OT Melvin Swift is dead

[uconnsouth]

According to Jim Hicks of RCS Sports, Melvin Swift was shot and killed. Wasn't he a recent UConn recruit?

God bless his family during this terrible time.

 

[Yankees32123]

Oh my gosh! I remember we were recruiting him. Horrible horrible news.

 

[tcf15]

God damn that's sad. RIP.

 

[uconnsouth]

Oh my gosh! I remember we were recruiting him. Horrible horrible news.

Incredible.... How close was he to coming here?

 

[Jay-Bone]

Incredible.... How close was he to coming here?

I believe he was at a football game, no? Thought I remembered he had a son too. Freakin brutal.

 

[Yankees32123]

Incredible.... How close was he to coming here?

I think he went the JUCO route. Here's his mixtape

 

[mauconnfan]

Awful news

 

[Dove]

Damn, man. Very sad. He went to DePaul?

 

[uconnsouth]

Had he committed to a D1 out of JUCO yet? Kid was a fringe top 100 recruit if I remember correctly

 

[tcf15]

Damn, man. Very sad. He went to DePaul?

He originally committed to Xavier then went the JUCO route instead.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Damn, man. Very sad. He went to DePaul?

That was Cleveland Melvin. He was a one time Xavier commit who ended up in JUCO.

 

[Dove]

Sooooooo...the "OT: Melvin Swift" thread wasn't enough?

 

[Dove]

That was Cleveland Melvin. He was a one time Xavier commit who ended up in JUCO.

Thanks Jay-Bone.

 

[uconnsouth]

Sooooooo...the "OT: Melvin Swift" thread wasn't enough?

I apologize for the redundancy, although my post was up first

 

[Dove]

I apologize for the redundancy, although my post was up first

My bad @uconnsouth ...I misfired.

 

[Dove]

Sooooooo...the "OT: Melvin Swift is Dead" thread wasn't enough?

 

[tcf15]

Sooooooo...the "OT: Melvin Swift is Dead" thread wasn't enough?

Have no idea what you're talking about #threadmerge

 

[3uconn]

Very sad. Remember someone telling me he had a kid or two at the time UConn was recruiting him. Makes it worse if that is true.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Memphis had offered him in June.

 

[tentoes4rings]

Wow. I remember tweeting with him when we were recruiting him. I was impressed by what a nice, polite kid he was. RIP Melvin.

 

[CL82]

Always sad to hear this kind of thing. My thoughts to him and his family.

 

[JimHurley]

Man, so sad. Thoughts and prayers are with his family.