Twelve of the the top 25 college football recruits in the 2018 class have given verbal commitments. Their destinations: Clemson, Florida State, Miami (FL), Ohio State, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
And Kansas.
Devonta Jason, a five-star receiver (Rivals) from Landry-Walker High School in New Orleans pledged to the Jayhawks in early February has remained firm since, passing on offers and non-stop calls from program that have actually won a road game in the last seven years.
Jason and teammate Corione Harris, a four-star defensive back — a third Landry-Walker player, three-star defensive end Josh Smith, committed to Kansas on Sunday — are the crown jewels of a class ranked fourth in the Big 12 and 12th nationally.
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"People were asking me if they gave me something," Jason told Bleacher Report. "Everybody was going crazy. They wanted to know what I was thinking. I'm just going to be me."
Turns out "being me" for Devonta Jason includes rejecting a chance to play at Alabama, Oklahoma or anywhere else.
"Kansas," he says one coach texted him. "Really?"
While it's a non-binding pledge and we're months from signing day, the nation's fourth-ranked receiver is fully committed to joining the Jayhawks in 2018. And he doesn't think it's the least bit crazy.
