A Couple Out-of-State Offers

[Captain Kangaroo]

I have traditionally started accumulating data on recruits in June. Looking back at the history of the names available, it seems like a pretty futile effort. Even when evaluating the best available information...only about 5-10% of the names associated with the Zips in June ever make it to the Zips February press conference. Plus, Rasor has done a nice job assembling the 2008 offer list on his site. Why duplicate the effort?Maybe in July/August I'll start digging into things.That said....here are two offers I found while wasting my lunch break:New JerseyWR Lynell Payne (6-3, 210) of Marlton, N.J., will attend a Clemson camp this week. He says the Tigers are recruiting him as a safety, a position he's never played. "I'm more interested in playing receiver," Payne said. He also has offers from Cincinnati, Connecticut, Delaware, Temple and Akron. He is also drawing interest from Rutgers, Iowa, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, FSU, Boston College, North Carolina, Kansas State, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Syracuse. GeorgiaTroup offensive lineman John Oliver recently added offers from Akron and South Florida to his portfolio. He already holds an offer from Arkansas.The 6-foot-6, 270-pound Oliver said his participation at a racent Scout.com one-day camp at Georgia Tech proved beneficial for multiple reasons.“I think that camp gave me some exposure,” Oliver said. “And I got to see my competition right now and what might be some of my teammates in the future. I think the camp helped people get to see what I can do.”Oliver likes the idea of playing for the Tampa Bay-based Bulls program.“I’m really interested in South Florida,” Oliver said. “They play at Auburn in week 2. I figure I might go to that game.”Oliver plans to attend camps at Georgia, Furman and Jacksonville State this summer.