The word has been out for quite some time on Florida talent in high school football. As a result, out of state teams have been hitting the sunshine state hard and fast trying to snag some Florida speed and improve their teams. One of the teams making some head-way in one of the more important counties in the state of Florida is West Virginia.
Currently, WVU has four commitments from the list of the Top 40 players in Palm Beach County. Pahokee wide receiver Fred Pickett and Dwyer High School defensive back Robert Clark are Mountaineer commits along with Glades Central defensive back Travis bell and Heritage Delray athlete Darius Millines . In addition, West Virginia is in the lead for Glades Central running back Antwan Chisholm.
Compare that to national champs Florida who only have two commits out of that top 40 (#1 Matt Elam RB Dwyer H.S. and #4 Gerald Christian TE Dwyer High School). Miami has three commitments (#5 OL Shane McDermott – Palm Beach Central H.S., #32 Raheam Buxton – DB – Pahokee H.S. and #34 TE – Clive Walford – Glades Central H.S.). Florida St. only has one Palm Beach County Top 40 commit and that’s #7 De Joshua Johnson – WR – Pahokee H.S.
Chad Wilson is a college football recruiting expert and creator of the GridironStudsApp which allows high school football players to gain exposure to college football coaches and fans. Wilson is a former college football player for the University of Miami (92-94) and Long Beach St. (’90-’91) and played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks (’95). He is also a former youth and high school football coach for over 15 years most recently for 5-A State of Florida Champs American Heritage. He runs All Eyes DB Camp a defensive back training company located in South Florida IG: @alleyesdbcamp. Wilson’s oldest son Quincy plays in the NFL for the New York Giants and his younger son plays cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals.