Football: Utes, Cougars both like SF's Wilson
More than 100 of the top underclassmen football players in Utah and parts of Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho were at Cottonwood High on Saturday for the inaugural Five Star Academy presented by Rivals.com, according to recruiting editor Jeremy Crabtree.
Spanish Fork's Richard Wilson was the one with the huge smile on his face.
Wilson, a 6-foot-2, 224-pound tight end/linebacker, received a scholarship offer from University of Utah coaches last week, he said.
The week before that, Wilson said he received his first offer, from BYU.
At the 7 on 7 passing camp in Las Vegas last month, before he had received any offers, Wilson told me he was hoping for offers from the two in-state schools.
"It seems like if you are from [Utah] and you don't have offers from BYU and Utah, schools from outside the state don't take you as seriously," he said.
Wilson caught 46 passes for 690 yards and eight touchdowns for the Dons last fall.
He is also drawing interest from LSU, Boise State, Arizona State, and Stanford, he said.
Back in Vegas, Wilson told me he was mostly a Utah fan growing up, but was leaning toward BYU because their coaches had been showing more interest.
Since then, it appears, things have changed a bit and now it looks like the Utes and Cougars both have a battle on their hands.
Spanish Fork's Richard Wilson was the one with the huge smile on his face.
Wilson, a 6-foot-2, 224-pound tight end/linebacker, received a scholarship offer from University of Utah coaches last week, he said.
The week before that, Wilson said he received his first offer, from BYU.
At the 7 on 7 passing camp in Las Vegas last month, before he had received any offers, Wilson told me he was hoping for offers from the two in-state schools.
"It seems like if you are from [Utah] and you don't have offers from BYU and Utah, schools from outside the state don't take you as seriously," he said.
Wilson caught 46 passes for 690 yards and eight touchdowns for the Dons last fall.
He is also drawing interest from LSU, Boise State, Arizona State, and Stanford, he said.
Back in Vegas, Wilson told me he was mostly a Utah fan growing up, but was leaning toward BYU because their coaches had been showing more interest.
Since then, it appears, things have changed a bit and now it looks like the Utes and Cougars both have a battle on their hands.
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