JC Vanek

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believe Wes Johnson did not want him.

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This. Don't think he was a take with Wes.

Had to be something, not many people would turn down lsu to go juco

I use to work with his grandma. I’ll have to give her a heads up about this thread.

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What happened to this kid? He was committed to LSU, and then now he's going juco? Mist be grades or something

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Nothing to do with grades. Vanek committed to Maineri and Jay just didn’t regard him as high as PM did. He had opportunities to go to several in state schools but chose Juco to have a shot at a big time program in two years.

I spoke to his grandmother and that pretty much sums it up. “They gave his spot to the junior from Arizona”. Didn’t sound like they were happy about the timing but she said things are working out just fine for JC.

ETA a clarification:
LSU still wanted him to be on the team but as a walk on (with tops). JC felt he deserved better for his hard work and decommitted. He's healthier now than he's ever been, laser focused on his goals and ready to ball!