Texas LB picks up first offer
FORT WORTH, Texas - DeSoto, Texas linebacker R.J. Young broke the ice with his first word of offer news this past week.
Young, the 5-foot-11, 222-pounder, said after then NIKE Training Camp in Fort Worth, Texas this past weekend that he spoke with a coach from West Virginia early this week. That's when he heard the good news about the verbal offer.
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"I talked to the coach over the phone and they're supposed to be sending the offer," Young said. "I didn't expect that from them. I hadn't heard anything about it before then. I think I'm going to take a visit out there this summer or during football season."
Young says several other schools have shown interest. Minnesota, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Colorado, and Rice are just a few of those.
As for where schools are recruiting him, Young says it varies.
"Everybody seems to be recruiting me as a weakside linebacker, but some schools are looking at me as a strong safety," Young said.
It was the one-on-one competitions during Saturday's camp that he felt like he excelled at.
"It just went real well," he said. "When we went inside to compete and I won a lot of those battles."