Tennessee FB has offers
Morristown (Tenn.) West fullback/linebacker Wesley Hale currently has one Division I-A scholarship offer on the table, another from a Division I-AA school and plenty of interest from others, according to his father.
"He has offers from Furman and Middle Tennessee State," Billy Hale said. "Some of the schools that have written him include Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Marshall, Georgia, even Texas has sent him a couple."
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The 6-foot, 220-pounder is being recruited as a fullback by some schools, but a linebacker by others.
"Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia Tech want him to play linebacker," Billy Hale said. "Last year, he didn't play defense. But this year, he will be one of the few at this school to ever play both ways."
Currently, the scholarship offer from the in-state Blue Raiders stands out for now.
"No doubt (that they stand out)" Hale said. "But we really haven't gotten that far. (Middle Tennessee State) writes him every day. We just got back from Mexico and there were seven or eight letters in the mailbox from MTSU.
Justin Watts is recruiting Hale for the Blue Raiders.
"He's a very nice guy and a very good recruiter," Hale said. "We went to their camp and they made it known that they wanted him."
A couple of factors may help MTSU.
"Make no mistake that playing time and distance from home are going to play a factor in this thing," Hale added.
In terms of when a final decision is going to be made, there is no timetable currently in place according to the elder Hale.
"I don't know exactly what we are going to do."
Billy Hale played football at Virginia Tech.
Wesley Hale has been impressive on the camp circuit this spring and summer. He posted one of the top short shuttle times at the Clemson NIKE Camp (4.16 seconds) in May and did 21 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press at a camp in Knoxville, Tenn.
He rushed for 602 yards on 80 attempts and scored nine touchdowns last year. He also had 14 tackles on special teams.