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Top HS Player In Country Travis Hunter May Have Paved Way For Others To Choose HBCUs
If the thinking was that Travis Hunter’s decision to flip from Florida State to Jackson State and play at an HBCU (historically black col- lege or university) was a one- off, something that others are not considering more se- riously now, think again.
After speaking with at least 15 top 2023 prospects who are all in the Rivals250 and who all have major na- tional offers, only two said they’re not interested in play- ing at Jackson State or an-
TRAVIS HUNTER
other HBCU.
The others sounded very
interested in following Hunter’s lead.
“I would definitely con-
sider going to an HBCU,” four-star linebacker Hunter, a five-star athlete from Suwanee (Ga.) Collins Hill, was committed to Florida State since March 2020.
But Hunter listened to Jackson State coach Deion Sanders’ pitch, there are ru- mors of possible NIL money coming his way and the five- star discussed following in the footsteps of other HBCU stars Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and others.
Charlie Woods Put On A Show With Tiger As They Shot A 57 Sunday At The PNC Championship
CHARLIE AND TIGER WOODS
Tiger Woods made his return to competitive golf at the PNC Championship this weekend, as the parent-child event on the PGA Tour pre- sented a low-stress environ- ment and a place he could use a golf cart for the two-day “hit and giggle,” as Tiger called it.
However, while seeing Tiger hit golf shots for the first time since his horrific car accident nearly cost him his right leg back in February was the headliner coming into the weekend, he was only the sec- ond most talked about Woods once Sunday ended. For the second straight year, Woods teed it up at the event
with his son Charlie, who is, as you’d expect, a tremendous talent, but on Sunday the youngest Woods put on an absolute show, particularly as Tiger seemed to fade a bit in his first event back on that in- jured leg.
Tiger and Charlie, after a 10-under 62 on Saturday, came out Sunday needing a massive round to put them- selves in contention, and did just that, shooting a 15-under 57 that included a stretch of 11 straight birdies. Tiger created some terrific highlights of his own, most notably a near hole-out with a wedge and some big putts.
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