The 2009 Elite 11 quarterback camp will have a Penn State flavor this season.
The prestigious camp invited two Penn State verbal commitments to participate, as well as the current PSU starting quarterback and will take place July 20-23
Daryll Clark will serve as a camp counselor, joining Zac Robinson of Oklahoma State, Colt McCoy of Texas, Juice Williams of Illinois and Cody Hawkins of Colorado on the staff.
And Clark will help tutor future Penn State quarterback Robert Bolden of Orchard Lake, Mich., who committed to the Lions last Friday. Rated a four-star prospect by both Scout.com and Rivals.com, Bolden is a 6-foot-4 dual-threat quarterback in the mold of both Clark and Penn State freshman Kevin Newsome.
Given that four of the Elite 11 counselors are mobile quarterbacks, it looks like Bolden will have some pretty good tutors to get tips from.
Also invited to the camp was Scout.com five-star prospect and Penn State verbal Paul Jones, but he will sit the camp out because of his ankle injury.
Other participants of note include Joe Montana's son, Nick, who is committed to Washington, West Virginia commit Barry Brunetti and California commit Austin Hinder.
The last Penn State recruit to participate in the Elite 11 camp? Pat Devlin, who was a Miami verbal at the time.
Before him? That would be Anthony Morelli. At the time, he had narrowed his choices to Pitt, Notre Dame and Florida State.
Perfect examples of how things can change quickly in recruiting.
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Quick hits:
-UNC Charlotte is hoping to establish a football program. School officials hope to sell 5,000 personal seat licenses by mid-September but have only sold about 1,850 so far. I enjoyed this part of the story:
With green Charlotte 49ers football helmets on tables and posters reading, "In Order To Protect Our House, We Have To Build One," volunteers were given an outline of their charge.
Thankfully, there is no report of them using Under Armour's "Click-Clack" slogan as well.
-Yesterday, I posted about Tennesee receiver Austin Rogers being sidelined for the season because of a torn ACL. The bad news continues for the SEC's second worst passing game, as junior Denarius Moore broke a bone in his foot and will be out eight to 12 weeks. The Vols better hope highly touted true freshman tailback Bryce Brown can contribute right away to take pressure of the passing game.
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Video of the day:
Bryce Brown's high school highlights:
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