Former Rutgers wide receiver commit Adonis Jennings is in the process of transferring from Pitt, according to Timber Creek (Erial, N.J.) head coach Rob Hinson, who coached Jennings in high school.

"It's wide open. Its open, right now," Hinson told NJ Advance Media Saturday morning. "I don't know if he'll be able to get into school this semester because it's such a quick turnaround. But he did get his release and everything from Pitt."

The 6-3, 190-pound true freshman, had previously committed to Rutgers but flipped to Pitt as National Signing Day 2014 approached. However, it wasn't, apparently, an ideal situation.

"Without speaking with him completely, but I know he wasn't happy since August. And me personally, I think it had a lot to do with coach (Bobby) Engram (now with the Baltimore Ravens) leaving. He had a really good relationship with him. And even though he told him he was leaving a week prior to signing day, the kid just kind of stayed with his commitment.

"He had already decommitted once from Rutgers and the pressure of decommitting again and the backlash and all that, I think that may have played a little role in him sticking with them even though coach Engram was leaving."

Per the terms of his release, Jennings is restricted from joining any team "in-conference or anybody on their schedule."

Considering that Jennings didn't leave Rutgers on the best of terms, would he be open to a Rutgers return?

"I don't know, man," said Hinson. "I haven't really spoken to anybody about it yet. I just spoke to Darrell (Wilson) for a minute, but everybody is going to the convention. And we haven't really discussed his plans yet, so I didn't really have any information for those guys."

One thing suggested was Jennings' desire to play close to home this time around.

"I think he may want to stay a little closer, but I haven't spoken with him that deep about it.," said Hinson. "We talked about the whole deal but we didn't go into the future plans. But I told him we'd talk about it when I get back from the reserves this weekend."

Hinson fully supports his players although he believes transferring can be a difficult process.

"Transferring is tough, he said. "You discourage it, but once it happens, you support your kid."

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