Jean Delance, a four-star 2016 offensive tackle recruit for the University of Oklahoma’s football team, announced Monday he has decommitted from the school, according to Sports Illustrated.
Delance cited “personal reasons,” according to Sports Illustrated. He quickly tweeted that he had received an offer from the University of Alabama.
Officially offered by the University Of Alabama!! #RollTideRoll ?? pic.twitter.com/hjWQVOBGIp
— Jean Delance (@JeanDelance74) March 9, 2015
The decommitment follows a video surfacing of members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon using a racial slur and singing a racist chant.
On Monday the national headquarters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon announced that the Oklahoma chapter would be shut down.
Sports Illustrated pointed to a tweet by Scout.com’s Bob Przybylo which said Delance was “disturbed” by the chant.
#Scout150 OL @JeanDelance74 was clearly disturbed by the racist frat video from #OU last night, no longer committed to #Sooners
— Bob Przybylo (@BPrzybylo) March 9, 2015
Delance is ranked no. 12 in the 2016 recruiting class by Rivals.com and 131 nationally.
(H/t: David Seawright)
so, out of the frying pan and into the fryer? that makes sense.
Put the frat boys on the O Line. Just for live practices of course.
Alabama certainly has its problems, but Tuscaloosa understands the value of 4 star black recruits on campus.
To a large degree, that is why Univ. of Mississippi has gone to such lengths to remove their mascot (a confederate officer) and the singing of “Dixie” at football games. They were having far too many black recruits telling them bluntly that there was no way they were going to school at such a place.
Good on Jean Delance.
Good for him ! Well done.