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Friday, March 13, 2009
Washington DT Garrison Glass likes how UGA plays ball
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One of the area’s top juniors, Booker T. Washington junior Garrison Glass is hoping for an offer from UGA.
“Georgia is close and I like how they play ball,” he said.
The 6-foot-1, 255-pound Stephenson transfer is waiting on his first offer. Garrison finished the 2008 season with 83 tackles and four sacks. He also plays baseball for Washington.
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Union Grove DE Anthony Williams gets offer No. 13
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Union Grove’s Anthony Williams, one of the state’s top prospects at defensive ends, is up to 13 offers after hearing from N.C. State.
Williams has said his early leaders are Georgia Tech and Auburn.
His other scholarship offers are from Central Florida, Stanford, West Virginia, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, East Carolina, Indiana, Clemson, Wake Forest.
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Dalton DE Jalen Fields says his top choice is UGA
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Dalton junior defensive end Jalen Fields, who is rapidly becoming one of the state’s top 2010 prospects, said he wants to play in the SEC because it most resembles the NFL.
“It’s the speed of the SEC,” he said. “You don’t see that in any other conference.”
The 6-foot-5, 250-pound currently has offers from UGA, Ole Miss, Alabama, West Virginia and Florida State. Georgia is his top choice, and he is going to Athens for Junior Day next weekend.
“UGA was the first school to offer me,” he said. “I’ve been a Bulldog fan since I was little. I have dreamed of playing on Saturdays.”
So why doesn’t Fields commit? “I’m keeping my options open,” he said. “I want to see some other schools and find the program that fits me best.”
Fields said Alabama and Tennessee are also high on his radar. “Alabama was the first Junior Day I attended,” he said. “I like FSU as well.”
Fields said he thinks Arkansas or Florida will be the next to offer.
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UGA and Florida catching up with Georgia Tech on South Paulding DB Ryan Ayers
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South Paulding’s Ryan Ayers, who is considered by some college recruiters to be the state’s fastest player, will miss Georgia’s Junior Day on March 21. The reason? The speedy Ayers will be participating in a high school track meet.
“He’s going to reschedule his visit to Georgia and go sometime during their spring practice,” South Paulding coach Tim Glanton said.
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Ayers has scholarship offers from programs such as Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Florida and Oklahoma. His most recent offers arrived last week from Louisville and Syracuse.
“And LSU called this week,” Glanton said. “They’ve got a big interest in him.”
Ayers has previously said that Georgia Tech was his early leader. However, Glanton said Ayers now is taking closer looks at three schools. “The ones he’s talking a lot about is Georgia Tech, Georgia and Florida,” Glanton said.
Ayers ran the 40-yard dash in 4.31 seconds in January. But Glanton said the junior defensive back isn’t a one-dimensional player. “What [college coaches] get to see is him play safety for us and just how physical he really is,” Glanton said. “Nearly everybody is recruiting him as a corner. Most corners aren’t physical guys. They are coverage guys.
“They get to see him in coverage as a safety and they see his ball-handling skills with interceptions, they see his physical ability, his open field- tackling ability and the mentality he brings.
“And then there’s the speed. That’s what they see.”
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What’s your question for Lane Kiffin for ESPN’S ‘Pardon The Interruption’ guys?
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Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin is scheduled to be on ESPN’s “Pardon The Interruption” at 5:30 p.m. today.
PTI’s Twitter website says “Lane Kiffin has agreed to join us for 5GM on Friday’s show. What would you like us to ask him?” Click here to go the link
If you could ask Lane Kiffin one question, what would it be?
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Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says he avoids negative recruiting
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Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin said he instructs his staff to avoid “negative recruiting.”
“If I ever catch them even saying something close to it, I stop them and move them on just because I don’t think when you’re at Tennessee with this offense, this defense, this staff and these facilities, there’s no need to use negative recruiting,” Kiffin told the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
Kiffin denied ESPN’s report that he told wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey that he would “end up pumping gas like all the other players from (South Carolina) who had gone to South Carolina” after Jeffrey decided to sign with the Gamecocks over Tennessee and Southern Cal. Jeffrey’s high school coach was also in the room when the comment was made, according to ESPN.
Also on Thursday, Tennessee recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron told the Knoxville paper he was with Kiffin during his conversation with Jeffrey. “I was in the room. I never heard anything as such. I’ve worked with Lane for years. Never heard him say anything like that. It came as a complete surprise.”
Related: Two weeks ago on Tennessee’s Junior Day, several assistants pulled a shirt-ripping stunt to get prospective recruits excited about Tennessee football.
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Buford DT Kolton Houston doesn’t have to follow dad’s footsteps to UGA
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With nearly 15 offers including Georgia Tech, Buford defensive tackle Kolton Houston said he is not upset Georgia has not come around.
Houston’s father, Shane Houston, played two years for the Bulldogs in the late 80’s.
“If they offer I will keep them in the loop, but if they don’t it isn’t going to ruin my day if you know what I mean,” he said. “I don’t have to follow my dad.”
The 6-foot-5, 248-pound is off to Auburn this weekend for their Junior Day. He is expecting an offer during his visit. “Auburn has been wanting me to come out for a while with just me and my family with no other recruits,” he said.
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Northview DL Denzel McCoy surprised to leave Clemson without offer
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Northview defensive lineman Denzel McCoy participated in Junior Day at Clemson on Saturday.
“It was awesome,” said McCoy, who saw his scholarship count climb to 31 earlier this week when he received an offer from Purdue. “They really emphasize academics at Clemson. And I like the way they were really organized and how the players were where they needed to be.”
McCoy didn’t meet Clemson coach Dabo Swinney one-on-one. But he did hear him give a speech. “He talked to us as a group,” McCoy said. “He’s a great guy who is energetic.”
The only disappointment was that the Tigers didn’t offer him last weekend. “I was kind of surprised,” McCoy said. “But I went with the flow. It was alright.”
McCoy predicts that his next offer will come Clemson, Florida, Nebraska or Oklahoma. “Florida wants me to come down before they offer,” he said. “I’ll try to make my way down there.”
Georgia Tech continues to make a major push for McCoy. “They’re probably the school that sends me the most mail, as far as handwritten letters,” he said.
McCoy isn’t sure when he’ll take another visit to Tech. “I’ve seen everything I want to see about them,” he said. “I do want to see if they’re the right fit for me.”
Got a recruiting item? Please send an email to jhood@ajc.com
Here are briefs on the day’s top recruiting stories. Click on the headline of each story to read more.
You just want to read about UGA? Click here to go directly to all the UGA recruiting stories
You just want to read about Georgia Tech? Click on this link to go directly to all the Georgia Tech recruiting stories
Do you want to talk about UGA and Georgia Tech recruiting? Or have questions about the state’s top prospects? Then go to the AJC’s “Inside Georgia Recruiting” forum with Michael Carvell
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