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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Elisha Shaw Set for Alabama?

Local four-star footballer is about to commit - somewhere.

Tucker defensive tackle Elisha Shaw attended Alabama's A-Day spring game over the weekend and came away impressed. Shaw was among a group of elite prospects in Tuscaloosa on Saturday and the experience may well have narrowed his choices. Shaw's video highlights "You just don't see excitement like this at other schools for a spring game," Shaw told AL.com. "Everybody's into it, everybody's supportive of this program all year long. It's really unique." Shaw is rated the nation's No. 2 defensive tackle prospect by the 247Composite rankings and almost committed to Alabama during the visit. "Alabama's definitely No. 1 on my list now," Shaw said. But Georgia, Florida State, Auburn and Ole Miss are still on his list. "Coach Saban told me he …

Thursday, December 6, 2012

DeKalb Forum Attracts College Football Recruiters

Wednesday’s forum drew 59 colleges and prep schools.

DeKalb County Schools Athletics hosted the annual Football Recruiting Video Forum on Wednesday at the East DeKalb Campus bringing in 59 colleges and prep schools to recruit DeKalb County football players. The colleges are invited each year to sit down with the DeKalb County football coaches at one site and gather information on prospective student athletes to help fill the needs of their football programs without spending their entire recruiting budgets trying to get to each individual school. This year’s forum drew 53 four-year colleges from the NCAA’s Football Championship Division, Division II, Division III and the NAIA. Five junior colleges were represented along with one prep school to bring the total to 59. This was shy of last year’…

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