In what came as a bit of a surprise, 3-Star linebacker Amonte Caban committed to the Louisville Cardinals on Monday.
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Although Caban has been high on the Cardinals for sometime, most expected him to pick the South Carolina Gamecocks or potentially the Tennessee Volunteers, who joined the Cardinals in his final three. He previously eliminated both the Kentucky Wildcats and Mississippi State Bulldogs.
The 6’2, 210-pound Caban is from Smiths Station, Alabama.
Barton Simmons of 247 Sports believes this a huge get for the Cardinals.
"Amonte Caban committed Louisville on Tuesday morning, choosing the Cardinals over South Carolina and Tennessee. Most expected him to land at South Carolina. The pickup, is a strong get for Petrino and defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. Caban is a raw, but extremely high energy defender. He’s very active in pursuit, creates big collisions when he gets to the ball carrier and he plays with the kind of effort that is going to be fun for the Louisville staff to work with. Right now, Caban is a sideline-to-sideline linebacker that gets to the football quickly once he sees the play develop. As he learns to diagnose plays quicker and be quicker with his keys, he’ll have a chance to really take his game to the next level."
Caban is ranked as the country’s 12th-best inside linebacker prospect, the 15th-best overall prospect from the state of Alabama and the 422nd-best overall prospect in the class of 2015 according to 24/7 Sports’ composite rankings.
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