#1 Gridironstud Jeff Luc Commits to Florida St.

One of the most awaited decisions of the 2010 recruiting season is a mystery no more. Treasure Coast High School’s Jeff Luc committed to Florida St. on Saturday afternoon to make the Seminoles recruiting trail extra red hot.

Florida St. has landed four recruits in the last two days but none bigger than #1 ranked linebacker in the country according to Rivals and Scout.

After losing a heartbreaker in the playoffs last night to Apopka, Luc took his official visit to Tallahassee on Saturday and saw what he wanted to see.

“They pretty much followed through on what they said coaching wise,” said Jeff’s brother Alex Luc. “I’m still shocked.”

In the end, it really came down to Florida St. and Florida according to Alex. With uncertainty surrounding Charlie Strong staying at Florida and clarity taking place with Florida St.’s coaching situation, it was a no brainer for Luc who chose Florida St. over schools like USC, LSU and Ohio St.

Despite some speculation that Luc could be moved to defensive end in college, the Seminoles see Luc as a true middle linebacker. Some other schools mentioned other positions for Luc but his interest is in playing linebacker and at Florida St. he will be given the opportunity to do that.

With his brother’s influence, Jeff grew up a Florida St. fan and Jeff was leaning towards the Noles throughout the recruiting process. “If Florida St. would have offered Jeff a year and half ago, he would have committed then,” said Alex.

When Luc busted out on the national scene after his highlight film appeared on Gridironstuds.com, he was forced to take a look at what each and every school could offer him. In the end, Luc went where his heart was telling him and that is Florida St. During the process, Luc probably made more trips to Tallahassee than anywhere else. Luc’s brother Alex attended Florida St. University. “I never pressured him but I pretty much wanted him to be a Nole,” Alex said.

A pair of Luc’s teammates, safeties Keelin Smith and Lamarcus Brutus committed to Florida St. earlier this week. Both players are 2011 graduates. When they enter Florida St., they will be looking at a familiar face in Jeff.

Now that Luc has crossed this important hurdle, he can now turn his attention to other things like graduating early (December), getting ready for the Under Armour All-Star Game, dealing with on-rush of media attention and as his brother said, getting some other recruits to come to Florida St. with him.

“There’s going to be some surprises (recruiting),” Alex said predicting some more good news for the Seminoles in the game of recruiting. “There will be a domino effect.” The next few weeks will certainly be interesting.

Gridironstuds.com would like to congratulate Jeff Luc on this important decision.

Check out Jeff Luc’s highlight video, click here.

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