'09 NJ LB Glenn Carson (Penn State Verbal)

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'09 NJ LB Glenn Carson



Inside linebacker
Manahawkin (NJ) Southern Regional

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 220 lbs
Forty: 4.6 secs
Bench max: 315 pounds
Class: 2009 (High School)

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From what I understand, Carson is high on Rutgers right now.

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1/7

Syracuse has offered, in addition to previous offers from Rutgers, NC State, BC, and Maryland. Penn State, Virginia, and Stanford are interested. Carson is also a highly-ranked wrestler.

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2/11

By M. Alkire. North Carolina has offered.

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2/14

From the Pitt site. Pitt has offered.

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High school wrestling: 215-pound state title seems tied to Rutgers football

Recruiting wrestlers is a trend Schiano says he plans on continuing.

"It has made us happy," Schiano said. "Those kids do well."

This year, Southern Regional's Glenn Carson (110-11 career record) is the top seed in the state and favored to win the title.

The junior also happens to be one of the best linebackers in the state and Rutgers is more than interested in his services.

In January, Schiano arrived in style at Southern Regional High School in Stafford Township for a recruiting visit. He made sure he left an impression, arriving on campus in a helicopter.

"It was kind of cool," Carson said. "It got the school excited. A lot of people are still talking about it around school. It made me feel important in a way."

Recruiting rules prohibit Schiano from commenting on Carson.

He could only confirm that Rutgers is recruiting the junior linebacker.

As of Wednesday, 11 other Division I schools were also actively recruiting Carson including Penn State, Boston College, Stanford, North Carolina State and Virginia.

It's not that you get a scholarship to play football at Rutgers for doing well at 215, it just seems that way.

"There's a little joke. They say Schiano automatically offers (the 215-pound state champ) a scholarship," Corcoran said. "But people are just messing around."

There are some very real correlations between the two sports.

"I just think that the mental toughness required and all the training and tough stuff that goes into getting prepared (for wrestling) translates very well into the mental toughness that you need to have as a football player," Schiano said. "As a wrestler, it's just you. There isn't a team to lean on."

"It's a one-on-one thing," Corcoran said. "There aren't 10 other guys out there helping you. It's you against one other guy. It's up to you to press the action."

Carson says that while growing up, his dad and coaches used some football terms to explain wrestling. For instance, they would explain a spear-double as being just like tackling someone on the football field.

"Everything you could really need as a football player, wrestling gives it to you," Carson said. "(Coaches) know when they get a wrestler, they are going to get a tough kid."

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4/6

Duke and Purdue have offered. Just visited Penn State on Monday. Penn State and Rutgers lead.

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5/14

From the NC State site...up to 13 offers, with the most recent ones coming from Penn State and Purdue. Has made trips to Maryland, Virginia, NC State, UNC, Duke, Stanford, Penn State and Rutgers and will likely visit BC next.

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5/22

From BWI...seems to favor PSU and Rutgers, followed by Stanford, Boston College, Virginia, UNC and Syracuse. Talks about his contact with Coach Vanderlinden and talks about some possible visit plans.

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Paulsboro star chooses Rutgers

He said the recruiting word he has is that inside linebacker Glenn Carson of Southern Regional High School, who was recently offered by Notre Dame, and cornerback Logan Ryan of Eastern High in Voorhees also have Rutgers as their leaders and may be ready to commit. Both are among the best at their positions in the country.

Rutgers gets commitment from Logan Ryan

Ryan is the 17th player to commit to what will be Rutgers' best recruiting class ever. The school is hoping to get an 18th commitment soon, possibly this week.

Southern Regional linebacker Glenn Carson is said to be deciding among Rutgers, Penn State and Notre Dame.

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6/23

Enjoyed his visit to PSU over the weekend. PSU and Rutgers lead. Is thinking about visiting RU on Thursday during their camp. Comments on Gerald Hodges's recent verbal commitment. ND and Tennessee recently offered, and is thinking about possibly visiting BC and ND this summer.

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7/30

From the Rutgers site. Carson is down to Rutgers and Penn State. He likes the tradition and history of LB's at PSU, and the fact that Rutgers is on the rise and close to home. He says he does have concerns about how long Paterno will be at Penn State.

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9/15

Enjoyed his visit to Notre Dame, and still sticking with a top 3 of RU, PSU, and ND. Plans to visit PSU for the Temple game. Hopes to be ready to decide by the end of September.

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ESPN - Midwest Recruiting Blog

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | Print Entry
Posted by Bill Kurelic

Linebacker Glenn Carson (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional) made an official visit to Notre Dame last weekend and might be headed to Boston College for an official visit this weekend. Carson has narrowed his long list of scholarship offers down to those two schools as well as Penn State, Virginia and Stanford.

Carson feels an obligation to his team, which has its second game on Friday. For that reason he might not visit Boston College at the end of the week.

"I have to talk to my coach about it [on Wednesday]," Carson said. "It's tough making a visit right after your game. You miss things [on Saturday] when you do that. I want to talk to my coach about that."

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