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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ son, a college football recruit considering Iowa, UCLA, Illinois and other schools
Sean and Justin Combs at a 2009 NBA Finals game in L.A. (AP photo)
He was Puff Daddy. Then he was Puffy. Then he was P. Diddy. Then he was Diddy. He’s always been Sean.
Will Sean Combs one day be Hawkeye Daddy? Or, should I say, Hawkeye Diddy?
Diddy’s son, Justin Combs, is a cornerback at Iona High in New Rochelle, N.Y. A good one, too. Young Combs has received several scholarship offers. UCLA has offered him one after father and son visited UCLA last weekend. So has Illinois. And so, according to this Scout.com story, has Iowa. Who know what constitues an offer and what is simply interest?
“I know I’ll be visiting Iowa, UCLA and Illinois,” the player said. “I’m just not sure when because our games are on Saturdays.”
Hawkeye Diddy? (AP photo)
It probably wouldn’t hurt a program to have the elder Combs as a supporter. According to this from Forbes.com, Combs earned $35 million from May 2010 to May 2011. He is a businssman extraordinaire, thanks to music, his clothing and fragrances line, and his marketing alliance with Ciroc vodkas.
Justin Combs is a 3.7 student according to Rivals.com. His father obviously is no dummy.
But young Combs wouldn’t be a typical Iowa recruit by any stretch of the imagination other than the fact he’s a good ballplayer. That’s evidenced by the father giving the son a $360,000 silver Maybach car and a uniformed driver and a $10,000 check for his 16th birthday. Justin donated the check to earthquake victims in Haiti.
The elder Combs will be able to save some college tuition money thanks to his son’s football prowess.
According to Scout.com, Combs is ranked as the No. 158 defensive back in the 2012 class. He’s not ranked by Rivals.com.
Would there be room on the Kinnick Stadium sideline for Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Diddy? Would there be room in Iowa City, period?
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Mike, you got it backwards. Rivals ranks him, Scout doesn’t.
No offense to the young man and his successful father, but please look very hard at UCLA. I like our Hawkeyes the way they are blue collar, farm raised and value oriented. There have been a few from big cities and far away lands. The majority of the young men on the team are clean cut all American kids. We don’t need the hollywood/NYC drama that would follow this young man. No doubt he can play, or that he is smart. I would like to think he would do very well as a Bruin….See you at the Rose Bowl P Diddy….
You know that he’s not family-oriented or “clean cut all American” based on what…?
It is interesting that your statement begins with “no offense” and then goes on to make what I would consider incredibly offensive assumptions. So one can only be all-American if they are “blue collar, farm raised and value oriented”? What about those people that rise from urban poverty to create businesses and wealth, isn’t that the age old American story of self-reliance and inginuity? How is that not as all-American as any country boy growing up in Iowa?
Just because a kid is spoiled, which his wealthy father is entitled to do, does not mean he is not blue collar or value oriented. I’ll give you he’s not farm raised, but I didn’t know that was a requirement for Iowa players, guess we better stop recruiting the likes of Cleveland, St. Louis etc… Anyways, did you read the whole article. The kid got $10,000 for his 16th birthday and donated to Haiti earthquake victims. How many 16 year olds do you know that would do that? Don’t stereotype and as it’s said, you can’t judge a book by its cover.
I seriously doubt that’s Justin Combs in that image above unless we started recruiting 10 year olds.
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5375656