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Signing Day 2009 is over a year away, so all this talk about Melvin being "solid" with Illinois is premature.
When looking at Fellows's recruitment, consider the case of Keith Wells. Keith committed to Florida State on August 10th. At that time, his top three schools were Auburn, Florida, and Florida State. Wells then played his senior season without giving any public indication that he was wavering on his FSU verbal; the first report that Wells was still looking around came in late November (11/26). However, after his season ended, Wells began to take official visits, including trips to Ohio State (12/07) and Tennessee (01/18). Wells de-committed from Florida State on January 14th.
Between November 26th and January 14th, Keith consistently maintained (at least in public) that he was still committed to Florida State, that he was just looking around to make sure that Florida State was the best school for him, that he was just having some fun with the recruiting process, etc. Even after his formal de-commitment from Florida State, Keith stated that the Seminoles were still kinda, sorta his leader. Now, on January 26th, Keith's top three schools are Ohio State, Tennessee, and Notre Dame, and he isn't even taking an official visit to Florida State.
So, back to Melvin Fellows ... don't be too concerned with what he says today, because there's still a looooong way to go.
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