Post by elp525 on Jul 7, 2011 8:32:50 GMT -5
07/06/2011
Chip Fontanazza
Morgantown
The City of Baltimore, Maryland has been an area the Mountaineers have recruited in the past, but it seems to be more relevant this year. Recently the Mountaineers received verbal commitments in the 2012 recruiting class from Baltimore natives Da’Quan Davis and Deontay McManus.
The last significant recruits that came out of that area were wide receiver Tavon Austin and safety Terence Garvin. Both of them have made solid contributions to the Mountaineer football team and more will be expected from them this upcoming season. Garvin feels that WVU has been spending more time recruiting that area because there are some great prospects.
“West Virginia is just looking for talent in general,” said Garvin. “We do have talent so I feel people are just seeing it a little bit more.”
One of the reasons Garvin feels many of the prospects are looking at West Virginia is because of Austin. He is looked at as legend in Charm City and according to Garvin, as long as Austin is a Mountaineer everyone will want to be a Mountaineer.eHe
“He’s the man back at home,” said Garvin. “Everybody knows Tavon at home. People see Tavon at West Virginia, so people will be like I want to come to West Virginia. Like when we were growing up we saw the Pat Whites and Steve Slatons. So we would be like ‘I want to go there, I like it there.’”
“People knew Tavon since he was a sophomore in high school,” continued Garvin. “Tavon has been like that for a long time, it’s just starting to get more noticed now.”
Austin was a five-star prospect by many recruiting outlets when he was at Dunbar High School. In his high school career he was named the Baltimore Sun Player of the Year three times and has four major state records including: most career points (790), touchdowns (123), total offensive yards (9,258) and most rushing yards (7,962). With video game numbers like that in high school, it’s kind of obvious why he has so many fans in Baltimore.
“Everybody loves Tavon back at home,” said Garvin. “Everyone wants to be like Tavon.”
“People know Tavon back at home,” continued Garvin. “Like Dunbar football, they’ve got real popular now. They got a lot more kids that wanted to go to Dunbar after that year he did good…They want to follow successful people, that’s always how it is and it’s always how it will be.”
Right now the count is at two players from Charm City, but the better both Austin and Garvin play, there may be a few more Baltimore natives in the future recruiting classes.
Chip Fontanazza
Morgantown
The City of Baltimore, Maryland has been an area the Mountaineers have recruited in the past, but it seems to be more relevant this year. Recently the Mountaineers received verbal commitments in the 2012 recruiting class from Baltimore natives Da’Quan Davis and Deontay McManus.
The last significant recruits that came out of that area were wide receiver Tavon Austin and safety Terence Garvin. Both of them have made solid contributions to the Mountaineer football team and more will be expected from them this upcoming season. Garvin feels that WVU has been spending more time recruiting that area because there are some great prospects.
“West Virginia is just looking for talent in general,” said Garvin. “We do have talent so I feel people are just seeing it a little bit more.”
One of the reasons Garvin feels many of the prospects are looking at West Virginia is because of Austin. He is looked at as legend in Charm City and according to Garvin, as long as Austin is a Mountaineer everyone will want to be a Mountaineer.eHe
“He’s the man back at home,” said Garvin. “Everybody knows Tavon at home. People see Tavon at West Virginia, so people will be like I want to come to West Virginia. Like when we were growing up we saw the Pat Whites and Steve Slatons. So we would be like ‘I want to go there, I like it there.’”
“People knew Tavon since he was a sophomore in high school,” continued Garvin. “Tavon has been like that for a long time, it’s just starting to get more noticed now.”
Austin was a five-star prospect by many recruiting outlets when he was at Dunbar High School. In his high school career he was named the Baltimore Sun Player of the Year three times and has four major state records including: most career points (790), touchdowns (123), total offensive yards (9,258) and most rushing yards (7,962). With video game numbers like that in high school, it’s kind of obvious why he has so many fans in Baltimore.
“Everybody loves Tavon back at home,” said Garvin. “Everyone wants to be like Tavon.”
“People know Tavon back at home,” continued Garvin. “Like Dunbar football, they’ve got real popular now. They got a lot more kids that wanted to go to Dunbar after that year he did good…They want to follow successful people, that’s always how it is and it’s always how it will be.”
Right now the count is at two players from Charm City, but the better both Austin and Garvin play, there may be a few more Baltimore natives in the future recruiting classes.
