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DEL.ICIO.USDouglass RB Michael Patrick leaning toward Navy
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Running the football is pretty much the same, no matter which offensive lineup you use, at least in Douglass running back Michael Patrick’s estimation.
That’s part of the logic that comes into play for Patrick as he leans toward accepting an appointment to play football for the U.S. Naval Academy.
Patrick, a 5-foot-8, 190-pound running back who gained 900 yards in 2008, says gaining yards for a ball-carrier requires finding the holes and making defenders miss, whether that’s from the I formation he ran at Douglass or from Navy’s wing T.
The one thing he’s most impressed with from Navy: “No. 1 rushing team in the nation [292 yards per game],” he said. “That sounds good to me.”
Patrick also said he’s attracted to what a Navy education, and subsequent post-college commitment, will do off the field. He wants to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and likes the prospects of seeing the world.
He’s not ready to make a commitment, however. He wants to take an official visit - penciled in for the end of the month - first.
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By hiveredtech
January 8, 2009 7:38 AM | Link to this
Naval Academy does not run the wing-T.