Belle Glade, Fla., Glades Central High School WR Deonte Thompson is taking a mini-break from the intensity of recruiting.
Because of the summer's dead period, he's had a break from the incessant calls from college coaches.
"I give coaches a call every now and then," he says. "I call Miami, just a couple of schools."
He still gets regular recruiting mail from colleges around the nation, of course.
"It's a lot every day," he says.
And his family has a small mailbox.
"It gets full," Thompson says. "I'll go through all the mail, but I don't read everything."
He says he gets a letter from Miami coaches every day.
"Coach (Marquis) Mosely writes me every single day," Thompson said. "He says Miami's the place to be, that he really wants me down there. That shows how interested they are and how bad they really want me."
Thompson's teammate, Damien Berry, has already committed to Miami.
Thompson doesn't plan on making such am early decision.
"After my five visits I'll make my decision," Thomson said.
Thompson says he has no frontrunners.
Of the Canes, he says, "Miami's up there. I like everything about them. There's the tradition, and if I go down there they say I can compete to play."
Thompson spent some time earlier this month with teammate Taurus McKinley's brother -- Hurricane DB Randy Phillips.
Phillips was back in town for the July 4 break.
"He told me how it is down there and stuff," Thompson said. "We just talked."
Thompson says the last time he spoke with UM coaches he talked to Marquis Mosely and Mario Cristobal.
"They were just talking, telling me how it is, how bad they really want me," Thompson said. "That was pretty much it."
Canes showing Thompson plenty of love
By Jim Martz, CaneSport Magazine
Belle Glade, Fla., Glades Central High School WR Deonte Thompson is taking a mini-break from the intensity of recruiting.
Because of the summer's dead period, he's had a break from the incessant calls from college coaches.
"I give coaches a call every now and then," he says. "I call Miami, just a couple of schools."
He still gets regular recruiting mail from colleges around the nation, of course.
"It's a lot every day," he says.
And his family has a small mailbox.
"It gets full," Thompson says. "I'll go through all the mail, but I don't read everything."
He says he gets a letter from Miami coaches every day.
"Coach (Marquis) Mosely writes me every single day," Thompson said. "He says Miami's the place to be, that he really wants me down there. That shows how interested they are and how bad they really want me."
Thompson's teammate, Damien Berry, has already committed to Miami.
Thompson doesn't plan on making such am early decision.
"After my five visits I'll make my decision," Thomson said.
Thompson says he has no frontrunners.
Of the Canes, he says, "Miami's up there. I like everything about them. There's the tradition, and if I go down there they say I can compete to play."
Thompson spent some time earlier this month with teammate Taurus McKinley's brother -- Hurricane DB Randy Phillips.
Phillips was back in town for the July 4 break.
"He told me how it is down there and stuff," Thompson said. "We just talked."
Thompson says the last time he spoke with UM coaches he talked to Marquis Mosely and Mario Cristobal.
"They were just talking, telling me how it is, how bad they really want me," Thompson said. "That was pretty much it."
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