Cortez McDowells extensive offer list has grown yet again. Tennessee and Kentucky are the two most recent entrants into the race for the signature of the Locust Grove (Ga.) High School safety. Programs such as Alabama, Florida State and Georgia are among the 13 schools that have already extended scholarship offers to the 6-foot-1, 200-pound junior.
I will be going to Tennessee this weekend and North Carolina next weekend, McDowell said. I will be visiting some junior days and then I will get ready for baseball.
McDowell compares roaming the outfield to roaming the secondary on the gridiron. His talent on the latter has led to offers from half of the SEC programs.
Playing in the SEC would be big since that is the biggest conference, McDowell said. They have won the last seven national championships so it would be good to play in the SEC.
McDowell plans to narrow his list down in the summer after baseball season. He hopes to make a few spring practices and at least on scrimmage.
Georgia Tech, Tennessee and Vanderbilt have been recruiting McDowell the hardest in recent weeks.
I am talking to the defensive coordinators and my position coaches at Tennessee and Vanderbilt pretty hard, McDowell said. I probably speak to each schools coaches twice a week. They are trying to build these relationships fast before other schools come in and build them.
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Also talked a lot about Alabama, Georgia, and Florida State