<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Courtney Greene yelled at me today. Okay, it was kind of a mock yell and he wasn't really angry, but when I told him about the website I saw that said he'd declared for the draft, he DID get kind of loud. "That web site's tripping," he said. "Come on, Aditi, if I declare, you know I'm going to tell everyone." I'll be honest, I kind of got hung up on that "if." It's true - Courtney really is considering foregoing his senior year. Apparently, Courtney decided to get a draft assessment just to get the assessment and it came back with a higher grade than he was expecting. Someone close to the situation told me that, despite the somewhat quieter year Courtney had, there are a lot of NFL people who think he could still be a third round pick. Courtney's family is by no means in trouble, but his dad did pass away when he was in grade school and this projection is something he has to think about. From what I could tell, he sounds genuinely torn. He spent the day Wednesday talking to people close to him at home in New Rochelle and he said he's going to sit down with coach Greg Schiano later this week to see what he thinks. The NFL gives underclassmen until next Tuesday (the 15th) to declare, but I think Courtney wants to have his mind made up by the end of this week. Greg Schiano always said there'd be a day where he'd have athletes who would leave early for the NFL. I suppose this marks another sign of progress. What do you think?</div> Aditi's Blog
