PATTERSON, La. -- Even at his Under Armour All-America Game jersey ceremony Tuesday, Daylon Charlot couldn’t get away from the question.
While he was being introduced, somebody in the crowded gymnasium of students loudly asked where Charlot, the nation’s No. 8 receiver, would be attending college at. Across the gym, an emphatic reply of “LSU, baby” came from another student.
As @D_4Charlot poses for pics somebody in crowd yells "Where's he going?" Reply from somebody else in crowd "#LSU." pic.twitter.com/EMni3NyPdS
— Jeremy Crabtree (@jeremycrabtree) November 11, 2014At this point, nobody knows where Charlot is going to end up. He committed to Alabama back in early February, but that was before LSU offered him a scholarship. The Tigers eventually did and haven’t stopped pursuing him since.
“It's going to be a hard decision,” Charlot said. “It's either Bama or LSU. It's 60 Alabama, 40-percent chance LSU. When the time comes, everyone will find out. It's just crazy because everywhere I go people ask me the question ‘Where are you going to school at.’ I wear my ID on an LSU lanyard here at school, so people think that means I’m going there, but no one knows where I want to go, including me. If I don't know, then no one else does.”
Tuesday wasn’t about where Charlot will be attending college, though. It was a celebration for him being selected to play in the nation’s most prestigious high school football all-star game. Charlot said that fact hadn’t sunk in with him until he put on the black and red Under Armour jersey during the ceremony.
It's official. @D_4Charlot is officially part of the @AllAmericaGame. #Bama #LSU https://t.co/P6coepOvxf
— Jeremy Crabtree (@jeremycrabtree) November 11, 2014“It’s real now,” Charlot said with a big smile. “It was a goal of mine to play in this game, so I’m going to take advantage of it. I want to show everybody I’m the best receiver in the country.”
He plans to do that by doing anything and everything the coaches ask of him during the practices leading up to the Jan. 2 game that will be televised on ESPN2.
“I'll play corner,” he said. “I'll play receiver. I'll kick. I’ll play on the kickoff and punt return teams. I'll even drive the bus if that's what coach thinks will help the team win the game and show people what I’ve got. I think I'm electric with the ball in my hands. I know how to make people miss and get away from people very easily.”
Charlot also hopes to settle a score with five-star Kevin Toliver II, the nation’s No. 1 cornerback.
“At LSU’s camp in my freshman and sophomore years, we were going at it back and forth,” Charlot said. It was basically a tie. I want to break the tie at Under Armour.”
