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CRUITING  FOOTBALL RECRUITING  FOOTBALL RECRUITING  FOOTBALL RECRUITING  FOOTBALL RECRUITING
I RECEIVERS (9)
Jay Bercy  6-4, 227, 4.7	Brockton, Mass.	Damien Jefferies  6-6, 245, 4.7	Sylacauga, Ala.
Jason Birdsong  6-1, 175, 4.5	Glendale, Ariz.	Jerome Oliver  5-11, 175, 4.5	Wichita, Kan.
Greg DeLong  6-4, 245, 4.7	Orefield, Pa.	Craig Powell  6-6, 225, 4.65	Youngstown, Ohio
Bobby Engram  5-11, 175, 4.5	Camden, S.C.	Darnay Scott  6-1, 175, 4.5	San Diego, Calif.
Kenny Harrison  6-2, 175, 4.5	Port Arthur, Texas		
MDEFENSIVE LINEMEN (13)			
Dominic Bustamante  6-5, 255, 4.95	Corpus Christi, Texas	Marco Rivera  6-5, 245, 4.9	Elmont, N.Y.
Antwan Chiles  6-4, 240, 4.8	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.	James Singleton  6-4, 260, 4.8	Toccoa, Ga.
Alan Gonzales  6-4, 265, 4.9	Jenks, Okla.	Vernon Wade  6-2, 265, 5.0	Lufkin, Texas
Norman Hands  6-5, 255, 4.9	Walterboro, S.C.	Mike Washington  6-2, 285, 4.9	Milledgeville, Ga.
Jayson Layman  6-6, 285, 5.0	Sieverville, Tenn.	Greg Wilkins  6-4, 270, 4.7	Chicago, III.
Leslie Ratliff  6-7, 240, 5.0	Newport, Ark.	Trent Zenkewicz  6-5, 260, 4.8	Cleveland, Ohio
Pat Riley  6-6, 250, 4.75	Marrerro, La.		
MDEFENSIVE ENDS AND LINEBACKERS (11)			
Huntley Bakich  6-3, 210, 4.6	Dallas, Texas	Roy McCrary  6-3, 230, 4.7	Bartlett, Tenn.
Derrick Brooks  6-2, 205, 45	Pensacola, Fla.	Shannon McLean  6-3, 230, 4.65	Detroit, Mich.
Tremayne Green  6-2, 235, 4.8	Marshall, Texas	Jamir Miller  6-5, 220, 4.7	El Cerrito, Calif.
Fred Harris  6-5, 218, 4.6	Shreveport, La.	Charles Moore  6-3, 230, 4.7	Hempstead, N.Y.
Melvin Jones  6-3, 205, 4.5	Virginia Beach, Va.	Tom Tumulty  6-3, 230, 4.7	Penn Hills, Pa.
Ramon Luster  6-4, 230, 4.6	Birmingham, Ala.		
MDEFENSIVE BACKS (12)			
Deollo Anderson  6-2, 175, 4.4	Youngstown, Ohio	Tony Miller  5-9, 175, 4.4	Coatesville, Pa.
Brian Brown  5-10, 170, 4.4	Grand Prairie, Texas	Clay Mourning  5-10, 172, 4.5	Fayetteville, N.C.
Talvi Crawford  6-1, 180, 45	Orlando, Fla.	Clayvand Thomas  6-0, 175, 45	Carson, Calif.
Willie Gaston  5-11, 175, 4.5	  Mobile, Ala.	Tyrone Wheatley  6-2. 205, 4.45	Dearborn. Mich.
Garrick McGee  6-3, 180, 4.55	Tulsa, Okla.	Jerome Woods  6-3, 175, 45	Memphis, Tenn.
Andre Miller  6-3, 217, 4.65	Meridian, Miss.	John Young  6-3, 190, 4.6	Jacksonville, Fla.
 SPECIAL (1)			
Brian Milne  6-4, 235, 4.55	Waterford, Pa.		
at either linebacker or tailback. He is an amazing athlete. As a junior he ran for 2,430 yards and threw the discus 217 feet. In March it was discovered that Milne had Hodgkins Disease. A tumor was removed from his chest and his spleen was removed in late May. It's not known if he will play football this fall. That's why Milne received special mention in our G&W Top 100.
The real sleeper in the Pennsylvania running back class could be Robinson. He comes from Bensalem (Pa.) High, which is located in suburban Philadelphia, The school is not noted for producing football players. It's a basketball town.
