Do you need to be recruited to commit to a school?

UPDATE: Hart made the whole thing up.

A high school offensive lineman gave his verbal commitment to Cal on Friday. The only snag is that Cal never recruited him.

It's unclear whether people posing as Cal recruiters offered Kevin Hart a scholarship or if Kevin decided to make it all up.

What is clear is that someone is going to be in trouble according to Kevin's football coach Mark Hodges.

"This is involving law enforcement and may involve other departments, other than the NCAA, that are bigger than local," Hodges told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "I would love to tell you everything I know, but I can't at this time and I'm not even sure what I know."

On an unrelated note, I'll be holding a press conference this Friday where I will announce my verbal commitment to Purdue to play football, basketball, and baseball.