The Trib did an article on Sirvocea Dennis. Interesting comments here. Too bad that he didn't name names and out the 2 teams, to try and put a stop to this tampering crap...not that anything would have been done by the toothless NCAA.
How wild did it get for Dennis this offseason? He said he deflected offers from two schools that tried to entice him to transfer.
“I had a couple (contacts),” he said. “I wasn’t worried about it. I’m here now, so …”
Dennis declined to identify the schools, and for a good reason, he said. “That’s an NCAA violation,” he said of schools contacting him, even though his name never appeared in the portal.
“I respectfully told them that what they were trying to do is illegal and it could, actually, ruin my eligibility. If they wanted to talk to me, I would have to have been in the portal already.”
How wild did it get for Dennis this offseason? He said he deflected offers from two schools that tried to entice him to transfer.
“I had a couple (contacts),” he said. “I wasn’t worried about it. I’m here now, so …”
Dennis declined to identify the schools, and for a good reason, he said. “That’s an NCAA violation,” he said of schools contacting him, even though his name never appeared in the portal.
“I respectfully told them that what they were trying to do is illegal and it could, actually, ruin my eligibility. If they wanted to talk to me, I would have to have been in the portal already.”
SirVocea Dennis said his 'love for Pitt football' made him spurn transfer suitors
SirVocea Dennis looked across the green turf of Gateway High School’s field Tuesday afternoon, pleased to see young boys playing seven-on-seven with unbridled joy at the Nike Football Camp. Yet, Pitt’s senior linebacker, a counselor at the camp, understands the game he plays on a much higher...
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