My friend Pat sent me this message from his Blackberry late at the game this afternoon:
Are they showing any of the football recruiting the Zoo is doing? The recruits are calling them over to sign off on a white board. Pretty cool – 5 so far.
Well, we know of two new verbals in Kolby Gray, the QB out of Texas, and Jason Hendricks, a CB from NJ.
Gray, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound dual-threat quarterback from Houston’s Cypress Falls High, chose the Panthers over scholarship offers from Boise State, Rice and Utah.
Hendricks, a 6-1, 167-pound defensive back from Jersey City (N.J.) Hudson Catholic, had offers from Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Syracuse and Temple.
Gray is a 3-star recruit and Hendricks is a 2-star recruit. Little sidenote with Hendricks. There’s a question on his actual height. Rivals.com puts him at 6-1. Scout.com says 5-10.
As for anyone else putting their name and/or a check on the whiteboard, I doubt that it was Dan Mason — though that would be nice. He’s down to Pitt and WVU, but in no particular rush.
Mason said he was still considering Penn State and Boston College, but said no coaches from those schools have called him in months. He is on a visit to Pitt this weekend and plans to go to West Virginia Jan. 23.
“I never felt any pressure to make an early decision,” Mason said. “I don’t want to put myself into a situation where I make a decision, and a couple months later I don’t want to be at that school. I’ve always wanted to take my time with this.”
Here’s the list of official visitors today. It might well be that a few of the people checking-off may have already given a verbal.
UPDATE (9:06): See, this is why I should have looked about a little longer. DPJ at Cat Basket gives the details on the checklisting. According to him, there were 3 check-offs. And it #3 is Bernardo Nunez. A DE from New Jersey listed as a 3-star recruit and also holding offers from WVU, Michigan St., Maryland and Virginia. I guess we’ll find out soon whether it was being caught up in the moment or meant.
So, in reality, how good IS UNC??
But, there were definitely 5 guys who all came over and had their picture taken with the leaders of the Zoo.
In spite of their overtures, Mrs. Wanny did not join the Zoo yesterday…
“As for Kolby Gray, the QB Pitt is getting, I actually saw him play last year as a junior in the state playoffs. He’s really good. I remember commenting to my buddies how elusive he was. He shakes and bakes and he’s difficult to bring down. He’ll probably have to develop as a better passer but he’s real dangerous out of the pocket and he’s a threat to score at anytime. He looks to have 4.4 or 4.5 speed. Most of the magazines I read put him as the 6th best QB in the state. And it’s in a year when there are a lot of good QBs out there. And he is definitely playing against the best competition in the state. He’s good!”
Thanks for the full dislosure… “he’s a bullshit artist”,… it’s refreshing.
