2010 Woodward Academy's: DeShields & Anderson

[ramblin_man]

Was wondering if we're going after Henry Anderson at Woodward Academy. It doesn't mention anything about GT offering him. Just thought we might since he's at our back door & has some impressive numbers. Here are his stats: (per the ajc.com)

Anderson, a 6-foot-7, 245-pound defensive end/tight end, leads the way with 17 offers. The most recent to offer are Boston College, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin. There’s an ample market for a guy who had 70 tackles, including seven sacks, and helped his team to the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs.

Anyone know where we stand with DeShields? He would be a heck of a catch...of course if he doesn't just go pro in baseball due to a high draft pick (would bet that he goes pro myself):
Georgia Tech is among the five schools who have offered DeShields, a fleet-footed 5-9, 185-pound athlete who can outrun just about anything except his name. Not that he should want to: He is the son of the former major league second baseman of the same name, and like his father possesses outstanding baseball skills. Even as a 12-year-old four years ago, the young DeShields drew raves from Baseball America: “There’s not another player in the country as athletic as this kid. He is one of the strongest 12-year-olds … and he is the fastest.”

Link to ajc article:http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/200...hnson-in-play-again/?cxntfid=blogs_recruiting

 

[hiveredtech]

The three DE's we are going after right now are Anthony Williams, Kareem Martin, and Kony Ealy. All three are studs. We will likely only take one, but could take two of them depending on overall numbers as they are all outstanding DE's.

The last I heard, Henry Anderson will be coming to our camp sometime between June 5 and June 13 where he will get evaluated as an OL and could then receive an offer from us and a strong push. With his height, they want to see how flexible his hips are and can he get off the ball low enough with that flat back they are looking for. Andeson's offers have come at three positions....DE, TE, and OT.

The popular thought with DeShields is simply that he will go MLB...so...we stay in with him...but not selling out our AB recruitment on him because he could easily bail out in June following signing day.

 

[HootieJohnson]

 

[GGGT]

Nicely done.

 

[carober18]

Hivered, you mention we are going after three DE's. I recently read something about Ronald Powell. Is that too much of a long-shot to go after, not too serious of a rumor, or something else? Just curious.

 

[hiveredtech]

Hivered, you mention we are going after three DE's. I recently read something about Ronald Powell. Is that too much of a long-shot to go after, not too serious of a rumor, or something else? Just curious.

I'll have to look into that one...have not heard anything on him.

 

[carober18]

I think the place I originally saw it was the recruiting thread, via gteric23. He said Powell showed interest, but they also had some short write-up on rivals or scout at that time. ?