Central Florida Recruiting, Cincinnati Recruiting, Florida Recruiting, Iowa Recruiting, John Talty, Maryland, Miami Recruiting, North Carolina Recruiting, North Carolina State Recruiting, Notre Dame Recruiting, Pittsburgh Recruiting, Rutgers Recruiting, South Florida Recruiting, Uncategorized, Virginia Recruiting, West Virginia Recruiting
2011 NJ TE JACK TABB TALKS RECRUITING, CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT & MORE
June 10, 2010 by nbesports · 2 Comments
by JOHN TALTY
2011 Red Bank Catholic (NJ) tight end Jack Tabb has been following the story of conference realignment fairly intently and finds the whole story very intriguing.
“I think it’s all pretty interesting,” Tabb said. “I heard Rutgers might be going to the Big 10 and I think it could be a good fit for them.”
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound tight end has proven himself as one of the top tight ends on the East Coast and has already reeled in 18 offers from some top-notch programs.
But none might be bigger than the offer from SEC powerhouse Florida.
“I’m very excited about Florida it’s probably my biggest offer,” Tabb said. “They have obviously won some recent national championships and have a good APR rating.”
Florida also might benefit from Tabb’s admiration of the SEC. Although his playing style might be more reminiscent of the Big-10—he loves pancaking opponents, he also loves all of the speed that exists within the SEC.
“I definitely like the SEC a lot because it’s all about speed,” he said. “Even though I’m a bigger player I still like to utilize my speed and play like that.”
In addition to Florida, Tabb has offers from such programs as Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Virginia and West Virginia.
He recently decided to make a third trip to Rutgers this past weekend and yet again had a great time at the home state school.
“It was a great visit—a very relaxed day,” he said. “It was cool to each lunch with other recruits like Miles (Shuler) and Savon (Huggins).
“I talk to Miles a lot and we congratulate each other on new offers. But we also kind of look around at (Rutgers) and think what could be.”
Rutgers has put a lot of time and effort in recruiting him and the tight end has developed a good relationship with head coach Greg Schiano.
Schiano along with Maryland assistant James Franklin have made quite the impression on him.
“They say what they feel—they won’t mess with you,” he said. “They don’t spit any bull to you they just tell you exactly how it is.”
This summer Tabb along with his mother plan to go on quite a few visits to see different colleges. There is a Florida visit to see Miami, Florida, South Florida and Central Florida; a Carolina visit to see North Carolina and NC State, and a Midwest visit to look at Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
There is no current timetable on a decision for Tabb though he claims he won’t wait until National Signing Day, but still needs more time to visit other schools.
He anticipates majoring in broadcast journalism and will look for a school with a good journalism program.
*********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports*****
Sports fans should also visit StubHub.com – The Safe Way to Buy & Sell Tickets Online for tickets to any NCAA event or NBA, MLB, NHL game or UFC, WWE or concert tickets at an arena near you this spring.
This is kind of a hard situation to explain…but basically im involved in this program at my school and it is run my and executive state officer team of highschool students. At our state conference meeting this past week, I spoke to the vice president (a big deal for me, he is my role model) about how I was condisering running for state office next year. He gave me his card to e-mail him with any questions I had and i’m not sure how to begin…. . pretending his name was Chris Smith, which would be the best choice:. . Dear Chris,. Chris,. Mr. Smith,. or any other suggestions would be nice too.. . *keep in mind we are both high school students. I feel kind of weird calling him Mr. Smith when i am 16 years old and he is 18..