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JAMAL MERRITT UPDATES RECRUITMENT

Maryland athlete open in his recruitment, but speaks highly of Rutgers and looks to visit WVU next week

by JOHN TALTY

When a football player gets labeled an athlete it almost always is because of that player’s versatility.

That theory holds particularly true for Sherwood (Md.) 6-foot, 170-pound athlete Jamal Merritt.

Merritt has experience at wide receiver, cornerback and safety for his team and is subsequently being recruited at each position by different schools. He expects to get a better idea of what position he wants to play in college during his senior season, but right now is content to play whatever necessary.

“Right now I’ll just play wherever the coach wants me to play but as the season goes on that’s when I’ll get a better feel for what I want to play,” Merritt said. “That will be one of the main things that will help me choose what school I want.”

Currently he has offers from Rutgers, East Carolina and Ohio while West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Temple are showing a lot of interest.

There is no current favorite at this point as Merritt wants to wait to see what other offers might come in but he did have glowing words about one Big East school.

“I like how on game day they always have a lot of fan support,” he said about Rutgers. “I also really like how the program has progressed over the year. They weren’t always he best team but have gotten better and shows the coaches are doing a good job and teaching the kids.”

“How a school progresses over the years is very important to me.”

Progression along with academics, the football program and campus life will prove to be the most important factors. Merritt stressed that although football has to be a major factor, it can’t be the only attraction at the school.

“I’m looking for a good environment at the school—good students, good campus life,” he said. “I’m very interested in what goes beyond just football like whether I’d like the school and the students that go there if I wasn’t playing football.”

Next week he will be visiting West Virginia and has trips planned for Rutgers, East Carolina and Ohio soon. He also would like to make a trip out to Pittsburgh and plans to drop by Maryland a few times because of its close proximity.

After those visits he hopes to have a finalized top five by the end of the summer. At that point he will evaluate which schools are the most serious and try to come to a decision.

In addition to all of the recruiting excitement, Merritt is already pumped about leading his team to a state championship.

“Our expectations for this year are to win a state championship and just never, ever take a play off,” he said. “I’m going to try to play perfect, mistake free football but just going 100% all the time and hope that we win every game.”

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