A guy in the Midwest wanting to stay close to home was his right decision. 'Young people make a variety of decisions for a variety of reasons. The next day, the Fighting Irish would make the thing official, announcing Kiel as one of their early enrollees.ДЇormer LSU coach Les Miles seemed all cool with KielвЂ™s decision. Talked to two solid sources that say #LSU is out for Kiel, #Vanderbilt opportunity already passed and #NotreDame is the place.- Mike Farrell January 16, 2012

Take a peek at his senior highlight tape. Essentially every school in the Midwest with a pulse had offered him, in addition to the usual big fish like Alabama, USC, Florida, and LSU. Three months after committing to the Hoosiers, Kiel opened up his commitment again. For instance, the highest-rated QB in the 2018 recruiting class, Trevor Lawrence, committed to Clemson back in December. Now, itвЂ™s not uncommon for elite QBs to commit early in a recruiting cycle. The Hoosiers have never had a football five-star sign, and theyвЂ™ve only had six blue-chips sign. But it's those skills that made him a logical quarterback of the future for any number of schools - he earned scholarship offers from Alabama, USC, and Michigan, according to Rivals - and Kiel's talent could dwarf that of most of the players in the Hoosiers' program as soon as he hits the practice field in Bloomington.ДЄ look at the all-time commitments for Indiana bears this out. Kiel is a 6'4, 220-pound quarterback with a powerful arm, and he's likely to be a potent signal-caller in Kevin Wilson's offense. 27 player in the entire country and the nationвЂ™s best QB. Yes, heвЂ™s from the Hoosier state, but Kiel was rated the No. Kiel committed to Indiana the July before his senior of high school. Now heвЂ™s headed to the NFL, so letвЂ™s look back on his journey to the league. HeвЂ™s been a part of the consciousness of the CFB fan for almost six years. Kiel is one of the guys you swear has been in college for a decade, and itвЂ™s easy to see why. Our hero came prepackaged with a badass name when he made his first splash on the college football landscape in the summer of 2011. To say Gunner Kiel has been around the block would be a bit of an understatement.

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