Friendly sleeper begins to get noticed
Fort Washington (Md.) Friendly is home to a handful of top prospects in the 2008 recruiting class. One name not heard of yet though is 5-foot-10, 212-pound safety James Stanfield.
"I'm getting recruited by Virginia and have verbal offers from Duquesne and Liberty," he stated. "Virginia told me if I come to camp they may offer, but I wasn't able to go because of my knee. Their coaches said they are going to keep an eye on me and contact me sometime soon."
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One other college showing interest at this time is Connecticut.
Does Stanfield have a favorite?
"Right now I'd say it is Duquesne and Liberty since they have been in touch for a long time," he said. "I'm looking at everyone and just trying to find good academics and football."
The Maryland safety is just now coming into the recruiting picture after a knee injury last season.
"I only played in about seven games before I blew my knee out," he said. "It's good now and at full strength, but my coaches don't want me to play yet so that I can participate in camp."
In the seven games he played last season, Stanfield registered 65 tackles.