Duncan's Domonique Petties commits to Arizona
Unfortunately, I never got a chance to see Duncan’s Domonique Petties play in person. His highlight films sure were fun to watch, though.
After being ruled ineligible, wasn’t sure what would happen with Petties. Would he fall off the radar of top schools because he was too much of a risk? Would he mentally fall apart and become totally forgotten?
No and no. Petties has worked his butt off to get himself in good standing academically. And this last month, Petties was busy making the recruiting rounds. He went to Arizona and Pittsburgh in the last two weekends.
He said he loved the Arizona visit and made it official today. Petties, who also had offers from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, verbally committed to the Wildcats on Monday, said Duncan coach Jim Holloway.
I think Petties future is at safety. Or maybe a hybrid safety/linebacker. Either way, he’s got the size and the speed to play both spots so we’ll have to see.
That gives Duncan three top kids. Dylan Dismuke, of course, is going to Oklahoma. Lineman Dylan Laurens is headed to Southwestern Oklahoma State. And now Petties, who is actually going to sign with Arizona and NEO (explained in the story).
For the story, read after the jump:
When Duncan’s Domonique Petties was ruled ineligible midway through the season by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, he wasn’t sure if his dream of playing NCAA Division I football was over.
It’s not. After back-to-back weekends of making visits, Petties verbally committed to Arizona on Monday, said Duncan coach Jim Holloway.
Petties, 6-foot-1 and 212 pounds and being recruited as an athlete, was having a solid senior season for the Demons before it was discovered that Petties was in his fifth year of high school. The problem was discovered in his transcripts after transferring from Del City.
Petties missed a year of school between his sophomore and junior year because of extenuating circumstances, and it made him a fifth-year student. The NCAA requires that prospective student-athletes finish high school in four years unless there were extenuating circumstances. Petties was ruled to have extenuating circumstances.
