Five star offensive tackle/tight end/defensive end Thomas Herring (6-6, 292, 4.8) from Los Angeles (Calif.) Fremont has denied that he has committed to USC as previously reported in the Daily News this morning.

Rivals.com’s USC site USCFootball.com was able to catch up with Herring today.

“There has been a mix up,” Thomas told USCFootball.com. “I told them (USC) I was thinking about committing.”

Welcome to the wacky roller coaster world of recruiting. Herring is still being recruited. USC still has a great chance but there is now hope for the other schools involved in his recruitment.

Miami, LSU, Michigan (visited 10-17-03), Oklahoma, Washington and UCLA have all been mentioned as schools with a shot.

Miami and USC have always been thought of has the leaders

The word was that Herring favored USC and Miami all a long, so this development isn’t a big surprise.

Herring is a member of the Rivals100 team and is rated as the 18th prospect at any position. Rivals.com ranks Herring as the number one offensive tackle prospect in the nation.

Herring is a member of Rival.com’s Super West 60 and the California Top 100 where he lands as the number two prospect at any position on both lists.