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DEL.ICIO.USUrban Meyer in town this week to check out Heyward
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/29/07 9:31 AM
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It could be just a routine cold or even perhaps the overall strain of the recruiting process, but Peachtree Ridge defensive tackle Cameron Heyward wasn’t feeling all that good for most of his official visit to Georgia this weekend.
“It was good,” his mother, Charlotte Heyward-Blackwell, said Sunday night. “Cameron was just feeling a little bit under the weather.”
The 6-foot-6, 282-pound Heyward and his family had attended the Bulldogs’ basketball game with LSU on Sunday afternoon before meeing with football coach Mark Richt at halftime. The son of late NFL star Craig “Ironhead” Heyward then chose to return home immediately, scrubbing plans to meet with UGA basketball coach Dennis Felton and his players following the game.
Heyward, who has narrowed his list of schools to Florida, Georgia, LSU and Ohio State , hopes to play both football and basketball at whichever school he chooses.
He’ll take his final official visit this coming weekend, when he visits Ohio State. He previously took an unofficial trip to the Big Ten school back in November, when he attended the Buckeyes’ showdown with rival Michigan.
In the meantime, the race for his services continues to heat up as signing day approaches. Ohio State co-defensive coordinators Jim Heacock and Luke Fickell are both expected to visit Heyward at Peachtree Ridge on Monday, followed by a stop at his home that evening.
Gators head coach Urban Meyer has given word that he’ll be at the Lions’ Region 7-AAAAAA date with visiting Forsyth Central to watch Heyward play basketball on Tuesday night.
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