Football: Delaware giant leaning toward BYU
Having received commitments from eight football players from the class of 2009 -- about half of their available scholarships -- BYU's coaches are already offering a couple select players from the class of 2010.
One such player is Gifford Timothy, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive tackle from Middletown High in Middletown, Del.
Timothy's father, Ian, confirmed Thursday that his son received a scholarship offer from coach Bronco Mendenhall after participating in BYU's padded football camp last week. Gifford Timothy also participated in the All-Poly Camp at Bountiful High.
The junior-to-be also has scholarship offers from Boise State and Rutgers, according to his father, Ian, and his high school coach, Mark Delpercio.
"He's one of the finest tackles in the state, and he's only a junior," Delpercio said.
Ian Timothy said his son has not officially committed to a school, "but he's definitely leaning toward BYU. He wants to serve an [LDS Church] mission, and BYU is probably the best fit for him."
However, Timothy said "the door is still open" for other schools to recruit the big lineman who carries a 3.6 grade point average.
Penn State and Pitt have expressed strong interest, and Delaware is also on the verge of offering. At the All-Poly Camp, Stanford coaches also liked what they saw from Timothy and asked him to visit their campus.
"I would consider him a blue-chip kid," Delpercio said. "He started every snap but one for us at left tackle as a sophomore, and he was an all-conference selection on a team that won a state title."
One such player is Gifford Timothy, a 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive tackle from Middletown High in Middletown, Del.
Timothy's father, Ian, confirmed Thursday that his son received a scholarship offer from coach Bronco Mendenhall after participating in BYU's padded football camp last week. Gifford Timothy also participated in the All-Poly Camp at Bountiful High.
The junior-to-be also has scholarship offers from Boise State and Rutgers, according to his father, Ian, and his high school coach, Mark Delpercio.
"He's one of the finest tackles in the state, and he's only a junior," Delpercio said.
Ian Timothy said his son has not officially committed to a school, "but he's definitely leaning toward BYU. He wants to serve an [LDS Church] mission, and BYU is probably the best fit for him."
However, Timothy said "the door is still open" for other schools to recruit the big lineman who carries a 3.6 grade point average.
Penn State and Pitt have expressed strong interest, and Delaware is also on the verge of offering. At the All-Poly Camp, Stanford coaches also liked what they saw from Timothy and asked him to visit their campus.
"I would consider him a blue-chip kid," Delpercio said. "He started every snap but one for us at left tackle as a sophomore, and he was an all-conference selection on a team that won a state title."
4 Comments:
Again, I don't know why the "I want to go on a mission, so BYU is the best fit for me" attitude still exits in some kids' minds. BYU may indeed be the best fit for many recruits - maybe even for this guy - but it's probably time to throw that old reasoning out. School just don't seem to have a problem with an athlete serving a mission anymore. It would be a shame for someone to turn down a great offer because of an unfounded fear.
The strong possibility that an athlete will choose to serve a mission is built in to the BYU sports programs, their planning, and certainly their recruiting. No matter what you think, it isn't part and parcel of other programs. At other schools it is still a strange event when an athlete leaves for two years and expects to return to a scholarship. Consequently, a mission is foreign to the thinking of coaches in most other schools. Utah may be the exception but even there, by my experience, some of the coaches discourage missions albeit in a subtle way.
That makes sense. I guess there is probably less paperwork for going on a mission at BYU than there is at other places. Still, it seems easy enough everywhere that it shouldn't be the deciding factor for anyone.
This sucks. I am really getting tired of all these high profile underclassmen recruits that the zoobs keep landing. This is really going to start hurting us.
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