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[QUOTE="WickedOrange, post: 901401, member: 915"]
you know what, I'm not 100% sure. But it's been reported, he had one until the change in staff.

[url]http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-11-14/sports/os-ucf-football-william-stanback-1115-20131114_1_ucf-coaches-latavius-murray-george-o-leary[/url]

[I]UCF had not heard of Stanback until just one week before signing day. Despite rushing for more than 4,000 yards during his high school career, the 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back held just one offer, from Syracuse, during his senior season.

"I think he was frustrated with that and he couldn't understand why that was happening," Watson recalled. "Uniondale has had a good run and put a lot of kids in Division I colleges, but for some reason the colleges weren't coming around so much. I'm not sure why."

When then-Syracuse coach Doug Marrone was hired away by the Buffalo Bills, Stanback's Syracuse offer was gone, too. Suddenly, Uniondale's star athlete was left without a solid college option.

Watson, who played at Syracuse from 1983-87, picked up the phone and called one of his old coaches: George O'Leary.

One week later, Stanback was on a plane to Orlando for an official UCF visit. He committed soon after, adding a potential gem to the recruiting class.[/I]
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