| Buford’s Hunter entertains Weis, trims list to five
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis became the second high-profile college football head coach to stop by Buford High School in as many weeks when he visited Wednesday afternoon.
Like Florida’s Urban Meyer last week, Weis was there to make his pitch for blue-chip prospect Omar Hunter, the Wolves’ 6-foot, 300-pound defensive tackle who ranks as among the nation’s most sought-after recruits.
Both men apparently left a favorable impression with Hunter, who followed up Weis’ visit by saying he’d narrowed his list of potential schools to Notre Dame, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn and Michigan, Wolves coach Jess Simpson said.
All five schools had previously made scholarship offers to Hunter, who Simpson has called the school’s “most high-profile” recruit since Darius Walker.
Weis, who was unable to talk directly with Hunter per NCAA rules governing the so-called “dead period,” arrived at the school at at 1:30 p.m., chatting with Simpson before taking a quick tour of the school’s impressive athletic facilities. |