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2014 RB/FB Daniel Gresham and Fort Worth All Saints coach, Aaron Beck, give the latest on 2014 OL Demetrius Knox (24/7):
“Demetrius decided it wasn’t his time yet,” said the 5-foot-11, 225-pound Gresham. “He wanted to wait because he feels like he can help out the team. By that I mean that he feels like if he’s not committed anywhere, then more schools will come to All Saints to watch him, which will gain exposure for our other teammates. It will get them more recruiting interest as well.”
“I’m committed to Texas and we’re playing together in college,” Gresham told Hookem.com. “People can read into that how they want to. I’m not going to come out and say that Demetrius is going to Texas, because I don’t want to take anything away from his recruitment. I’ll just say that we’re going to the same school and I’m already a Longhorn, so you can figure that one out.”
“I think that a slower recruitment for Demetrius is better,” explained Coach Beck. “For Daniel, Texas is the perfect situation. He’s a fullback mainly and many schools don’t use them anymore. So when you have a great school like Texas knocking on your door, which has great academics and is a great team who uses a fullback, well, then you better answer that door. For Demetrius, everyone needs a tackle. Everyone, no matter who you are. He hasn’t gotten to see all the places like Daniel has, so it’s better for him to take it slow and make sure this is what he wants.”
“His mom wants him to visit other schools,” Beck said. “She wants him to see what everyone has to offer and make sure that it’s the right decision and fit for him. Don’t get me wrong, she loves Texas and the coaches there, but she wants him to be happy. She wants him to go visit, go look, go talk with coaches, ‘kick the tires’ and then make a decision. She knows her son loves Texas, Ohio State, Alabama and those types of schools, so she just feels like he needs to slow it down and check things out.”
“These guys are very close,” said Beck. “For many kids, especially with sop res who have received big offers, this is a whole lot to process. Kids get excited, they say ‘hey lets go to college together’ and have big plans to do it. But the reality of it happening is rare. It rarely lines up. With these two guys, they both have talent to do that. They both have the big time offer(s) to do that. They’ve told me for the last year or two, almost every time we talk about recruiting, that they want to go to the same school. I believe it has a good chance of happening here, even if it might take a while.”
