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5* offensive lineman Damian Prince

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How a team plays is factor for him and I get the feeling his interest in UM is for a vacation, he doesn't highly of the ACC. If he said the following about UMD an some consider them his favorite, then I wonder how he feels aboutvUM after last night, even though UM vs FSU was way more competitive.

This will be intesting, since we are loaded at OT forvthe 2014 class I would love to see UM go after a 2014 OG.

Go Canes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/recruiting-insider/wp/2013/10/15/mcnamaras-damian-prince-talks-playoff-push-and-recruitment/
McNamara's Damian Prince talks playoff push and recruitment

For more than a week now, Damian Prince has seen the tweets and heard the same question in passing:
What did you think about the Maryland vs. Florida State game?

Of course, the highly touted McNamara senior offensive lineman knows what that question really means, which is to say: How did the game affect your recruitment?

Being that Prince was playing in a game, he wasn’t able to watch or evaluate the teams, both of which remain on his final list of 10 schools. But Prince can admit that simply the game’s outcome, a 63-0 rout of Maryland by then-No. 8 Florida State, was enough to have some type of effect on him.

“It does make a difference and it did make me look at the Maryland situation a little differently,” Prince said in a Monday phone interview. “Any recruit that sees a team that they are interested in not only lose, but lose 63-0, if they say that has no effect on them, that’s just being dishonest.”

Prior to the Oct. 5 game, Prince said he was impressed by the Terrapins’ 4-0 record, a mark that catapulted them to the nation’s No. 25 spot. But Maryland’s bad showing against its first big challenge of the year left Prince to wonder what that could mean for the program when it moves to the Big Ten.

“It’s not like they were playing an out-of-conference power; this was Florida State, an ACC school and a very good team. And soon they will be playing Big Ten schools, which, no disrespect to the ACC, is a bit tougher,” Prince said. “I’m not saying that just because they lost I’m throwing them out the window because that’s not the case at all and would be ridiculous. But I will say it did make me look at things differently.”

After taking a break from the recruiting scene to focus on his senior season at McNamara, Prince has been evaluating his list as he determines which five schools he would like to officially visit. At this point, he knows he will visit Florida and Florida State, but he hasn’t decided upon the other three.

Though he hasn’t ruled any school out, Prince did say that he’s less prone to take an official visit to Maryland, being that he’s made the short trip from his house to the College Park campus quite often in the last couple years.

“I feel as though the official visits are used to go to a place that, financially, you normally wouldn’t be able to go see whether it be because of transportation costs or other expenses,” Prince said. “For any visit, I feel like you shouldn’t use an official to look at a school you’ve already seen a bunch of times before.”

With that said, Prince made sure to stress that Maryland is still a strong candidate on his list and will always be known as the school that offered him first. The Terrapins are also going after one of Prince’s good friends in Friendship Collegiate defensive back Jalen Tabor.
Prince plans to make his college announcement on February 14, which is nine days after National Signing Day. The 6-foot-6, 287-pounder chose that day to honor his late great-grandmother, who was born on Valentine’s Day and helped raise him.

In the meantime, there’s the business of helping McNamara qualify for the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. After a 5-0 start, the Mustangs have fallen to Good Counsel and top-ranked DeMatha, making their last three games all the more important.

“We didn’t just lose to two regular teams; we lost to two of the best teams in the state,” Prince said. “We just need to refocus and believe in one another because 5-2 isn’t a bad record. But we’re of course not satisfied. If we work to execute better and stay together, we’ll be ready come playoff time.”

 
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"“It’s not like they were playing an out-of-conference power; this was Florida State, an ACC school and a very good team. And soon they will be playing Big Ten schools, which, no disrespect to the ACC, is a bit tougher,” Prince said."

LOL. Grades casualty?
 
Wow that kid is naive to who the true super powers are.. Big 10 is on the bottom as the bucknuts get no respect from anyone
 
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datdude81 said:
- UM, Art Kehoe probably puts the most offensive lineman in the NFL than anybody. He has great knowledge of the game and can teach him a lot

http://miami.247sports.com/Article/...plans-to-announce-on-St-Valentines-Day-156474
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If you know this why go/consider any other school...this is actually real research and Art was a part of most if not all the National Championship
teams at the U...Why consider any other school the U is building something
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You can't really mean this. Even assuming it's true that Kehoe puts the most offensive linemen in the NFL than anybody (which I doubt), don't you think there are a plethora of other considerations when deciding what school you want to spend your college career? Just a few examples, the relationship he has with the coaches and players, urban v. rural school, top 10 program or not, and other recruits that have committed to the school?
 
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