Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is a football offensive guard from Fernley, Nevada. He was allegedly offered a non-existent scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley by a fake recruiter.

UPDATE: Hart admitted February 6, 2008 that the entire story was a hoax he created, but got out of control.

Kevin Hart News and Blogs

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SbB: Glanville Willing to Take Gamble on Recruit Faker (February 9, 2008)
ESPN.com: College "recruit's" lie a tale gone horribly wrong (February 8, 2008)
- "Now that it's over, you just feel sorry for him" - Chris Ault, Nevada football coach
New York Times: "Lineman Made Up Recruiting Story" (February 7, 2008)
- "A Fernley High School football player who claimed he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at a Pacific-10 university admitted Wednesday that he had made up the story."
WashingtonPost.com: Prep Football Player Gets Caught in a Lie (February 7, 2008)
- "'I wanted to play [Division I] ball more than anything,' Kevin Hart said in a statement released by the Lyon County School District. 'When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story.'"
WashingtonPost.com: "This Recruit Is Unreal" (February 6, 2008)
New York Times: "Questions Abound About the Recruit Who Wasn't Recruited" (February 6, 2008)
- "Before an assembly of his high school classmates last week, with all the fervor and high dudgeon only a pep rally can conjure, a football player from Nevada announced his commitment to play for the University of California. Then the university announced it had made no such offer."
FanHouse: Football Recruit Commits to Cal, Law Enforcement Gets Involved (February 4, 2008)
Rivals.com: Prospect commits...but did he have any offers? (February 4, 2008)
- "But there was one problem when Kevin Hart, a 6-foot-4, 304-pounder from Fernley (Nev.) High, chose California on Friday: Cal never officially offered a scholarship. In fact, it appears no one from the school ever talked with Hart."