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Wendell Fairly, darkhorse 1st rounder?

I recently saw a couple names on BAs draft tracker I was not used to.
#29 on their most recent one is Wendell Fairly, a 6-2 175 pount outfielder from George County HS in Lucedale, MS.
BA says he is...
"a stretch to be drafted in the first round, he has shown five-tool potential and far more ability to put those tools to use than most scouts in the Southeast ever expected. His upbringing is unconventional and he doesn't have a deep track record, but, "he's pretty damn interesting," a crosschecker said. "He very well may be Carl JaCrawford.""

I cant find out what they mean about his upbringing but i have read, after Googling, he is a football recruiting prospect as well as a wide receiver.  The Biloxi Sun-Herald lists him as the #1 football recruit in south Mississippi, as well as the #1 baseball player.  

Hes a good HS pitcher too though his destiny is clearly the outfield.  Hes been selected to play in the HS All-American game (with guys like Jarrod Parker, Josh Smoker, Matt Harvey, DJ LaMahieu, Kentrail Davis, Jack McGeary and more) after going 9-1 with 106 strikeouts and batting over .500.
He signed with Southern Miss

On the bad side he was charged with assault recently, along with 6 teammates, as some combination of them pulled down a kids pants on the bus and took pic of the kids manhood on camera phones.  Fairley, and another teammate, had their charges dropped but even if its just stupid hazing stuff its pretty awful and not what you want a first rounder involved in.
It evidently messed the victim up some..."The 16-year-old student has not been back to school since the incident and has been under a psychologist's care."

So, that was a little long winded, but I'm wondering if anyone else knows anything else about this guy, especially his background, because I dont.  I havnt heard about him til this week but he seems like hes one to watch.

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