Jaylen Bond Gives Texas Verbal Commitment

Jaylen Bond gave a verbal commitment to Texas on Tuesday.

Bond will enroll in classes for the fall semester on Aug. 19. The 6-foot-7, 219-pound swingman backed out of a scholarship to Pittsburgh in March in order to spend next year at St. Thomas More School in Connecticut.

But Bond opted to go to Texas instead of prep school. The 18-year-old will be eligible to play for Texas this upcoming season only if Pittsburgh releases him from his scholarship.

He had scholarship offers from Temple, Penn State, St. Joseph’s and Tennessee for the class of 2012.