Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

13-Year-Old Quarterback Commits to USC 
By the time David Sills arrives on campus, everyone from Wednesday's recruiting class will have left USC.
By KURT HELIN
Updated 2:02 PM PDT, Fri, Feb 5, 2010

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Talk about getting a jump on recruiting.

Just days after getting commitments from high school seniors around the nation, USCs Lane Kiffin has locked up a 13-year-old quarterback. Every one of those seniors singed on Wednesday will have graduated (or gone pro) from USC by the time David Sills arrives on campus.

Kiffin found out about Sills when calling famed quarterback coach Steve Clarkson about another recruit. Clarkson has mentored current USC quarterback Matt Barkley as well as Notre Dames Jimmy Clauson and others.

Kiffin watch a popular youtube video of Sills, was impressed with the kid as a high school player, then found out that he was just 13. In seventh grade. But that didnt stop Kiffin from calling and talking to Sills and his parents. And it didnt take long for the brand new teenager to verbally commit to the Trojans.

"I'm as shocked as anybody," Sills' father said. "I was just talking with friends yesterday about what it'll be like four years from now when David goes through the recruiting process. I never expected this to happen so soon.
"But David's always wanted to go to USC. I mean, is there a better place to play football in the country? How can you pass up the best offer you're ever going to get?"


In what is a small nod to sanity in the recruiting process, Sills cant actually send a letter of intent to USC which would legally bind him to USC for another two years.

Of course, that just means a two-year window for other college coaches to swoop in and steal Kiffins catch. If youve ever watched footage on the National Geographic Channel of a pack of hyenas out on the African savannah fighting over scraps of food, college coaches on the recruiting trail look a lot like that.

Kiffin and Sills will meet for the first time in the coming weeks, when he comes out to work with Clarkson as he does every six weeks or so. And the way teenagers change their minds, 2015 might as well be 100 years from now.

But as of today, USC has the best 2015 recruiting class in the nation.


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Pack93z
14 years ago
Off Topic.. Lane Kiffin strikes me as a dude whose mind has taken a permanent vacation from the reservation.. everywhere the guy goes, a trail of bad decisions of his makings follow.. I think I would politely excuse him if he came recruiting my son.. either he is too dense to see his failings or doesn't care. Neither would I want any part of.
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Rockmolder
6 years ago
Pretty interesting how this turned out.
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6 years ago

Pretty interesting how this turned out.

Originally Posted by: Rockmolder 



Yes. I didn't like Kiffin back then Still not very impressed with him.
As for Sills, I couldn't imagine he would go to USC. Glad to see his college career finally turned out ok this year anyway.
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Nonstopdrivel
6 years ago
How on earth did you remember this ancient thread? That's an impressive memory you got there!

It definitely is interesting that he committed (in fairness, verbally only) as a quarterback to USC, but ended up as a wide receiver at West Virginia . . . on the complete opposite side of the country.
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Rockmolder
6 years ago

How on earth did you remember this ancient thread? That's an impressive memory you got there!

It definitely is interesting that he committed (in fairness, verbally only) as a quarterback to USC, but ended up as a wide receiver at West Virginia . . . on the complete opposite side of the country.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 



Long story short, the Dutch soccer team is in shambles right now and with (nearly) no elite talent to be seen in the under 17 squad and up, people have put all their hope in Xavi Simons... a 14 year old kid playing in Spain.

It reminded me of this article.

I don't find it all that crazy that Sills' path didn't turn out the way they expected it to. Just look at the way soccer youth academies work around the world. The percentage of kids in those academies who look like future start at 10 and eventually become part of the starting eleven of elite teams is extremely low. I feel like the odds where pretty much against Sills making the roster of one of the best NCAA teams in the nation at the most important position in any sport based on his play at 13.

Still, it's funny to look back on and mightily impressive that he's turned into a stud receiver for West Virginia.
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