Antonio Logan-El once was a prized recruit. Now it appears he’s just another student at Towson, where coach Gordy Combs confirmed Monday that he has left the team.
“I am just not talking about it right now,” Logan-El said. “I am going to have to say no comment.”
Logan-El verbally committed to Maryland as a sophomore and was ranked a five-star prospect by Rivals recruiting services as a senior. But when it came time to sign his National Letter of Intent, he switched to Penn State on the last day at a press conference at the ESPN Zone in the Inner Harbor.
The 6-foot-5, 308-pounder redshirted his freshman year at Penn State, but transferred to Towson the next fall because of ailing family members. At Penn State, coach Joe Paterno became so displeased with Logan-El he benched the offensive lineman for the spring game and questioned his desire to play the game.
And so does Combs after Logan-El was hampered by hamstring injuries that enabled him to play just eight games.
“There’s a commitment in the weight room, a commitment in the agility program and it’s a time commitment,” he said. “You wager whether it’s worth it or not and I think that’s where some people are.”
