DE Jabari Ellis has a feeling but not a final decision
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Jabari Ellis
DE Jabari Ellis of Georgia Military JC and Lake Marion High School will announce his commitment Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM at the headquarters of the Times and Democrat newspaper in Orangeburg. He visited USC and NC State last month and he’s deciding between those two. Sunday night Ellis said he feels really good about one but he has not finalized the decision.
“Both are great programs, so it really just came down to who I felt most comfortable with,” Ellis said. “Every since I got it down to those two I’ve really been hearing from both schools daily. USC’s message is about repping your state, and you’re homegrown, things like that. NC State has been about the opportunity I could have there, and talking about a big goal of mine, the NFL.”
Ellis said he nearly committed to USC in early June after his visit there but at the urging of his former high school coach he followed thru on his plans to visit NC State, and that visit squarely put the Wolfpack in the mix.
Ellis has a Miami offer coming out of high school but didn’t have the grades to go D-1. So, he had to go the junior college route and now has the chance to continue his career in either the SEC or the ACC.
“Seeing Mike (Williams, also from Lake Marion) take off and be a dominant player in the ACC, that gave me a lot of confidence that I can make it as well coming from Vance,” he said. “It’s a good opportunity basically.”
As a freshman last season Ellis had 14 tackles and 4 tackles for loss. He is on track to graduate in December and will have three years to play two.
[SIZE= 14px]JULY 3, 2017 BY [/SIZE][SIZE= 14px]PHIL KORNBLUT[/SIZE][SIZE= 14px] [/SIZE][SIZE= 14px]Link: [/SIZE]sportstalk
DE Jabari Ellis of Georgia Military JC and Lake Marion High School will announce his commitment Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM at the headquarters of the Times and Democrat newspaper in Orangeburg. He visited USC and NC State last month and he’s deciding between those two. Sunday night Ellis said he feels really good about one but he has not finalized the decision.
“Both are great programs, so it really just came down to who I felt most comfortable with,” Ellis said. “Every since I got it down to those two I’ve really been hearing from both schools daily. USC’s message is about repping your state, and you’re homegrown, things like that. NC State has been about the opportunity I could have there, and talking about a big goal of mine, the NFL.”
Ellis said he nearly committed to USC in early June after his visit there but at the urging of his former high school coach he followed thru on his plans to visit NC State, and that visit squarely put the Wolfpack in the mix.
Ellis has a Miami offer coming out of high school but didn’t have the grades to go D-1. So, he had to go the junior college route and now has the chance to continue his career in either the SEC or the ACC.
“Seeing Mike (Williams, also from Lake Marion) take off and be a dominant player in the ACC, that gave me a lot of confidence that I can make it as well coming from Vance,” he said. “It’s a good opportunity basically.”
As a freshman last season Ellis had 14 tackles and 4 tackles for loss. He is on track to graduate in December and will have three years to play two.
