Earlier this week NBC Sports had a special on a 2014 5-star basketball recruit who cites religion as a major deciding factor in his recruitment. Leron Black, rated the #11 prospect in the country according to ESPN and #16 according to Rivals, said “the main thing I’m looking for is I’m big on my Christianity, so I want to be somewhere where I can express that and spread it around and the coaches won’t have a problem with it.” Sounds like Liberty would fit perfectly.
Black originally committed to Baylor, but de-committed later citing he made his decision too early. The 6’8″ 215 lb forward from Memphis Tennessee has also received offers from Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio State, NC State, Georgia Tech, Kansas, LSU, Missouri, Memphis, and Tennessee.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I already hear you – “no 5-star prospect wants to play in the Big South.”
To be the Notre Dame and BYU to the Evangelical world Liberty needs to sign kids like regularly.
Yhello…there’s a novel concept known as “God’s will”. Most sincere Christians take it very seriously. Leron Black sounds to be a sincere Christian.
There’s no harm to reach out to Leron Black and inviting him for a visit. Introduce him to Liberty’s program. Let him go back to Memphis and introduce others to Liberty.
Smart people make decisions on the basis of information. Give the young man something to think and pray about. If God wants him at LU and he’s following God’s plan, he’ll be a Flame.
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Now, which LU sage says that? Invite Leron Black for a visit and let him know how much you care about developing Christian athletes and what God is doing at Liberty University.