Oak Ridgers playing college ball

[BiggieEarl01]

Tank, i was wondering if Mike Blackerby still works at the Oak Ridger if not where does he work.

[extremefury]

good high school talent doesnt always equal good college talent

 

Well said. Also a good source of scholarships for the none blue-chip athletes in this area was the Division IAA schools. But with ETSU dropping football, Austin Peay football is non-scholarship, UTC thinking about dropping football, and MTSU going D1 etc, there are not many options. Also out of state Division IAA schools would rather recruit locally. All schools below that are limited in scholarships so they also tend to recruit locally.

 

As far as the Oak Ridge kids, they've had their share. Year before last they had Booker, Stevens, Hordell get scholarships. This past year seniors, really didn't have any college potential athletes besides Mitchell and Mullholand.

 

This years group should have some. As far as D1 prospects the one with the biggest potential would probably be Revel Coffey. He has the size and athletic ability to play corner at a lot of schools. Speed and tackling will be a big factor.

 

Gulmire and Blair may get a look from lower tier D1 prospects like MTSU, Louisville, Memphis State, etc. They are good/great high school runners, but size and speed may limit them. Both have good speed, but most schools would rather take a 6'1'' 220lb rb back that runs a 4.4 or faster forty rather than a 5'10'' 185lb running back who runs a 4.5 forty. The one exception would be Gulmire, he could get a look from bigger schools due to his experience on defense. He probably could play in someone secondary as a strong safety or nickel back. But again size and speed may be a factor.

 

One thing that should be a plus is Coach Stevens track record of getting kids scholarships. In the last 5 years AE has had more kids offered scholarships than OR.

Edited April 26, 2005 by extremefury

[HTV]

Scott McMahan was looking at a couple of smaller schools - Centre College and UVA-Wise - back in January. I'm not sure if he has signed with anybody yet.

 

I believe that Michael Resnic played for a couple of years at West Point, also.

[OR nole]

McMahon did sign with UVA-Wise

[HTV]

McMahon did sign with UVA-Wise

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OL Michael Beehan will be a senior at Centre next fall.