'09 GA S Darren Myles

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'09 GA S Darren Myles



Safety
Atlanta (GA) Carver

Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 175 lbs
Forty: 4.49 secs
Bench max: 260 lbs
Squat max: 525 lbs
Vertical: 32''
2006 stats: 55 tackles, 4 INT's
2007 stats: 6 Int's

LSU?s Miles reaffirms offer to Myles Jr. on weekend visit
By Todd Holcomb | Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Darren Myles Jr. met in Baton Rouge this morning with LSU head coach Les Miles, who reaffirmed his scholarship offer to the four-star safety from Carver of Atlanta.

Myles Jr. then reaffirmed his desire to wait until after his high school season before making a decision but that LSU was among his handful of favorites.

?Coach Miles told us that safety is a position of need, that he likes his ability to come up and force the run and he felt like he can help right away,? Darren Myles Sr., the player?s father and high school coach, said by phone from Baton Rouge on Sunday evening. ?He told us he was willing to take his commitment right now. Then he paused.?

Myles Sr. said this was his son?s sixth unofficial visit to a top school. He also has seen Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Georgia Tech. He also wants to visit Ohio State and West Virginia, but those probably will not come until the fall as official visits, Myles Sr. said.

Myles Sr. grew up in Louisiana and attended Douglass High of New Orleans and was recruited by LSU in football before going to Purdue. Myles Sr. came to Atlanta?s Douglass High in 1996, when Myles Jr. was 6. But Myles Sr. said that his family?s ties to Louisiana would be no factor in his son?s decision.

?He hasn?t been there since he was 6,? Myles Sr. said. ?Darren?s 17 now. Just because we?re from New Orleans, it?s not a shoo-in. It?s what they offer him now as a football player and student-athlete. It has to be a good situation.?

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