DETROIT – Decommitments are becoming a trend in college football recruiting. Sometimes high school players simply commit too early and sometimes changes at the school make the players realize that they aren't a good fit.
Sometimes a thank you card goes to the wrong address.
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A 2017 four-star defensive tackle recruit decommitted from Michigan Monday after he said the school sent him a thank you card for an event he didn't attend.
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"A day or two ago, they sent my mom a card thanking us for going to the Michigan barbecue, but we never went," Aubrey Solomon told 247Sports. "I do not know which recruit they were talking to, but it was not me. It was just a little heartbreaking, for me to supposedly be so high on their list, for them to confuse me with someone else. Plus they spelled both of my names wrong after I told them, but that was not the main issue. I guess they do not have tabs on me."
Solomon took to Twitter to announce his decision, saying: "Recruitment is a funny thing. You can easily get caught up in the moment and feel that everyone knows who you are."
Apparently, the thank you card was enough to show Solomon that the Wolverines didn't know who he was.
"I am going to be reopening my recruitment, to give the opportunity for those recruiters to not only get it right, but get to know me," Solomon posted.
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He said he loves everything about Michigan and the coaching staff. He said he still plans to make an official visit to Ann Arbor.
This time, they'd better make sure they get his name right.