Top 100 basketball recruit E.J. Montgomery decommits from Auburn, 5 schools he will now consider

Auburn's assistant coach Chuck Person was one of the four college basketball coaches arrested on Tuesday. Person allegedly accepted bribes multiple times. E.J. Montgomery is a forward who is 6'10" who committed to Auburn over a year ago back in September of 2016.  Montgomery is currently attending Wheeler High School in Georgia. Montgomery is ranked in the top 100 of ESPN recruits in the 2018 class. Montgomery has just de-committed from Auburn with the FBI investigation going on.

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Five-star power forward EJ Montgomery just decommitted from Auburn, per his father | Story: https://t.co/Kgy695pXnU pic.twitter.com/bKkJqH7qEE

— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) September 27, 2017

Montgomery is from Georgia and wants to stay close to home. He wants to stay down south and has expressed that he plans on staying so his family can come to his games.

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Montgomery is the first player to de-commit from a school and he may not be the last. Will this be a domino effect? Stay tuned to Chat Sports for all the news, rumors and more around this story. 

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