Recruiting is all about establishing a great relationship between coaches and potential players, so the slightest mishap in the recruiting process can be a regrettable one that leads to a disaster of an outcome for a team. Getting a name wrong from time to time is bound to happen considering how many people are involved in the recruiting process and how many kids are being recruited, but that doesn’t make those rare instances when they occur any less humorous.
Jacob Copeland of Pensacola, Florida is a four-star wide receiver that is hearing plenty from big time football programs. Among those showing interest is Ohio State, who has had an offer extended to Copeland for some time now. That is what helps make this unfortunate mistake a bit more comical.
Copeland took to Twitter to say Ohio State sent him some recruiting material in the mail and had the wrong first name on the envelope.
Ohio state sent me some mail that say "Jason Copeland" 🤦🏾♂️
— Jacob Copeland (@JCope1era) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cassidy_Rob/status/839667720186658816
Whether any material inside the envelope actually got his name wrong is unknown. The odds are likely very good that Urban Meyer and any coaches tied directly to the recruiting process for the program know what his first name is. The fault here likely falls on a staffer with the responsibility of mailing out materials and organizing paperwork and such behind the scenes. This appears to be nothing more than an honest mistake, but even the most innocent of mistakes along the recruiting process can be enough to fracture the inflated egos of some of the nation’s top high school talent.
As for Copeland, he joked with Rivals saying “That made me think twice” when asked about whether or not this will impact Ohio State’s chances of securing his commitment. Should Copeland end up heading to Columbus to play for Meyer and the Buckeyes, let’s hope they all have a sense of humor about it at some point and mess up the name one more time.
[Rivals]
