Alonzo Lawrence is coming to Ole Miss

rebeljim · Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:45 pm

Alonzo Lawrence is transferring to Ole Miss from Bama and will have to sit out a year but will then have 3 to play 3. Strictly a rumor as of now.

Chucky_38 · Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:34 pm

What position does he play? I can't believe Saban would let a player leave Bama and transfer to a division rival.

Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:03 pm

Chucky_38 wrote:What position does he play? I can't believe Saban would let a player leave Bama and transfer to a division rival.

Maybe Lawrence taped the recruiting conversations.

parrotreb · Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:12 pm

He was released to all but SEC West schools.

Likes OM, but can't go on scholarship this year. He would have to pay his own way with traditional financial aid.

Chucky_38 · Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:07 am

parrotreb wrote:He was released to all but SEC West schools.

Likes OM, but can't go on scholarship this year. He would have to pay his own way with traditional financial aid.

So he is going to do that?

john_avery_fast · Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:09 am

Chucky_38 wrote:
parrotreb wrote:He was released to all but SEC West schools.

Likes OM, but can't go on scholarship this year. He would have to pay his own way with traditional financial aid.
So he is going to do that?

Have heard that he is willing, but have seen nothing official

ReservoirReb · Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:35 am

Has something changed? I heard he was transferring to USM. Due to some family issues he wanted to be closer to home. Isn't he from George County?

GtownRebel · Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:58 am

Looking at Ole Miss first and checking into Pell Grant money to see how much he can get to take care of one year of school before his scholarship would come into play. Checking today on that I believe.

john_avery_fast · Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:59 am

ReservoirReb wrote:Has something changed? I heard he was transferring to USM. Due to some family issues he wanted to be closer to home. Isn't he from George County?

according to Rivals, he wants to come to Ole Miss (his own words), but the scholarship issue is being discussed. As for the family issue, I have no idea; I had heard it was depth chart issues, not because of ability, but trouble nailing down zone schemes; we primarily play man coverage, which Zo excels at (this has been admitted even by those loyal to the Tide).

RichmondVAReb · Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:26 pm

Several posters on the internet have said that Bama has 90 players on the team and there is an 85 limit. Thus, 5 players will be leaving the team. I hope he will come here, but he will have to pay his own way the first year (SEC west schools were excluded from the release apparently, so he could go to USM and not have to wait if I understood what was being said). He wants to come to Ole Miss though, so they will see if he can get financial aid to cover this year. Hope it all works out.

parrotreb · Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:23 pm

RichmondVAReb wrote:Several posters on the internet have said that Bama has 90 players on the team and there is an 85 limit. Thus, 5 players will be leaving the team. I hope he will come here, but he will have to pay his own way the first year (SEC west schools were excluded from the release apparently, so he could go to USM and not have to wait if I understood what was being said). He wants to come to Ole Miss though, so they will see if he can get financial aid to cover this year. Hope it all works out.

A limit of 85 on scholarship players, not players in general.