Signing Not So Easy

PATERSON – Kumar Davis is waiting for the biggest phone call of his life.

Clayton White, an assistant coach with the Stanford football team, is expected to call the defensive back/running back at any moment and tell him one of two things.

Either he has been accepted into Stanford or he has not.

Read the full story here.

And in an unrelated story, how about this kid from Nevada, Kevin Hart, who held a press conference last week to announce he was signing with Cal, when it turned out he had no scholarship offers at all?

"When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story," Hart told the AP.

Other signing day stories of interest...

**Thayer Evans of the New York Times has an inside look at how top RB Darrell  Scott chose Colorado over Texas, UCLA and LSU.

**Pete Thamel of the Times also has a piece on Jeannette (Pa.) star Terrelle Pryor, who opted to hold off on committing while he decides between Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Oregon. Pryor is the first football player in Pennsylvania history to rush and pass for more than 4,000 yards.

**Aditi Kinkhabwala also has a story on the incoming class of 20 at Rutgers, which features Teaneck RB Rashad White. Here's an excerpt:

Rutgers introduced its 20 newest Scarlet Knights on Wednesday, a class long on height, impressive in speed and unfussy in its solidness. There are four wideouts, two defensive backs, four players who could play either and a fifth who could play either or another position. There are two linebackers and two quarterbacks, Teaneck's Rashad White is the lone running back and 12 months after signing 11 linemen, Schiano limited himself to four, two on each side.

"It was a pretty good balance," Schiano said. "Especially playing off the '07 class."

**Rivals says the Top 5 classes are: Alabama, Notre Dame, Florida, Miami and Oklahoma. Rutgers chimed in at No. 46.

**One RU recruit is Patrick Kivlehan of St. Joseph, and Mark Czerwinski features his decision to hold off on an offer from Rhode Island in order to wait for RU. Greg Schiano called him Tuesday night with the offer.

**Speaking of Rhode Island, defensive lineman Mike Gross became the first player from North Arlington in a decade to earn a full scholarship to college.