Pitt Gazette
PG West: A former Michigan recruit, Montour's Wilson signs with North Carolina
Thursday, February 21, 2008
By Rich Emert, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lost earlier this month in the continuing saga that is the recruiting of Terrelle Pryor was that Montour High School's Christian Wilson signed a letter of intent with North Carolina.
Wilson, who led the Spartans to the WPIAL Class AAA final and back to respectability, had verbally committed to Michigan and would have signed with the Wolverines if Lloyd Carr and his coaching staff had stayed in place. But Wilson started looking elsewhere when former West Virginia boss Rich Rodriguez was hired to replace Carr.
OK, but why North Carolina?
"They kept in touch," Montour coach Lou Cerro said. "Even after Christian verbally committed [to Michigan], they would call."
Naturally, when the coaching change at Michigan took place, North Carolina called Wilson more often or as often as the coaches there could.
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