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It basically fit what I was thinking as well. Here's what my response to it was:

I had a suspicion that Bo had signed him mainly because of his potential, and that pretty much reinforces it. You can look at it this way: Bo brought in a recruit to bank a scholarship on and who could earn it back based on his progression. Is it really that different than Gullikson getting it for this year? Evans has a lot more upside than Gullikson any way you look at it, too. He's a gym rat who's stock has skyrocketed between last year and this one, and there's no reason to think he'll stop getting better anytime soon seeing as though he's supposedly still growing, will get bigger once he gets to Madison, and is such a hard worker. I'm more confident that he'll redshirt next year at least, along with Markolf. And this definitely makes the scenario where Evans' scholarship is Wilson's if he commits to Madison the most likely.

That's how Bo found out about him, but to say that's the primary reason he signed Evans is simplifying things just a bit too much. I could make a highlight tape, but unless I showed the coaches something in an actual game and talking to them I wouldn't get a scholarship.

And saying they offered him largely on his highlight video as evidence is plausible because he required his senior season to progress far enough to where he could have compiled a highlight video.

Ooh, good point.