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From Barry Jackson's latest post:
### Golden told WQAM’s Joe Rose: “We would never drive past a local kid to fly out of state” to recruit, but that it’s difficult to fill some needs locally.
“There’s not a lot of tight ends down here, 250 pounds and can run like Clive Walford. So we had to go up to Atlanta to get Chris Herndon. Hopefully, we’ll find that kid down here next year. We will always [look] down here first to exhaust whatever position it is before going out of state."
My brain is fried from the last few days but I can't say I disagree with Alfred on this. Who was the last TE within 150 miles of here to be a big time recruit or actually produce? The Heuerman kids out of Naples are the only guys that come to my mind. Anybody aware of any local 2015 kids at the position worth anything? I get that the TE probably isn't as utilized in South Florida high school football as it is elsewhere but you'd think there would be the occasional kid with a power forward type frame too big to play WR that'd demand some touches.
### Golden told WQAM’s Joe Rose: “We would never drive past a local kid to fly out of state” to recruit, but that it’s difficult to fill some needs locally.
“There’s not a lot of tight ends down here, 250 pounds and can run like Clive Walford. So we had to go up to Atlanta to get Chris Herndon. Hopefully, we’ll find that kid down here next year. We will always [look] down here first to exhaust whatever position it is before going out of state."
My brain is fried from the last few days but I can't say I disagree with Alfred on this. Who was the last TE within 150 miles of here to be a big time recruit or actually produce? The Heuerman kids out of Naples are the only guys that come to my mind. Anybody aware of any local 2015 kids at the position worth anything? I get that the TE probably isn't as utilized in South Florida high school football as it is elsewhere but you'd think there would be the occasional kid with a power forward type frame too big to play WR that'd demand some touches.