Written by Gary Parrish at CBS Sports.com
McDonald’s All-American Mitchell Robinson — who left Western Kentucky’s campus last month, asked for a release from the school and subsequently visited LSU, Kansas and New Orleans — is now expected to return to WKU and enroll for the Fall semester this week, WBKO.com reported Sunday.
If it happens it’ll go down as one of the craziest recruiting stories.
Here’s a recap: Robinson committed to Western Kentucky in June 2016 — just a couple of weeks after coach Rick Stansbury hired his godfather, Shammond Williams. The 7-foot center then signed a national letter of intent in November and enrolled in July. But he abruptly left campus two weeks later, asked for and was given a release. What followed were visits to LSU, Kansas and New Orleans — then a report that Robinson had decided to skip college completely. And now … this.
To be clear, until Robinson actually returns to Western Kentucky and enrolls again, this will remain a fluid situation with no guarantees. But multiple industry sources told CBS Sports over the past week that, given the options currently on the table, Robinson’s smartest move, at this point, was always to return to WKU. So, if nothing else, it appears the New Orleans native has at least received that message.
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