Click here for linkGRAYSON, Ga. -- One college football recruiter called Grayson High School defensive end Robert Nkemdiche the Southeast's best prospect since the early 1980s, when schools from across the country were lining up to sign two running backs who, more than three decades later, are still affectionately known by only their first names -- Herschel and Bo.
Grayson High School coach Mickey Conn said the college recruiter who compared Nkemdiche to Auburn's Bo Jackson and Georgia's Herschel Walker might have been a little starry-eyed.
Conn said it would probably be more appropriate to compare Nkemdiche to NFL Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor and Derrick Thomas or maybe current Chicago Bears star Julius Peppers.
Even though NCAA rules permit only minimal contact with high school juniors, Alabama's Nick Saban, Georgia's Mark Richt, Florida's Will Muschamp, Clemson's Dabo Swinney and Tennessee's Derek Dooley each visited Grayson High School during the past two weeks. Assistant coaches from Florida State, Miami, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Vanderbilt -- and assistants from at least a dozen other schools -- also stopped by to see the country's most highly sought high school football player.
Since his HS coach played at Bama, I would think he may help persuade this young man to go to the right place. I think he'll look great in a Crimson jersey.
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