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Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 175 lbs
Class: 2010 (High School)

Prospects popping up in unfamiliar locales - Roanoke.com

Illinois has become the first Division I-A football program to make an offer to South County High School junior Andre Simmons, but the Illini soon could have some company.

Virginia Tech and Virginia are both mulling offers to Simmons, a 6-foot, 195-pound defensive back who is a 3.7 student.

Bendorf thinks Simmons will have multiple I-A offers.

“I sent tapes to Northwestern, Duke, Penn, Yale ... all those kinds of schools,” he said.

“I talked to [Tech assistant] Bud Foster today and he said they want to do a little more evaluation. I think they want to get him down there one day. With UVa, I talked to coach [Anthony] Poindexter and he said coach [Al] Groh wants to review him. They just got the tape two days ago.”

Bendorf said puts Simmons’ time for 40 yards at 4.6, which might seem slow by some standards.

“He’s a track kid, or at least he was a track kid,” Bendorf said. “That’s what he grew up doing. He’s run 23.2 in the 200 [meters]. I don’t have a legit 100 time for him. I was at Oakton forever and we always joked about ‘Oakton speed.’ We were good, but we never had really legit fast kids.

“Down here at Lorton, I’ve had five or six kids who could really run and Andre can run with them. I’ve timed him in 4.56. Of course, that’s a hand-held time, So, he’s legitimately fast.