class of 2014 will hand one fan base an early Christmas present Wednesday.
At noon ET tomorrow on the NBC Sports Network’s SportsDash show as well as on Rivals.com or in the embedded feed below, five-star wide receiver Josh Malone will announce to where he will verbally commit to play his college football beginning next year. The Gallatin, Tenn., high schooler’s final three consists of Clemson, Georgia and Tennessee. Florida State and Ohio State had been in the player’s Top Five as recently as this month for the former and this summer for the latter.
Because of recent changes in NCAA recruiting regulations, Malone has already signed financial aid agreements with Clemson, Florida State, Georgia and Tennessee. Signing a financial aid agreement with a school -- or schools in Malone’s case -- does not bind a student-athlete to a particular institution, but does mean the institution must provide the player with a scholarship if he ultimately signs a National Letter of Intent.
The 6-3, 195-pound receiver is rated as the No. 3 player at his position in the country and the No. 20 player at any position in next year’s class. He’s also the No. 2 player in the state of Tennessee.
It’s unclear if any of his three finalists have an edge over the others as each offers the player something unique, as Woody Wommack of Rivals writes:
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