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DEL.ICIO.USGwinnett Football Recruiting Tidbits
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Duluth coach Richard Gillespie expects running back Alex Hunt (6-1, 205) to receive his first offer soon. And it could be a big one.
Notre Dame assistant coach Bill Lewis has requested Hunt’s transcripts, and Gillespie predicts an offer from the Irish is forthcoming. Hunt owns a 3.3 grade point average.
“Notre Dame is his first choice,” said Gillespie.
Duke, Auburn, Alabama and Vanderbilt have also shown interest in Hunt.
Duluth sophomore quarterback Michael Box (6-3, 195) has heard from Wisconsin, Iowa, Georgia Tech, Duke and Vanderbilt.
Box moved into the starting lineup midway through the season and passed for 781 yards in just 4 1/2 games.
He’ll take an unofficial visit to Vanderbilt this weekend.
Norcross’ Butler headed for busy spring
Brice Butler, Norcross’ heavily-recruited receiver, has a busy spring in front of him. He was in Baton Rouge last weekend on an unofficial visit to LSU and he is headed to Tallahassee to check out Florida State this weekend.
His father, former Atlanta Falcons defensive back Bobby Butler, says it’s only the beginning.
“We’re going to try and take as many unofficial visits as possible,” Bobby Butler said. “This spring, we want to visit the schools that are far away and difficult to get to during the season. It’s wearing me out already. But it’s a fun problem to have.”
Brice Butler (6-3, 185) already has offers from some of the nation’s premier programs, including USC, Notre Dame, Florida, Georgia and Georgia Tech.
“We’ve talked to [Penn State coach] Joe Paterno and want to go see [USC coach] Pete Carroll and Nick Saban over at Alabama. It’s still very early in the process and he’s not leaning toward anywhere right now.”
Grayson’s Strong picks Vandy
Grayson junior Tristan Strong, a 6-2, 217-pound linebacker, committed to Vanderbilt over Auburn and UConn over the weekend.
“At Vanderbilt I know I can get a great education,” he said Tuesday. “I want to do something like physical therapy, in the medical field, and Vanderbilt has a great med program.”
Strong, who had 51 tackles and seven sacks last season, attended summer camps at Vanderbilt after his freshman and sophomore seasons.
“I’ve gotten to know the coaching staff really well, and they’re great people,” he said. Vanderbilt and Auburn both offered Strong the day after National Signing Day.
—-Larry Hartstein
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By Jawjadude
March 27, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this
this was refreshing. I figured the column was going to be about what players the Gwinnett County high schools were recruiting.
By dog
April 1, 2007 9:24 PM | Link to this
Gillespe also predicted that Duluth would be a playoff team. Remember all of his talk about hitting people in the mouth. It is hard to believe they have great players whun their team is so bad. If the players are that good hen Duluth needs to get a new coaching staff. They have been terrible since Shields left!!!