Wiggins Declines Chance To Commit To Alabama

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Cornerback Shaq Wiggins from Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Ga., surprised a few people last week when he decided to take an unofficial visit to Alabama.

Alabama coach Nick Saban tried to increase the level of surprise when he met with Wiggins.

“It was a great conversation,” Wiggins told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “and right at the end he said ‘I’ll off you a scholarship to Alabama if you commit … today.’ Then he paused, waited for a response. He took me by surprise by saying all of that.

“Then we started talking again and I just kind of told him that I was honored but I’m staying with Georgia. And it was an honor. That was Nick Saban and that will probably be a conversation that I will never forget.”

Other schools won’t forget Wiggins was willing to visit Alabama less than two weeks after he committed to Georgia.

Schools have continued to pursue Wiggins and that won’t change anytime soon. He told MrSEC on Wednesday that close to 20 schools have offered him a scholarship. More schools are likely to come calling.

“Sometimes they ask me, ‘Are you still wide open? Do we have a chance?’” Wiggins said. “My response is I don’t really know yet. I’m 100 percent committed to Georgia.”