Fowler is cleared and will be at UF on Tuesday. Phillips sounds fishy.
I hope Bullard gets cleared by tomorrow. ________________________________ From: Randy Platt <pcga...@tampabay.rr.com> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 4:24 PM Subject: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Top Signee Denied Admission By UF Anybody got any inside scoop on what is going on here? Phillips, Fowler, Bullard? Randy Platt aka "PCGator" aka "The Armchair Quarterback" aka "The Other Randy" Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest! From:gatorn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatorn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shane Ford Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 12:46 PM To: GatorNEWS Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Top Signee Denied Admission By UF Top signee denied admission by UF By Robbie Andreu Gainesville SUN Staff writer Published: Monday, July 2, 2012 at 12:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 2, 2012 at 12:11 p.m. Four-star defensive tackle Dante Phillips has been denied admission to the University of Florida, according to his stepfather, Damon Wilson. “We were kind of blindsided,” Wilson said Monday. “He did everything he needed to do to be cleared by the (NCAA) Clearing House, but now he's been told he doesn't have a scholarship to Florida. “He's been cleared by the NCAA. He's academically eligible. But the admissions office says he can't enroll at Florida. If he can't get in there, we have to look at other places. He's got some offers out there. He's totally qualified (academically).” Wilson said Phillips is appealing the decision with the admissions office, but that he does not expect to win the appeal. “We'll know something later this week,” Wilson said. “There's only a small chance of them reversing the decision.” UF officials could not comment on Phillips' academic situation. Phillips, who attended Venice High School, committed to the Gators more than two years ago and signed with the Gators in February after strongly considering Miami in the closing weeks of the recruiting season. Wilson said Phillips always thought he was in good shape academically to enroll at Florida. Phillips was in Gainesville last Thursday when UF informed him he had been denied admission. “Something like this should never happen,” Wilson said. Two other highly rated defensive line signees — Dante Fowler and Jonathan Bullard — also are dealing with academic issues and have not been cleared by the admissions office to enroll. Sources said Fowler and Bullard's situations are different than Phillips'. They have not been denied admission at this stage and there is a chance both could be cleared to enroll. Fowler's father tweeted last week that Fowler would be in Gainesville today. ________________________________ Contact Robbie Andreu at 352-374-5022 or andr...@gvillesun.com. Also check out Andreu's blog at Gatorsports.com. -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
