June 5th, 2008

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It’s a family affair for Jared Wheeler

Jared Wheeler loves his sister. Really, he does. But these days he’s trying to avoid talking about a scholarship offer he recently received after Florida’s offensive line coach Steve Addazio watched him work out at American Heritage School down in Plantation. Wheeler’s sister is a freshman at the University of Florida and she even calls Jared “the Gator guy.” He is interested in Florida, for sure, but he’s trying to keep his options open at the moment.

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Bedford quite happy with CB’s progress

After a season in which opponents found a lot of success picking on the Florida secondary, the Gators are looking to rebound with much improved play in 2008. During the offseason, Urban Meyer hired Vance Bedford, formerly of Michigan, to coach the corners while moving Chuck Heater to coach the safeties. This new arrangement seemed to work well in the spring when the young corners looked far more mature and played with much more confidence. Bedford seems quite happy with the progress that was made and he’s looking for even more progress in the fall.

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It’s a package deal for Marlon Brown

The college coaches that are flocking to Memphis to recruit Marlon Brown need to understand one thing in particular if they plan on signing this gifted wide receiver from Harding Academy. This is a package deal. If you want to sell Marlon Brown on your program you better sell his grandmother, too, because if she’s not happy then it’s a whiff.

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No more explaining necessary for Smart

As a magna cum laude graduate of Kenyon College Shaka Smart had some explaining to do when he made his first career choice. He wanted to pursue his dream of coaching basketball and while his mother understood and gave him her blessing, there were some professors at Kenyon that just couldn’t understand why he would want to coach basketball when he the academic background to open just about any door in so many lucrative and highly competitive professions.

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