-Jan-Christian Sorensen -

News Reporter: °°
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ONE university in the
western U.S.:has a.”

. Shopping list of bud-»
ding football talent —
and five:Handsworth .

_ junior Royals a are = at the.

A“ scout on the trek’
north in the dying days of the’
season to take a look at some’

of ‘the. school’s up-and-com

ing gridiron talent.” :.. -
‘He'was impressed by. what

he. saw, said. head coach Mel.

to contact. cr players at this age,”
he. said. “We were contacted
by the university because of
“their size. Right-now in the
U.S. market there! 's aren't a
lot of receivers.”

For the players, the 3 atten- |

tion may one day pay off in

-, Spades — and possible schol-

carships...2
(The scour) said he was
“very. impressed with their abil-

sity to catch the ball and ‘run-

ning ‘ability. and. their r smarts”

_for the football game.”:

“He. said-to me ‘I know
it's carly, but we're looking at

|, being able : to: contact : these
‘ boys at. some: point. ‘in: time’
over ‘the next’ two: years.

because they" ve only going to

“2 gee better®.” .
o.. The. plan is: to invite the:

15- “year-olds - down to’. the:
: campus to take” Part i in train-

ing camps over the next nwo’

years, said Russell-Taylor..:

‘Leading the pack is fresh-";

ly-minted quarterback Ben

: Wilson, a six-foot-three, 180-.

Ib. pivot that also doubles asa
kicker and receiver.
“Other than being a quar-
terback he’s also a very talent-
ed athlete,” said  Russell-.
Taylor. “The kid’s a stud.”
“Because the proof is in the
pudding, - Wilson’s . numbers
forthe season: 105 | yards

rushing, 1,062 yards passing:
~ and 1,177 ‘yards ‘kicking. S
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8 player,” s

ost aggressive,
“hardest-working id
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because’ of “theis :
because of their. great. hands,

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