'09 TN LB Greg King (Official Offer)

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'09 TN LB Greg King

Inside linebacker
Memphis (TN) Melrose

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 200 lbs
Forty: 4.5 secs
Bench max: 315 pounds
Vertical: 30 inches
Class: 2009 (High School)

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6/3

Holds offers from Texas Tech, Tennessee, Memphis, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Louisville, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Miami. Grew up a Michigan fan and wants a Michigan offer.

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News Sentinel Top 10 in Tennessee, No. 9: Greg King of Memphis Melrose : Football : GoVolsXtra.com

King's work has earned him scholarship offers from about 10 schools, including Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Memphis.

King said he hasn't narrowed his list but plans to take all five official visits allowed by the NCAA.

"I'll want to see if I feel comfortable around the people and if it's the best place for me," he said. "I'll see if I feel that's the best place for me to stay for the next four years."

King said UT and Memphis have recruited him the hardest recently.

While King said Memphis seems like an unlikely destination, UT could have an advantage as the in-state school.

"I would love to play at Tennessee," he said. "They tell me this and that about how good it is.

"I'm going to have to see on my own. I'll go and see how I enjoy myself."

King said he's unsure when he will take his visits but he doesn't want them to interfere with his season.

King said he's more focused on helping Melrose win a state championship, which hasn't happened since 1998.

Melrose coach Hubbard Alexander said if the Golden Wildcats win a title this year it will be because of King's leadership.

"The kids listen to him before they listen to me," Alexander said. "He's with them in the trenches and in the foxhole. They say, 'If he does it, I'm going to do it.' "

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LB King reaffirms interest in Vols : Football Recruiting : GoVolsXtra.com

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound linebacker from Memphis Melrose High School said he’s trying to narrow his list of schools to decide where he will visit this fall.

King said he’s mostly considering Tennessee, Alabama, LSU and Miami.

King said he’s spoken to both players about Miami, but they haven’t pressured him to choose the Hurricanes.

“They don’t want me to come down there just to come down there,” King said. “I’ll go down there to see how I like it. I’ll see how I’d be able fit in there.”

King said it would be easier to fit in with his former teammates already at Miami.

“I don’t want to be feeling kind of lost and alone,” King said. “They’re from where I’m from and won’t let anything happen to me.”

King said he hasn’t set any dates for his official visits this fall.

Along with the four schools he’s strongly considering, King said he’s also looking at Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Penn State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech.

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8/11

BY S Robertson. King says likes Alabama a lot right now; but that he will take all his visits this fall before he makes a choice. He mentions LSU, Tennesee, Miami, Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss, Memphis, North Carolina and Mississippi State as schools he is focused on.