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Henry County junior Jamal Patterson is quickly becoming one of the most coveted receivers in the nation.

Scholarship offers from Auburn, Florida State and Maryland has pushed his overall haul to 30, as of late Wednesday.

“It’s great knowing that all these schools want me, but at the same time I know I can’t stop working,” said Patterson, who is the middle of track season at Henry County.

Patterson, who is regarded as the 32nd-best receiver in the nation by scout.com, already has held offers from programs such as Alabama, Clemson, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee for several weeks.

Oddly enough, Georgia and Georgia Tech have yet to follow suit.

Tech’s new run oriented scheme likely isn’t a good fit for Patterson’s ability to run deep pass patterns.

“I had been hearing a lot from Tech when coach [Chan] Gailey was there,” Patterson said.

But an offer from the Dogs could come this weekend when Patterson attends junior day in Athens on Saturday.

“It’s not really an actual junior day,” Patterson said. “It’s just a few players that they’ve invited and is more of a project testing for them.”

Does Patterson believe the Dogs will offer?

“There’s no telling,” he said. “I’m not even sure right now. But yeah, it would really be nice if they do offer.”

With spring football practice set to begin on the second Monday in May, Patterson’s schedule over the upcoming weeks will continue to remain hectic.

“I will be going to South Carolina’s spring game, the spring game at Wake Forest, Central Florida and Georgia’s spring game,” he said. “And I’m going to try to make it to Clemson’s spring game as well.”