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Update on Cy Ridge WR Kemah Siverand
There’s been plenty of Internet fodder about four-star wide receiver Kemah Siverand (Houston/Cy Ridge) and his desire to stay in Texas for college, particularly at either UT or Texas A&M.
When asked to confirm or dispel those rumors, Siverand answered like a veteran recruit who’d been through this a time or two before.
“I don’t want to say that there’s no truth,” he said. “Texas and Texas A&M, I like both schools but there are things I have to look at. You can’t base your decision on just making it in your home state. There are plenty of opportunities outside of the state too.”
So there’s one way of looking at it. Both rivals are in good shape but there could be opportunities outside of the state’s borders that interest him enough.
However, when pressed a bit more about his comfort level with leaving the state of Texas for college you get a sense for where his allegiances really are.
“I don’t have any issues, really,” he said of going out of state for school. “But you never know how that experience is going to be once you actually get to that school. I could enjoy a visit but it’s not always going to be like that.”
Texas, for one, is making it hard for him to leave. As one of the Longhorns main receiving targets, UT is putting a full court press on the 6-foot, 180-pound playmaker. But they are not alone.
“Texas came by last week on Wednesday,” he said. “That day, Arizona State came, Texas A&M was there, TCU was there, and Maryland was there too. All these fingers are pointed at you. You can’t please everybody. It’s hard dealing with all that attention.”
Siverand said he’s been to Texas and Texas A&M too many times to count. He mentioned he’d visited UT’s campus at least five times, including twice for Texas Relays and then at least three or four unofficial visits with his parents and coaches. But there are other schools he needs to visit before he really begins to narrow things down.
“As far as new schools, I just got offered by Washington,” he said. “That went pretty well when I spoke to the coaches. Like I’ve said, I’m just trying to build relationships with these coaches. For the most part I just need to try and get up there and see what the feel is. If I’m going to spend the next three to five years of my life somewhere it has to feel like home.
“I’ve already been to all the schools here in the state except for Baylor and TCU. Baylor just mentioned to me that they wouldn’t be recruiting me because they are stacked at receiver. I’m going to have to visit Texas Tech too. I haven’t visited them yet.”
Aside from a pass-heavy offense, Siverand is hoping to find a coaching staff he can feel at home with and one he feels will be there through the entirety of his career.
“I need a coaching staff that’s going to stay there for my time,” he said. “Because once that coaching staff leaves everything messes up because I wont have the same recruiter, the same position coach, etc. A lot of things get messed up.”
In addition to Texas, Texas A&M, and Washington, Siverand has offers from Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, and Wake Forest.
