High school football recruit has wrong hat at commitment ceremony

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College football recruiting has gotten a little out of hand these days.

With how much money these kids are making just to take visits, the whole thing has become a giant spectacle.

Even traditions from the pre-NIL days of recruiting that have made their way over to the modern game have gotten bloated and overused.

Take the "hat game," for instance.

A kid announces he's going to commit to a school (probably not even for the last time, mind you), and has a big ceremony at his high school gymnasium.

He usually sits at the center of the gym with four or five hats spread out across a table, and then he'll pretend to put one on before tossing it into the stands and picking the team he actually wants to commit to.

Yawn.

Hudson Heinemann attends National Signing Day at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., on Feb. 5, 2025, committing as a Division 1 quarterback for Villanova University. (Jason Koerner/Getty Images)

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The theatrics have become so cliche that even I don't watch commitment ceremonies anymore, and I eat, sleep and breathe college football recruiting.

One high school prospect had a fun -- albeit likely unintentional -- twist on the hat game Monday afternoon, however.

De'voun Kendrick is a three-star defensive tackle from the Tampa area who had a commitment ceremony of his own, with his final four schools being Florida, Texas A&M, Louisville and Georgia Tech.

He ended up picking the Gators, but his choice wasn't the newsworthy portion of the ceremony.

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