Looks like Dri Archer has reeled in a recruit
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Great...I was going to report on this after my visit to Venice High's game on Thursday...
I'll be in Florida Thursday, Friday and Saturday to do some work on Notre Dame's recruits, one of which attends Venice. Was going to kill two birds with one stone.
I'll be in Florida Thursday, Friday and Saturday to do some work on Notre Dame's recruits, one of which attends Venice. Was going to kill two birds with one stone.
Naturally, the Sun Belt Conference recruits many players from Florida. Troy has more players from Florida on its roster than any other school outside of Florida. The Trojans feature 28 Florida natives, one more than Middle Tennessee. The rest of the top five non-Florida Football Bowl Subdivision schools with the most Florida players on their roster are Central Michigan (21), South Carolina (21) and Louisiana (20). I follow high school football in the Tampa Bay area and know that Western Kentucky has made offers to many players from the area. Given the harsh winter weather of Northeastern Ohio, I realize the inherent disadvantage that Kent has in recruiting Florida, but keep in mind KSU recruited Gerald Tinker out of the Miami area back in the '70s. For those of you too young to know Tinker, he was a wide-receiver for the Flashes and ran track for KSU. Tinker won an Olympic gold medal by running on the winning 4x100 relay in the 1972 Olympics. He won one indoor NCAA title, two Mid- American Conference events, scored in one national AAU outdoor 100 and one NCAA outdoor 100 and set two Ohio college indoor and two college outdoor records. In football, Tinker ranked fifth in the nation as a punt return specialist, while also playing wide receiver. The Atlanta Falcons picked him in the second round of the NFL draft in 1974, where he played two years, followed by a season with the Green Bay Packers. Suffice it to say, Florida has produced so many recruits over the years that many Division I programs have made the Sunshine State a recruiting priority including Central Michigan. If CMU can recruit Florida, then why shouldn't Kent?
Steve, I guess since you will be at the Venice game on Thursday night you will not get a chance to watch Tampa Plant play at Abilene on ESPNU Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Tampa Plant and Abilene (Texas) represent two of the nation's top high school programs and the game should be one worth watching. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip to Florida. Just try not to let too many people know you are from Ohio because many of them might still be upset over the way Dwyer got shafted in the Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic against Glenville.