{"id":428505,"date":"2018-02-26T12:28:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=428505"},"modified":"2018-02-26T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:39:39","slug":"spanish-fort-football-player-commits-to-mississippi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/spanish-fort-football-player-commits-to-mississippi-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Fort Football Player Commits to Mississippi State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-428508\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James-82x82.jpg 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Scott McInnerney<br \/>\nWNSP Reporter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MOBILE, AL \u2013 Spanish Fort High School rising senior D.J. James announced his commitment to Mississippi State on Twitter Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to James, he wanted to focus on improving his team in high school this upcoming season and not have to worry about the recruiting process.<\/p>\n<p>James plays cornerback for Spanish Fort, and as a junior, he grabbed three interceptions. As a sophomore, the rising prospect caught six interceptions and returned four of them for touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The latest 247 composite rankings list James as the No. 24 recruit out of Alabama for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Signing day is still a year away, but James said he intends to focus on the task at hand.<\/p>\n<p>For more, tune in to Prep Spotlight with Pigskin Pete, Randy Kennedy and al.com&#8217;s Ben Thomas Wednesdays at noon.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJ2ERA\/status\/967587106259460096<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Scott McInnerney WNSP Reporter &nbsp; MOBILE, AL \u2013 Spanish Fort High School rising senior D.J. James announced his commitment to Mississippi State on Twitter <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/spanish-fort-football-player-commits-to-mississippi-state\/\" title=\"Spanish Fort Football Player Commits to Mississippi State\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":428508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,149,123,33,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-428505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-news","8":"category-high-school","9":"category-hs-recruiting","10":"category-sec","11":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DJ-James.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428512,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428505\/revisions\/428512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}