After vacillating between IU and Mississippi State since his Jan. 13 visit to Bloomington, offensive tackle Dimitric Camiel made his decision Monday.
With a phone call to IU Coach Kevin Wilson and Offensive Line Coach Greg Frey at 9 p.m., Camiel verbally committed to play for the Hoosiers in the fall. Rivals.com rates him as a three-star lineman, which makes him the 18th three-star commitment to IU and the 25th overall commit. He is the fourth offensive lineman to commit to IU.
Even though he said his visit went well, he was concerned that Bloomington was so far away from his home in Houston and a number of family members in Florida. Mississippi State was just about halfway between the two locations, which made for weeks of consideration.
"Anywhere you go, it's going to be far." Camiel said. "For an athlete, it's not really going to be a concern. I just have to surround myself with the right people and work hard. I'm not really going to have time to come home anyway, dealing with school and playing ball. It is what it is."
The 6-6, 290-pound lineman will sign his letter of intent Wednesday and said he looks forward to reporting to Bloomington. IU occupied the top spot on his list last spring when he met Frey and Wilson, and his social interactions and tour of Memorial Stadium further convinced him, he said.
"It's family-oriented," Camiel said of IU. "Everybody there's ready to win and I hope we turn the program around and I'm excited that I have the opportunity to be a part of it"