As a junior Robinson rushed for 1,116 yards and was named second-team all-Southeast Pennsylvania by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Robinson combines speed with power. Jack Klebe, Bensalem's head football coach, says he has never had a runner of Robinson's caliber.
"He's got legit 4.4 speed." Klebe said. "He benches 420 and squats 600. This spring in track he had several 10.8 100-meter times. He's my once-in-a-coaching-lifetime."
GEORGIA
With all the publicity Florida's runners have gotten, it's easy to overlook the talent that resides across the border in Georgia. For recruiting coordinators looking for running backs, such an oversight would be a big mistake. The Peach State placed three runners on our G&W Top 100. John McClain (6-2, 215) from Cartersville. Ga., John Perkins (6-1. 175) from Warner Robbins, Ga., and Rodney Shelton (6-2. 200) from Dunwoody. Ga., are all very much capable of playing at any Division I-A school in the nation.
ELSEWHERE
There are seven other running backs on the G&W Top 100 that haven't been mentioned above. Lee Becton (5-11, 185) from Vanceboro, N.C, has over 3,000 career rushing yards. Chris Campbell (5-11, 190) combines with Anthony Comer to give Brockton (Mass.) High the best backfield combination in the northeast. Kijana Carter (6-0, 205) from South High in Wester-ville, Ohio, came from nowhere to run for 1,762 yards and 23 touchdowns last season, making first-team all-Ohio as well. Che Foster (6-1, 225) from Edmund, Okla., rushed for 1,994 yards last fall and was named to the G&W Recruiting Report's preseason All-American team. Michael Johnson (5-11, 195) from Cherokee County High in Centre, Ala., rushed for 2,136 yards and was Class 5-A first-team all-state. Basil Shabazz (6-1, 190) from Pine Bluff. Ark., was all-Arkansas and rushed for more than 1.700 yards.
It's a recruiter's dream come true. On paper it appears several of 1990s senior running backs could be making headlines as early as 1991 in colieee football.
Louisville Fairdale's Jermaine Brown, one of the state's top football prospects and the only Kentuckian to make the GSW Top 100, has decided to give up football in order to concentrate on basketball.
Fairdale's Brown would rather tip-in than tackle
by TCP associate editor Mike Estep
RENSSELAER, Ind.  Louisville Fair-dale's Jermaine Brown is the only Kentucky prepster listed among the G&W Top 100. But instead of tipping away passes and putting bone-jarring hits on wide receivers from the defensive backfield position where he earned first-team all-state honors last season, Brown will be tipping-in missed shots and jarring the backboard with ferocious slam dunks from now on.
Brown, who would surely have been a top candidate for the state's Mr. Football award in 1990, says he is giving up footballwhere many believe he is a can't-miss NFL prospectin favor of first love, basketball.
Of course he is no slouch in roundball. either. Brown is thought to be the early favorite for Mr. Basketball honors this season. Recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons has him listed in his preseason report as the 50th best senior in the country. He was a first-team all-stater last season and was named MVP of the state tournament after rxiwenhs his Bulldogs to the Sweet 16 title.
Still, many wonder about Brown's decision to abandon football. He has the perfect build for football6-foot-3, 210 pounds and many believe he could step onto the college gridiron and star right away. But for him to succeed in college hoops he's going to have to adapt to the off guard position after playing his entire high school career at small forward.
"Probably, potentially, he's a professional football talent." Stan Hardin, his basketball coach at Fairdale, said. "But there's nothing saying he can't be a professional basketball player if he dedicates his time to it.
"Jermaine does not like to go in the weight room. You know football players have to live in the weight room. I think that's a minus. He likes to play basketball. You can play basketball by yourself. I think he's playing what he likes to play."
Brown takes that one step further.
"(Giving up football) was a hard decision, because everybody was saying I could be an NFL player," Brown said at the first session of this summer's B/C All-Stars Camp in Rensselaer. Ind. "But I'm just in love with basketball. That's the one thing I want to do."
Brown is not alone, either. Elizabethtown senior Demond Thomas, who passed for 2,500 yards and 22 touchdowns the past two seasons, has also given up football for basketball. Thomas, also a candidate for Mr. Basketball this year, averaged 27.4 points per game in basketball and pitched his way to a 9-2 record for the baseball Panthers last season.
University of Kentucky football coach Bill Curry, speaking at the Wildcats' Media Day earlier this month, said it distresses him when top football players give up on the sport.
"Very much." Curry said. "I just think that once you get a good guy in there, and he gets encouragement from the community to stay in it, he can do that and still be great in basketball or baseball."