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9th Dec 2018 from TwitLonger
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VIP News: The latest on 4-star CB Marcus Banks
VIP ByBRIAN PERRONI 6 minutes ago
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Texas A&M losing cornerback commit Jeffery Carter to Alabama on Saturday night was not great timing with the Early Signing Period only being a week-and-a-half away. It will also pretty much be impossible to land someone else quite equal to his skillset, but the Aggies are not simply going to sign only one cornerback in the class.
National top-100 prospect Erick Young plans to sign early with A&M and is locked in. Who will also be in the class, though?
Spring Dekaney four-star Marcus Banks is the big target left. A one-time LSU commit, the 6-foot, 170-pound defender was close to making a commitment to A&M before the Tigers blew him away on an official visit. Now, he is back looking very heavily at A&M.
Banks was thought to be an A&M-Alabama battle before both Florida and Florida State got involved. The Tide do not look to have room for him anymore, which is probably the only positive to come out of Carter’s flip. However, he has visited both the Seminoles and Gators the past two weekends.
Both the Florida programs got late starts in recruiting Banks as he was only offered in the past couple months or so by each school. However, he has ties to Florida in that his father, the late Bobby Meeks, played there. That is obviously big for Banks but A&M has still positioned itself well. He was in Gainesville this past weekend and, while the trip went well, there is not a ton of optimism from the Gators on landing him.
Florida State head coach Willie Taggart will be in-home with Banks this week, but there is not a ton of confidence from the Seminole side of landing him either. The talk there is that they have felt they have been behind both A&M and Alabama.
Banks plans to announce at the All-American Bowl on Jan. 5 but very well could end up signing in the Early Signing Period and asking the school of his choice to keep it quiet until his announcement.
I have my Crystal Ball on A&M still and feel good about it. It is not a done deal by any means, but the Aggies have done a great job recruiting him and, with the decommitment of Carter and A&M moving on from Bobby Wolfe, the depth chart is very favorable for him. Distance is also a big factor and was going to be a potential stumbling block even for Alabama.
As for other names, we should have some updates on that front soon as well. The Aggies are still looking the junior college route but are not going to take somebody just to have a body. They are also looking at high school prospects from all over the country that are either uncommitted or they could flip