DeMar Derozan could change his college choice if USC faces sanctions in the wake of the OJ Mayo recruiting scandal, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“This is a good wake-up call,” Jermaine DeRozan, DeMar’s half-brother, told the newspaper. “I’m just hoping SC doesn’t get put on probation [If it does], I would get . . . out of there.”
Recruits who sign letters of intent are required to gain a release from that school to be eligible immediately without sitting out a season. Devin Ebanks secured such a release after the coaching change at Indiana.
Derozan, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, is a McDonald’s All-American who averaged 30.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 4.0 steals as a senior.
Compton High Coach Tony Thomas told the Times he had recently had been contacted by assistant coaches from two of the Final Four teams — which were UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas and Memphis — inquiring about DeRozan’s availability.
“They wanted to make sure if anything happened, don’t forget about them,” Thomas said.
