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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Saban offers Brookwood tackle
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Brookwood offensive tackle Kellen Williams hit the recruiting jackpot on Wednesday.
After learning early in the day that a scholarship offer is in the mail from FSU, the 6-foot-5, 290-pound Williams received an offer from Alabama during a phone call with Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban late Wednesday.
Williams already had offers from Arkansas, Boston College, Central Florida, N.C. State, Rutgers, UAB, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.
“It’s definitely a big deal to get an offer from Florida State,” Williams told the AJC Wednesday afternoon. “Most of the other schools offering me don’t have as much tradition as FSU.
“To be able to be considered to receive a scholarship offer from a program like that is amazing. I’m excited about the offer because they have an established tradition of being a national powerhouse.”
But the Seminoles’ offer may have been trumped by Saban’s phone call Wednesday night. Williams has been saying for weeks that his top two choices are Alabama and Georgia.
“It kind of took me a few seconds to respond to coach Saban when he told me about the offer,” Williams told Scout.com. “I told him to expect to hear from me pretty soon.
“Alabama was definitely one of my top schools. I am going to sleep on it and maybe make a decision in a couple of weeks.”
Williams is tentatively scheduled to visit South Carolina on Saturday April 26.
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Ten Norcross Blue Devils to play college football
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Three more Norcross football players will continue playing in college.
Kicker Chris Tanner will be a preferred walk-on at Georgia Tech, defensive lineman Augustus Dukuly received a scholarship to Brevard College in North Carolina and linebacker Cameron Hines signed a partial scholarship with Santa Barbara City College.
Tanner was one of the most prolific kickers in the county, scoring 144 points the last two years. Dukuly was in on 110 tackles, had 21 hits behind the line of scrimmage last season, and Hines was credited with 80 tackles and 16 hits behind the line, coach Keith Maloof said.
That brings to 10 the number of Norcross kids that will play at the next level. They join Brice Butler, Devonta Bolton, Alex Napper and John Kelly, who signed Division 1 scholarships, and Dion DuBose, Thinh Ho and Georgia walk-on Nick Sorel.
“It’s always fun to watch them grow and develop,” Maloof said. “My goal is to get them all in college, whether they play football or not. It’s gravy if they play. We want to see our kids move on to the next step and make something of themselves.”
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