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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Instead of going to the beach for spring break, ESPN Watch List wide receiver Dominique Booth (Indianapolis/Pike) spent his break visiting interested colleges across the southeast and east coast. His first stop was to the University of Alabama.

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Alabama’s courtship of receiver Derek Kief all happened fast, first making contact last week, followed by an offer on Thursday. So what's next for the Cincinnati La Salle receiver?

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ATHENS, Ga. -- ESPN Watch List wide receiver Demarre Kitt (Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek) recently cut his mammoth offer list down to a top-15 group of schools that he will consider.

“It got crazy at one point with almost everybody that offered me trying to talk to me,” Kitt said. “So I had to cut my list down to 15 schools. After spring practice I will cut it down to eight or 10. At the end of summer I will do five and then go from there.”

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- On Monday, Alabama fans learned that Mario Cristobal will be their new offensive line coach. The hire should help the Crimson Tide’s chances with ESPN Watch List wide receiver Jake McCrary (Miami/Coral Reef), who knew Cristobal from his days as head coach at Florida International and more recently from his stint at Miami.

“Coach Cristobal, he’s a great coach,” McCrary said. “He was over at FIU and turned that program around. He was at Miami for a short time. That’s when I really started to know him a little better.

“A better offer came on the table, and he took the best job that was for him, the Alabama job. I’m happy for him, and I think that will help Alabama a lot more because he’s a local guy, and he could get the local kids up there to Alabama.”

The 2014 class has a number of talented recruits from Miami and the surrounding areas.

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After a personal workout, Wilton Speight could be days away from his first scholarship offer.

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It’s decision time for 2013 offensive lineman David Knevel. The Canadian lineman will announce his commitment at his high school Tuesday morning. He’s narrowed his list to three schools -- Alabama, Nebraska and West Virginia.

According to his father, Mark Miller, Knevel will choose where he feels the most comfortable.

“He’s been talking back and forth with all of these coaches since the summer,” Miller said. “All these schools, the ones he’s down to, he feels he can play with their system and everything, but I think it’s going to come down to more comfort, that type of thing.”

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Junior college offensive lineman Leon Brown (Brooklyn Institute/ASA Institute) committed to the University of Alabama in June without ever visiting the campus or meeting the head coach.

He can now check one of those items off his to-do list, as Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban came up to visit on Wednesday.

“It was my first time meeting Coach Saban,” Brown said. “I was excited to meet him for the first time. We just sat down, and we talked about everything, talked about the players they get there, how they train them. It was good to just talk in person.

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ESPN Watch List athlete Johnnie Dixon (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Dwyer) admits that he needs to start thinking about the recruiting process a little more.

But it’s hard for the 5-foot-11, 190-pound junior to deal with recruiting too much during the playoffs, especially when he is such a key component of Dwyer’s offense.

In Friday night’s 25-3 victory over Oakland Park (Fla.) Northeast, Dixon had six catches for 101 yards.

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If Wilton Speight is as patient in the pocket as he is in recruiting, he'll be just fine.

The ESPN Watch List quarterback prospect from Richmond (Va.) Collegiate still doesn't have his first scholarship offer despite several recruiters telling him he's toward the top of their recruiting board. And Speight just takes it in stride.

"I'm remaining patient and trusting that if I keep doing what I am doing things will fall into place nicely," the 6-foot-5, 220-pound junior said.

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Do not let Shaker Heights (Ohio) lineman Donovan Munger's size fool you. The imposing, 6-foot-3, 280-pound two-way star is soft-spoken and aims to please.

The latter of those two traits is the reason why Munger's list was "cut" to 11 recently, and there is a good chance that list increases before it decreases.

The ESPN 300 defensive tackle's coach, Jarvis Gibson, said Munger's top 11, in no order, consists of USC, Ohio State, Michigan State, Tennessee, UCLA, West Virginia, Louisville, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Georgia and Pittsburgh. The Trojans are the only team that has not offered, but Gibson is expecting a call from the staff Friday night as Munger has already talked with an assistant at USC.

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As Kansas State continues its run through college football victims, junior college cornerback Riyahd Jones (Garden City, Kan./Garden City Community College) continues to wonder what it would be like wearing the royal purple and white.

Jones, a 6-0, 185-pound sophomore, considers Kansas State as a front-runner in his recruiting process, and he recently had a chance to see what the future would look like. A Kansas State fan sent him a picture through Twitter. The picture was of a Kansas State player wearing No. 3 -- the same number he wears at Garden City.

The player, who appeared to be in a defensive back’s stance, was supposed to represent Jones.

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CORSICANA, Texas – A decision could come relatively soon for massive junior college offensive tackle Aleon Calhoun (Corsicana, Texas/Navarro College).

At 6-foot-7 and 345 pounds, Calhoun claims offers from Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, West Virginia and a host of other schools. He most recently picked up an offer from Florida State and said he hopes to make a decision in 2-3 weeks.

“Wherever I go, I’m looking for 10 more guys just like me,” Calhoun said. “I want everybody hungry for one thing, and that’s to win. I’m looking for guys who are hungry for the next play, the next game, the next win.”

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Once thought to have all five official visits set, ESPN 150 wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. (Prosper, Texas/Prosper) said Wednesday night that he will take four visits and leave his fifth visit open for a later date.

Hunter, No. 50 in the ESPN 150 and the No. 8 receiver in the country, said he will visit Notre Dame next weekend and take in the Irish’s matchup against Michigan. The following week, he will visit Nebraska for the Cornhuskers’ Big Ten clash against Wisconsin.

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