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DEL.ICIO.USRecruiting Q&A: Union Grove’s Mark Speir
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Union Grove offensive lineman Mark Speir, a member of the AJC’s The Georgia 150, has committed to Alabama-Birmingham and is taking visits to a handful of other schools. He talked with staff writer Jay Stone about being recruited and other topics.
— On what things he looks for in a visit: “Education is very important to me, and when I go places it’s important for them to show me the education facilities as well as the football things. I’m looking at the big picture, not just football.”
— On what school he has always been a fan of: “Georgia Tech. I grew up watching them. I went to a few games in middle school. Before that I wasn’t really interested in football.”
— On his career goals: “I’m thinking maybe pharmaceutical. I want to study pre-pharmaceutical and then go somewhere else. One of the options I have is a school where you get a good education, and I’m going to try to make the best match for me.”
— On one thing that’s a deal-breaker for him with a school: “One thing for Georgia Tech, I was disappointed in was their graduation rate for football. It was around 48 percent. It could be the athletes that aren’t applying themselves, but it could be that they’re choosing kids that aren’t as serious about getting their work done. And the offense … like Shorter was running the Wing-T and I didn’t want to be in an offense where it was all running or all passing.”
— On the first school to talk to him: “I started getting letters in January or February and probably the first school to talk to me was Marshall, I think. Marshall or Ball State … there’s so many people you meet it’s hard to keep straight who you talk to and when.”
— On interacting with kids: “The Thursday before our spring game a couple of us from the team went out to elementary schools and we had a photographer take our pictures and we signed them and gave them out to the kids. They really thought it was neat, and that’s kind of a warm feeling when you can make an impression like that.”
— On how many college games he’s been to as a fan: “Not that many. Usually I’m busy. I’d say around seven or eight. A couple of Georgia games and a few at Georgia Tech.”
— On a movie he’ll watch over and over: “’Friday Night Lights’ is one of my favorites. ‘Dumb and Dumber’ is probably number one.”
— On his spare time activities: “Hang out with my friends on the weekends. Play Xbox 360. There’s a game, ‘Call of Duty 4,’ I’m trying. I just got the Xbox two weeks ago and I’ve been playing it a lot ever since.”
— On his favorite superhero: “Spiderman going from building to building is pretty cool. Or I guess Iron Man. I saw the Iron Man movie and that was a really good movie.”
— On his mp3 playlist: “Mostly hard rock. Stuff that gets your blood flowing. “New Noise,” by Refused. I listen to that before games and it gets me really pumped up.”
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