{"id":338835,"date":"2023-10-15T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T12:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338835"},"modified":"2023-10-15T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T13:00:26","slug":"why-did-five-star-aydin-breland-commits-to-oregon-football-because-of-grandma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338835","title":{"rendered":"Why did five-star Aydin Breland commits to Oregon football? Because of grandma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon football fans can thank grandma for landing five-star defensive lineman Aydin Breland. On Saturday, Breland committed to Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>A five-star defensive lineman, Breland gave his verbal on Saturday afternoon. The class of 2024 recruit, ranked the No. 11 prospect in the nation <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Aydin-Breland-46109373\/\">by 247Sports<\/a>, is a 6-foot-5, 300-pound defensive lineman from Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California).<\/p>\n<p>Breland announced a final three in mid-September of <a href=\"https:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/\">Georgia<\/a>, Miami and <a href=\"https:\/\/duckswire.usatoday.com\/\">Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mater Dei is the top-ranked program in the nation <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/usa-today-high-school-sports-super-25-football-rankings-oct-10-2023\">in the USA TODAY HSS Super 25.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In speaking to 247Sports after his commitment, he underscored the &#8220;family feel&#8221; around Oregon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I love the people in Eugene, the fans love you,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AydinBreland\/status\/1713246426690650571\">Breland told 247Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eugene has a vibe in the city -I love it out there, it&#8217;s nice, it&#8217;s green, it&#8217;s calm. It&#8217;s where I felt I was going to get the best development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the real family feel came from his home. Breland said Oregon being close played a huge role in his recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>He felt a tug, he said, to be close to his family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tune into my commitment announcement @ 11:30 PT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oULyZTYW4n\">https:\/\/t.co\/oULyZTYW4n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aydin Breland (@AydinBreland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AydinBreland\/status\/1713246426690650571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a conversation with his grandmother about a week ago, Breland felt a tug on his heart to commit to Oregon. His grandmother said he hoped she could go to games and see him play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That really kind of changed my perspective on things and made me want to stay home &#8211; closer to home,&#8221; Breland said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Aydin Breland said grandma was a big part of his Oregon commitment.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338837,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338835\/revisions\/338837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}