Tennessee wide receiver and recruiting bust extraordinaire Marquez North is not enrolled in spring classes, according to a report from Dustin Dopirak of The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
There has been no word on whether North will enter the NFL Draft or transfer, but Dopirak offered more on Twitter.
… Obviously, others have reported that North has hired an agent and entered the draft. We have not been able to confirm that.
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
Tennessee athletics has said repeatedly all this week that it does not know North's plans.
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
His high school coach, Mike Palmieri, told me last night he hadn't heard anything about North leaving.
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
But right now, the one thing we can say definitively is that North is not enrolled for the spring semester.
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
One more note on North, just so you guys know I'm trying. The NFL doesn't release the names of underclass draft entrants for another week…
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
… and it won't confirm or deny any players who have declared before that time.
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) January 15, 2016
A former four-star recruit from Charlotte, North Carolina, North came to Tennessee with great size for his position at 6-foot-3, 229 pounds but only managed 74 catches for 874 yards and five touchdowns. In 2015, he had six catches for 58 yards in limited action.
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