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DEL.ICIO.USLSU’s Miles reaffirms offer to Myles Jr. on weekend visit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Darren Myles Jr. met in Baton Rouge on Sunday with LSU head coach Les Miles, who reaffirmed his scholarship offer to safety from Carver of Atlanta.
Myles Jr. then reaffirmed his desire to wait until after his high school season before making a decision but said that LSU was among his handful of favorites.
“Coach Miles told us that safety is a position of need, that he likes his ability to come up and force the run and he felt like he can help right away,” Darren Myles Sr., the player’s father and high school coach, said by phone from Baton Rouge. “He told us he was willing to take his commitment right now. Then he paused.”
And Myles Jr. did not answer.
“The [Miles] followed with, ‘Of course, you don’t have to make a decision now.’ Darren knows not to say anything. We’ve got an understanding. It’s not going to be a surprise. So I said, ‘At this time, we’re not going to commit. But of course, you stand right up there at the top. If we did a top five, you’d be in there. But to commit now is not something we’re ready to do.’ ”
Myles Jr. is rated the No. 5 safety nationally by Rivals.com and No. 12 by Scout.com. He was among several high-end recruits visiting LSU this weekend. Others included linebacker Jarvis Jones of Carver-Columbus, cornerback Branden Smith of Washington and quarterback Russell Shepard of Houston, who is committed to LSU. Myles spent much of his time with Smith, his rival from Atlanta city schools.
Myles Sr. said this was his son’s sixth unofficial visit to a top school. He also has seen Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Georgia Tech. He also wants to visit Ohio State and West Virginia, but those probably will not come until the fall as official visits, Myles Sr. said.
Myles Sr. grew up in Louisiana and attended Douglass High of New Orleans and was recruited by LSU in football before going to Purdue. Myles Sr. came to Atlanta’s Douglass High in 1996, when Myles Jr. was 6. But Myles Sr. said that his family’s ties to Louisiana would be no factor in his son’s decision.
“He hasn’t been there since he was 6,” Myles Sr. said. “Darren’s 17 now. Just because we’re from New Orleans, it’s not a shoo-in. It’s what they offer him now as a football player and student-athlete. It has to be a good situation.”
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By YellerSkeeters are PeterEaters!
July 20, 2008 9:02 PM | Link to this
UGA … Darren, it is UGA. Listen to no one but your heart! UGA … Darren it is UGA. The future is UGA! You can be part of the future … UGA. Goooooo Dawgs!!!!
By Coach
July 20, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this
Why in world would anyone want to go anywhere that had someone with your handle attached to it? If that is a typical representation of the fans who support the University of Georgia, which I pray is not the case, then Darren is best to go anywhere other than there.
He is from a fine family that doesn’t need to be associated with anyone like you or your kind. I would hope that Coach Richt would agree.
By YellerSkeeters are PeterEaters!
July 20, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this
Coach? Hmmm rhymes with roach. Why would anyone listen to anyone who identifies with the lowly COCKroach?
By Explanation
July 21, 2008 7:31 AM | Link to this
An explanation to Coach….YellerSkeeters is a frustrated sixth grader who usually can’t post without using a lot of the really cool and grown up sounding profanity that he has picked up during his maturation process the last couple of years on the elementary school playgrounds. His blog name is a good indication of his level of maturity and intelligence. Ignore his comments and skip reading anything posted under his blog name, the comments are always childish and quickly turn to personal insults whenever they are called into question. It is a shame that parents don’t monitor the computer usage of their pre teen kiddies, just another reason that so many of the “little darlings” end up incarcerated before their 18th birthday.
By Bull Daye
July 21, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
As and LSU fan I think the guy could be a great commit, but that last comment by Myles Sr., sounds like he is looking for some sort of a deal. What more can you give a guy than to have a chance to maybe start for the defending National Champions. I think he is playing the field now and wants to stay caught up in the recruiting business. With Dad’s commits, I wonder if they are fishing for than just a scholarship.
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