McAdoo opens ’Dores
McAdoo, a 6-foot-7, 218-pound defensive end on the gridiron and center on the hardwood, is closer to settling on a sport than Williams.
He’s virtually certain his future lies in football.
“That’s where the big schools are right now,” McAdoo said. “They started picking up on me the beginning of my junior year, when they were coming to see my friend (UT Martin incoming freshman) Jeremy Buchanan.
“When they came to look at him, they saw a lot of me.”
McAdoo has tagged Vanderbilt as his frontrunner, although he also has offers from Tennessee, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Memphis, MTSU, Indiana and Cincinnati.
Tennessee also has maintained an interest in McAdoo for basketball, though many of the larger Division I-A basketball schools recently have backed off because he is leaning heavily toward football. McAdoo knows playing college basketball would mean transitioning to small forward, which gives him hesitation.
Antioch basketball Coach B.K. Crowder said knowing McAdoo has a choice of two sports is a thrill.
“You don’t see too many kids that have that choice,” Crowder said. “The Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders thing of excelling in two sports is a rare thing, and hopefully Mike makes the best choice. I’ll support him either way.”
McAdoo plans to make unofficial football visits to Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina this month. The Commodores have a pair of factors working in their favor — McAdoo had family members attend Vanderbilt, and he is a close friend of incoming Vanderbilt freshman Jamie Graham of Whites Creek.
“A lot of coaches come in and see him listed at 6-6 to 6-7 and are expecting more like a 6-4 or 6-5 guy, but he is that big,” Antioch football Coach Mike Woodward said. “The first two plays of his highlight tape, they see him running backs down, and that’s when they say they’ve usually seen enough and offer him.
“He can easily put weight on once he gets on campus, but he’s always going to have that long, lean body that’s tough for an offensive tackle to get his hands on.”
from The Tennessean
