{"id":90475,"date":"2020-05-21T00:43:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T05:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=90475"},"modified":"2020-05-26T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T01:09:36","slug":"college-football-recruits-commit-to-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/college-football-recruits-commit-to-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"College football recruits commit to uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Dave Peck<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">When a high schooler commits to playing college football, they do so expecting a season. That&#8217;s not the case for this year&#8217;s class of recruits. For incoming freshman Jacob Horigan and transfer Max Jacobs, the decision to play football for Bowdoin College came amid the most unusual circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"College Football Uncertainty\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/420854879?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Avonworth High School&#8217;s Jacob Horigan tumbles into the endzone. (Jacob Horigan\/Avonworth)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dave Peck Medill Reports When a high schooler commits to playing college football, they do so expecting a season. That&#8217;s not the case for this year&#8217;s class of recruits. For incoming freshman Jacob Horigan and transfer Max Jacobs, the decision to play football for Bowdoin College came amid the most unusual circumstances. 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