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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Henry County QB Drew Little plays waiting game
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Henry County quarterback Drew Little is still waiting on his first offer.
The 6-foot-5, 240-pound senior attended seven college camps this summer and played in two national passing league tournaments. Little said he got positive feedback from scouts after each appearance, yet he remains without an offer.
“I’m being patient about the situation; everything will work out,” Little said. “Colleges take their time with quarterbacks. Many colleges will only sign one quarterback each year, and some might even skip a year. They really have to find someone who they feel will be a perfect fit for their [offense]. They seem to do a lot more evaluating for a quarterback than they do for many other positions.”
Little, a drop-back passer, said he went to camps at Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Jacksonville State and Georgia Southern. His teammate at Henry County, wide receiver Jamal Patterson, has nearly 50 scholarship offers.
“Drew doesn’t have anything right now, but he’s going to get something,” Henry County coach Mike Rozier said. “He’s a pure drop-back passer, [so] it’s just going to have to be the right system for him.”
Little said at least a dozen schools have told him that he is a scholarship candidate and that they will be observing his senior season. Little said he is doing his best to not think about recruiting.
“I’m playing football for Henry County,” he said. “I care about my high school season more than anything else right now.”
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ECI’s recruits prepping for upcoming season
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Washaun Ealey, J.C. Lanier and Dexter Moody, three of the state’s most coveted recruits, continue preparations to defend ECI’s Class A championship.
“They’ve been lifting and working and getting ready for the season,” ECI coach Milan Turner said. “It’s been a great summer. Those three guys have made all of the workouts.
“But they’ve done that for the past three years. I wouldn’t expect anything less from them.”
Ealey and Moody have committed to Georgia. Lanier is headed to Georgia Tech. Turner said each commitment is solid and nearly all rival college coaches have accepted that fact.
“They still get mail, but that’s about it,” Turner said. “I think [the other colleges] are pretty convinced where those kids are going to go.”
Ealey and Moody have visited Athens this summer, while Lanier has found time to make the trek from Twin City to Atlanta. To Turner’s knowledge, none of them have visted other colleges recently.
ECI’s team camp in Americus prevented Ealey and Moody from attending “Dawg Day” in Athens on Friday July 18.
Expectations are high in Twin City for another banner season and the opportunity to see the trio play on Saturdays in the not-too-distant future.
“I think everybody is excited and happy for those guys,” Turner said. “But they’ve got to finish their senior year first.
“We try to do a good job of keeping them grounded and focused. Right now, we’re looking at an Aug. 15 scrimmage against Evans and our first game against Savannah Country Day.”
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Tampa’s Orson Charles is elite TE, but also getting WR offers
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Orson Charles of Tampa, Fla., is rated as nation’s No. 1 tight end by one recruiting service, but he has gotten a couple of scholarship offers to play wide receiver.
“LSU and Louisville are a few that have talked to me about playing wide receiver in college,” Charles said. “I’ve played a lot of wide receiver in high school, so I can see where they are coming from. But I feel like tight end will definitely be my main position in college.”
However, while Charles says he sees his future at tight end, he does like the idea of being able to switch to wide receiver in passing situations. Henry County coach Mike Rozier said the 6-foot-3, 227-pound Charles is athletic enough for both positions after observing him in a national passing league tournament this summer.
“He has a big enough [body frame] to play tight end, but he can play wide receiver, too,” Rozier said. “The best thing about this kid is that he catches everything in sight.”
Charles plays at Plant High with quarterback Aaron Murray, who has committed to Georgia. Charles is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 tight end by Rivals.
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Byrnes’ 2010 prospects attract UGA, Clemson, many others
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Georgia’s coaches will be making plenty of trips to Byrnes High in Duncan, S.C., over the next two years.
Byrnes has a star-studded junior class, led by Marcus Lattimore, of nation’s top-rated tailbacks for the 2010 class. Lattimore, who attended Georgia’s camp earlier this summer, has been offered by many of the nation’s top schools, including the Bulldogs.
The other two 2010 headliners are defensive lineman Brandon Willis and Corey Miller. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Willis was offered at Georgia’s most recent camp, and he ranks the Bulldogs third behind Florida State and Clemson but ahead of Texas A&M. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Miller said Georgia coaches told him they are interested, but have yet to offer. Miller already has an offer from Clemson.
Two of the top senior prospects from Byrnes, which is the defending S.C. Class AAAA champions, are safety Justin Bright and wide receiver Ricco Sanders. Bright, a lifelong Clemson fan, committed to Florida State after getting an early offer, while Sanders is deciding between Auburn, Clemson, Florida, FSU and Georgia.
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