'09 GA RB Drayton Calhoun (LSU Verbal)

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'09 GA RB Drayton Calhoun



Running back
Tucker (GA) Tucker

Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 175 lbs
Forty: 4.48 secs
Class: 2009 (High School)

Tucker's Calhoun to visit LSU | Football recruiting | ajc.com

Fresh off junior day visits to Alabama, Florida and Georgia, Tucker running back/athlete Drayton Calhoun travels to Baton Rouge this weekend to visit LSU.

“I’m really just trying to go out there and see what it’s like,” said Calhoun, who is being recruited primarily as a defensive back. “It’ll be a good experience.”

The 6-foot-1, 175-pound junior has scholarship offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, N.C. State, Stanford and Vanderbilt.

Calhoun is focusing his attention on six programs.

“Right now, my top five are LSU, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Auburn,” he said. “And you can add Clemson to that list.”

Calhoun said he will commit in early May or late June. He is fully aware that two of his favorites will have small recruiting classes in 2009, including Georgia which will sign only 13 or 14 players next February.

“That concerns me,” Calhoun said. “But I’m just still not really trying to push it. If Georgia really wants me, they should have a spot there for me. But it does concern me.

“The only other school that I heard will have a small class is Alabama.”

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Tucker's Calhoun commits to LSU | Football recruiting | ajc.com

Recent junior day visits to Alabama, Florida, Georgia and LSU proved to be all Tucker running back Drayton Calhoun needed to see to determine where he will play college football.

“I committed to LSU Tuesday night,” Calhoun said late Wednesday. “I just liked the facilities, the coaches, the players and the location.”

Calhoun toured the LSU campus on Saturday.

“When I got there, we walked around and I saw the facilities,” he said. “We watched film, went to the indoor weight room, locker room and meeting rooms.

“Then we went over to the stadium and the academic center. After that, we went to the basketball game.”

The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Calhoun, who is being recruited as an athlete, said Georgia was near the top of his recruiting list.

“Georgia had a very good chance,” he said. “But LSU’s facilities are much better. And I was trying to get away from home a little bit.”

Calhoun plans to enroll at LSU in January.

“I think it’s a great opportunity,” Tucker coach Franklin Stephens said. “I think he’s going to go to college and do well.

“He had several ACC and SEC offers. He couldn’t have gone wrong with any of them.”