Junior to Watch: Cedric Cofer
Junior to Watch: Cedric Cofer
School: DeSoto High, DeSoto, TX.
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Position: Defensive tackle
Size and Speed: He is 6-foot-3, 290 pounds. He has run a 5.0 hand held 40 yard dash time.
Statistics: Last season he had 49 tackles and two sacks.
Honors: Cedic Cofer helped his team to make it to the fourth round of last year's playoffs in the state of Texas.
Strong Points: He is quick for his size, tall, with long arms, which allows him to get good separation from the offensive linemen.
He described himself as: "A never-quit player" and rated himself on a scale of one to 10 as a seven.
He compared his style of pay to legendary defensive end Reggie White.
Favorite Schools: He's hearing from Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, Texas Christian, Colorado, Washington, and Texas A&M.
At this time there is no favorite, as he hasn't really given it much thought.
Iowa seems to be sending the most letters and information.
If he could choose his official visits today, they would be to:
Iowa: "Because they're recruiting the hardest, so I'd at least owe them a visit."
Colorado: "I like their style of play."
Jackson State: "They've got a great educational program, and my cousin recommended them."
Quotes and Comments: "Distance is not going to really be a factor, as I'm mainly looking at the academic support faculty and the most comfortable fit in the program that I can find."
"I may possibly attend a camp at TCU this summer, which would be my first camp."
He plans to major in primary education and has set his only sports goal as winning the state championship.
When asked about his toughest opposing player he said, "the Euless Trinity offensive line."
He benches 300 pounds and squats 430 pounds.
He has a cumulative grade point average of 3.4, and has the SAT scheduled for Mar. 16.