In the wake of Sumrall's canceled meetings with the University of Florida's brain trust, Hail Florida Hail's Benjamin Henderson revealed several possible options for what happened. Several of them pointed to Auburn's involvement.
One of Henderson's theories centers around Sumrall using the idea of meeting with UF as leverage to get a bigger offer from AU.
"Florida is not the only school taking a look at Sumrall. Auburn has him very high on their list, and he is considered one of their top targets," Henderson prefaced before saying, "It's also possible that Sumrall's camp let the original story leak to put pressure on Auburn and drive his price up with them.