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Oviedo 8th grader offered college football scholarship

Oviedo 8th grader offered college football scholarship
WEBVTT DAVE: 6’1", 190, AND THE ABILITY TO RUN AROUND, THROUGH AND AWAY FROM COMPETITORS. AN 8TH GRADER, PLAYING VARSITY FOOTBALL. THE WORK IN THE WEIGHT ROOM HELPS, BUT SIZE AND BIG TIME TALENT DOESN’T HURT A GUY’S CHANCES. >> COACH JONES PULLED ME OUT OF CLASS, AND INTRODUCED ME TO THE COACH, HE SAID HE LIKES THE WAY I PLAY AND TOLD ME I HAD AN OFFER. DAVE: THAT OFFER, A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. >> THAT’S TELLING ME I HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN ME, WHICH MY MOM WAS TELLING ME. >> ONCE HE SAW THE FILM HE SAID COACH CALL HIM BACK TO THE OFFICE WE HAVE TO MAKE AN OFFER RIGHT NOW. DAVE: OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS EXCITING FOR THAT 15-YEAR-OLD, BUT IT’S ALSO A TIME FOR HIS HEAD COACH TO BE ENORMOUSLY PROUD. >> WHEN THE SCOUT OFFERED TERRANCE, IT WAS LIKE HE WAS OFFERING ME, BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST BIG TIME OFFICER AT MASTER’S ACADEMY. DAVE: WHEN THE COACH CALLED THE TEEN’S MOM, SHE WAS STUNNED. >> I’M THE COACH FROM MIAMI, AND YOUR SON IS GETTING AN OFFER AND SHE WAS JUST EXCITED. DAVE: MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS ARE REACHING OUT SOONER AND SOONER, WORKING TO GET A FOOT IN THE RECRUITING DOOR. NOTHING OFFICIAL UNTIL THERE’S INK ON A LETTER OF INTENT AND THAT’S A COUPLE YEARS AWAY, FOR NOW HE’S JUST HAPPY. >> JUST KEEP WORKING HARD, I MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU WANT IT TO COME, BUT IT WILL COME IF YOU PUT IN THE WORK AND DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. DAVE: IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH 2 NEWS. JIM: WE CALLED THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. AND THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN DISCUSS IT. WE ASKED ABOUT OTHER SCHOOLS HE LIKE
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Oviedo 8th grader offered college football scholarship
Colleges are reaching out to athletes at young ages these days, some even before they finish high school.WESH 2's Dave McDaniel spoke with an 8th grader at The Master's Academy in Oviedo and his head coach about hearing from the "U".

Colleges are reaching out to athletes at young ages these days, some even before they finish high school.

WESH 2's Dave McDaniel spoke with an 8th grader at The Master's Academy in Oviedo and his head coach about hearing from the "U".

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