People on here over state Stanford. It’s an elite school but you still have to be dedicated to take advantage of it. The networking for football players isn’t as friendly and automatic as people make it out to be. If it was, then the school would be cleaning in recruiting all the time. Reality is that top kids like this have football as priority #1. Also, 8-4 isn’t a terrible school with a very wealthy alumni base that love their football players.
How would Stanford clean up in recruiting when a majority of recruits don't qualify academically?
If this kid is academically eligible for Stanford I don't feel him being undedicated to education is an issue.
8-4 is fine. But it provides no benefit long term over Stanford IMO. The odds of him even making a career out of the NFL are very slim. That degree was a guarantee. A great TE for Stanford or A&M is getting the same NFL due diligence.
Agree to disagree