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Offers pour in for Henry County's Patterson | Football recruiting | ajc.com

Henry County receiver Jamal Patterson collected his 22nd scholarship offer on Thursday when a Big 10 program threw its hat in the ring in the recruiting scramble for the talented junior.

“I got an offer from Minnesota today,” Patterson said Thursday evening. “And Tennessee offered me on Sunday.”

Patterson, who attended junior day at Tennessee last weekend, will get a taste of more orange this weekend when he visits Clemson on Saturday.

“Clemson is high on my list,” he said. “It’s only about 1 hour, 40 minutes away. I’ve been looking at their position chart and I know I’d have a good chance to play there.”

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound receiver was impressed with his recent stay in Knoxville.

“Tennessee is football town USA,” he said. “It’s amazing up there. They have a great facility and an academic program that Peyton Manning donated a lot to.”

One of Patterson’s offers is from Florida. He plans to visit Gainesville on Apr. 12.

“I’m interested in Florida big time,” he said.

Patterson does not hold an offer from Georgia. But he still plans to attend junior day in Athens on Mar. 22.

“I’m interested in Georgia a lot,” Patterson said. “It’d be good if an offer comes, but if it doesn’t I have other options.”