Andre Levrone, Jr., didn’t intend on verbally committing to the University of Virginia on Wednesday, when he and his parents were in Charlottesville for a visit, but he returned home as a member of UVa’s 2013 class. So what spurred him on to make the pledge to Mike London?

Andre Levrone, Jr.

“I had been thinking about [committing to Virginia] for a good while,” admitted the Good Counsel (Olney, MD) junior, who also considered offers from Auburn and Mississippi State. “Whenever I started to get interest from schools, Virginia was close to the top of my list. It wasn’t at the forefront of my mind yesterday, but I was talking to Coach London and I just felt it.

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