The pressure is starting to get to Austin Hooper (Concord, Calif./De La Salle).
As the 6-foot-4½, 245-pound defensive end sees college programs filling up their 2013 recruiting classes, he feels compelled to make a decision sooner than he originally planned.
“The unofficial has become the new official,” Hooper said. “Spots are filling up really fast at a lot of the programs I’m looking at, so the pressure to make a decision is definitely there.”
As the 6-foot-4½, 245-pound defensive end sees college programs filling up their 2013 recruiting classes, he feels compelled to make a decision sooner than he originally planned.
“The unofficial has become the new official,” Hooper said. “Spots are filling up really fast at a lot of the programs I’m looking at, so the pressure to make a decision is definitely there.”
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The West Region consists of the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming and provides talent for Pac=12 programs and other national recruiting programs.