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Almost two years stand between George Brown Jr. (Cincinnati/Winton Woods) and a national letter of intent, so his visit to the Southeast this month was not about naming favorites or eliminating schools.

It did help the 6-foot-6, 255-pound athlete figure out where he wants to play at the next level, though. Brown, a 2015 prospect, is being recruited as a tight end, offensive lineman and defensive lineman. After camping at Clemson and Miami (Fla.), he is going to concentrate solely on defensive end.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Myles Autry is still on the sidelines. A vicious injury to his knee last fall, with tears to his ACL, MCL and meniscus, has kept the Norcross (Ga.) High School athlete from participating in basketball, track, spring practice and now the summer camp series. And it is killing him.

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Christian Kirk has always been ahead of schedule.

This spring, the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Saguaro sophomore went toe-to-toe with the West region's top juniors on the field and on the recruiting trail. But that's nothing new for the 5-foot-10, 190-pound wide receiver.

Kirk began playing football at 5 years old, but don't tell that to the administrators of the league he played for.

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Safety Mattrell McGraw (River Ridge, La./John Curtis Christian) has a plan.

Right now, it’s cutting his list down to eight. By the time football starts, it’ll be down to three.

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MANALAPAN, N.J. -- Through one quarter, Chris Blacknall racked up 80 yards on six carries. He was capping off a breakout senior season and football was his ticket to college.

Moments later, Blacknall was lying on his back, forced to watch the college coaches walk out of the stadium with any hope of a scholarship leaving with them.

“Ever see the Joe Theismann play? That’s what happened to me,” he said. “I went up the middle, went to the left, planted my foot and the linebacker held me and spun me and my leg stood where it was. ... My knee was backward, leg was backward and my foot turned around.”

He has a second chance now -- one that has come through his son Saeed Blacknall, an ESPN 150 receiver out of Manalapan (N.J.) High School. And Saeed is taking that chance very seriously.

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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- ESPN 150 athlete Dravon Henry smiled under his bucket hat over the weekend but winced when asked about his top school.

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For most college football recruits, announcing a top 12 doesn’t attract a ton of views. For someone like ESPN 150 safety Jamal Adams (Lewisville, Texas/Hebron), a top 12 is news that many programs have anticipated for months.

That’s because Adams, a 6-foot, 199-pound, four-star defensive back, has been quite vocal about his high school football team's expectations and teammates but very tight-lipped about his recruiting. Many have speculated his interest, but he’s rarely confirmed or denied any reports.

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LSU and Ohio State were the top two for ESPN 150 wide receiver Saeed Blacknall. Now the two are bookends for the Manalapan (N.J.) High School star's top five.

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First and foremost, he’s still very much committed to Florida State. But he definitely knows a good offer when he sees one, especially when it comes from a coach that used to mentor the Florida Gators.

Throw in the fact that Urban Meyer is very stingy with his offers to quarterbacks and the one De'Andre Johnson (Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast) picked up from the Buckeyes wasn’t taken lightly.

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ESPN 150 athlete Dravon Henry (Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa) listed his top four schools about two months ago with the understanding it would slow down his recruitment.

With the mailbox now stuffed with 50 letters by the middle of the week, it's safe to say the four-star athlete understood incorrectly.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- ESPN 150 offensive tackle David Sharpe (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence School) has only played one full year of high school football, but the 6-foot-6, 288-pound athlete has already caught the attention of everyone in the college football recruiting world.

The No. 2-ranked tackle and No. 12 player overall said his football success has come as a surprise.

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BRADENTON, Fla. -- On the fields of the IMG Academy Southeast Regional 7-on-7 Tournament, George Campbell (Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake) stood off to the side with a sling hanging off his shoulder and covering his broken wrist.

That injury, suffered a few weeks back, will keep him out of East Lake's spring practices starting at the beginning of May. But fortunately for him, he's already got a ton of offers to begin with and won't be reliant on coaches coming by for the evaluation period.

That doesn't mean he isn't frustrated, though.

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BRADENTON, Fla. -- For the 2015 cycle, there isn't another prospect with more FBS offers than Jacques Patrick (Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek). And Florida State was fortunate enough to have him on campus again recently.

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