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DEL.ICIO.USMajor offers for Chattahoochee’s Smith; Page eye 2,000 yards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/17/07 10:22 PM
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Chattahoochee defensive end Justin Smith will travel to Arkansas this weekend to visit coach Houston Nutt and the Razorbacks.
Arkansas joins Michigan State, Boston College, Marshall, UAB, Southern Miss, Central Florida and Ole Miss as schoools with scholarship offers to the 6-foot-3, 280-pound Smith.
“Justin is a big, physical kid with speed,” Chattahoochee coach Terry Crowder said. “He has great quickness off the ball. On film, he just about dominates everybody we play.”
Smith is being recruited as a defensive end by some programs. Others like him at defensive tackle.
“It’s about half and half,” Crowder said.
Smith has already visited Boston College, Ole Miss and Wake Forest.
Connecticut offer for Douglas County’s Page
One year after being limited to playing time in six games due to injury, Douglas County running back LaVonte Page is determined to have a breakthrough season this fall.
Page, who has an offer from Connecticut, has already set one personal goal for his senior season.
“I’m going for 2,000 yards,” the 5-11, 211-pound Page said.
Page said part of his motivation is due to the fact Georgia is loaded with an outstanding class of running backs.
“I think I’ll have to do a lot this year because there’s a lot of running backs available [to be recruited],” he said. “I’m going to have to put myself above everybody else.”
Page hopes his performance during last weekend’s camp at Georgia Tech will materialize into an offer from coach Chan Gailey.
“It was a good camp,” Page said. “I went down there and did good on my tests, including the seven-on-seven.”
While pleased with the Connecticut offer, Page seemed surprised to learn he was being recruited by the Huskies.
“I haven’t even been up to Connecticut to visit,” he said. “I didn’t see that coming. I think they just offered after seeing my highlight tape.”
Page and teammate Carl Robinson will team to give Douglas County one of the state’s more potent one-two punches at tailback this season. Robinson has an offer from Indiana and has upcoming visits scheduled with Alabama and Michigan State.
“Carl and I are cool with each other,” Page said. “I didn’t get to know him until our tenth grade year. Both of us are tailbacks, but we’re on the field a lot together.”
Carrollton’s Craig to visit South Florida
Carrollton defensive tackle Nick Craig plans to attend the South Florida showcase camp on July 28.
The 6-foot-2, 298-pound Craig, who has an offer from Eastern Kentucky, hopes to turn heads and impress the Bulls’ coaching staff.
“I’m hoping that camp will be pretty good,” Craig said.
Wake Forest is showing interest. But Craig, who has a 3.6 GPA, will have to increase his SAT score by 100 points before the Demon Deacons will consider making an offer.
Craig, who isn’t sure when he will commit, said he is interested in Eastern Kentucky.
“[My recruiting coach] is really personable and talks a lot about their tradition,” Craig said. “They haven’t had a losing season in a long time, so they have some pretty good tradition there.
“They are my first offer, which is really cool.”
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