Fayson to sign with Illinois
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December 10, 2007

Fayson to sign with Illinois

It's official: Jarred Fayson will transfer to Illinois.

The Florida sophomore receiver, who was given his release from the Gators last month, told the Times Monday he plans to sign with Illinois and enroll in January. Fayson, who will have to sit out a season, said while he will primarily play receiver, he will also get a chance to play quarterback, a position he thrived at for three years at Hillsborough High.

"It's a good style of offense," Fayson said. "I know their coaching staff pretty well -- it's a good fit for me."

Fayson visited Illinois two weeks ago, but also received interest from Clemson, West Virginia and South Florida. The former Terriers star played sparingly with the Gators, racking up 12 receptions and 19 rushes this past season. Fayson was rated the No.3 receiver in the nation by Scout.com out of high school, where he led the Terriers to an undefeated regular season and a region semifinal appearance in 2005.

-- JOE SMITH

joesmith@sptimes.com

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How is he going to get snaps ahead of Juice? That makes no sense. Anyways, we are stout at wr anyways with Deonte Thompson still to get looks and the recently committed five star Carl Moore. Well good luck Jarred.

He's not going to play ahead of juice. He's going to play WR until Juice leaves...then,maybe he'll get some snaps. The Gators don't need him anyway...we are stacked at WR, and he was just taking up a roster spot on the team.

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