With the commitment interviews I learned a lot about the guy and see him differently. He is clearly very intelligent. I just assumed he had an academic focus, but he does not. He was seriously considering turning pro after junior year and then settled on doing it after his fourth year. He took a light course load senior year that precludes graduation this year because he wanted to get ready for the draft. Then he had the injury/surgery, and NFL scouts advised him not to try to make it through the camp evaluation process this year, so he is coming back to college for one final year. He will take courses here as an undergrad and has arranged with Nebraska and Stanford to wait to get his undergrad degree until his football career is over - he will go back to Stanford to finish at that time and then go on to get a Masters in biomechanical engineering.
The guy is football motivated.