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FL DB Wayne Lyons (Stanford Signee)

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Rivals High - Top prospect Lyons has eyes on education (free)

There are many ways to describe Wayne Lyons: Student ... athlete ... captain. Of course, don't forget: Class president ... math wiz ... robot-builder.

Then there's this amazing stat about the junior at Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Dillard High School: His grade-point average (4.8) is actually higher than his time in the 40-yard dash (4.55). And both are remarkable.

It is why he was just as comfortable at the U.S. Army combine for the top junior football players in the country in January as he was at the National Young Leaders Conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

It is why USC, Notre Dame, all the Florida powers and Harvard are among the dozens of schools he is considering.

But for all his success, he remains humble.

"It shows me just how blessed I am to be able to compare myself to elite athletes and great scholars throughout the country," he said.

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Top linebacker Tony Steward has a plan for his recruitment - ESPN

Lyons looking for that feeling

Safety Wayne Lyons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard) was one of the better prospects at the event and has nearly two dozen scholarship offers. He plans to trim his list at some point in the near future.

"I want to get it down to a top 15," he said.

Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Miami, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, USC and a host of other programs have offered the 6-foot, 190-pounder.

Lyons says he is looking for a program he gets a "feeling" about and that he will then know which program is for him.

Lyons' mother, Gwen Bush, is helping him with his recruitment and has been a big source of inspiration in his decision-making process.

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"I don't think [geography] is really a factor, because it's got to feel good to me," he said. "I've got to have that good feeling."
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College Football Recruiting: Wayne Lyons takes studied approach to recruiting - ESPN

Lyons flips the script on recruiters

All Wayne Lyons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dillard) remembers from the speech therapy sessions he took before kindergarten was dunking his popcorn in his fruit punch before eating it.

What the ESPNU 150 Watch List defensive back, future U.S. Army All-American and top-ranked student in his high school class forgets is pointing out shapes and colors well before the average 3-year-old typically could.

"He was 3 years old when we took him in to get tested because he had a speech impediment," Lyons' mother, Gwendolyn Bush, began. "And the specialist was asking him questions about shapes and colors, and he was pointing out octagons and red triangles, and we were all like, How does he know that at that age? We learned very young he was a smart kid."

The 6-foot, 181-pound Lyons was definitely groomed to be smart.

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Rivals $ - Roundtable: Top three targets

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From the Florida site...one of the Florida writers has Lyons in his top three because of his grades, Florida ties and the fact he is a heck of a player.

Rivals $ - Irish make statement with Lyons

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From the ND site...Coach Elston was at Dillar yesterday and he is the first ND staff member Lyons has met in person...talks about how the ND staff completed the questionaire that he is sending to colleges.
 
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Posted: Monday May 17, 2010
Andy Staples>INSIDE RECRUITING
Meet blue-chip safety Wayne Lyons, the next Myron Rolle

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Safety Wayne Lyons (left), a five-star recruit and a true student athlete, has already received 44 scholarship offers.
Andy Staples/SI.com

Wayne Lyons' Recruiting Questionnaire
Coach, the following are a list of the many questions that Wayne and I have regarding this recruiting process, your school and the football program. If you would be so kind as to return your response to us by June 19, 2010, this will give us a chance to review them all during our spring break. It is our goal to have the list cut down by the end of the high school spring season in July 2010. Thank you for your time.

1. What are the typical weather conditions during the football season?

2. What type of summer program/schedule do you have for the football players?

3. Are players required to attend summer school?

4. If my mom had to fly to see me play, what is the best airport to fly into from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.?

5. How far is the commute from the airport to your campus?

6. What are the most economical lodgings, near your school, which are available during game time for my mom?

7. Will transportation be needed when my mom visits for games? i.e., will she need to rent a car or are lodging accommodations close enough to the school?

8. Will Wayne's scholarship include funding for the summer?

9. Are there summer jobs available for football players?

10. What provisions do you have if Wayne was to sustain a career-ending injury?
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For aspiring college football players, from five-star blue-chippers to future walk-ons, first contact with a university typically comes in the form of a questionnaire. Every year, schools send out hundreds of logo-embossed forms asking players to list their height, weight, 40-yard dash time, grades, test scores and on-field accomplishments. Players return the forms, and college coaches use the information to help tease out the potential scholarship recipients from the masses.

Now, as coaches at some of the nation's top programs assemble their 2011 signing classes, they're receiving a questionnaire from a Florida address. Coaches at 44 schools have offered Wayne Lyons a scholarship, and if they want to sign the safety from Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale, they'd better be prepared to answer a few questions.

Lyons and his mother, Gwen Bush, have sent each school a list of 50 questions ranging from mundane details every student must consider ("Will it be necessary or advantageous for Wayne to have a car?") to highly specific questions that would apply only to Lyons and a handful of recruits who are elite students as well as elite athletes ("How many African-American players have graduated with an engineering degree in the past five years? Year-by-year? Please list their names.").
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Read More: Alabama, Notre Dame covet blue-chip student athlete Wayne Lyons - Andy Staples - SI.com
 
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MaxBuck;1705315; said:
"How many African-American players have graduated with an engineering degree in the past five years?"
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I hope Yao Smith got that degree.
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I believe he graduated in the spring of 07, after starting for OSU in 06, landing sportsmanship & athletic awards and finishing as a semi-finalist for the Thorpe Award.
 
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SweetBuckeye;1705360; said:
1. What are the typical weather conditions during the football season?


Well, if this is his FIRST question, then it doesn't bode to well for a northern team.
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Yeah, it's not Florida or Southern California but I think that "northern schools" get a bad rap for weather during football season. Yes, winters can be harsh. But, this is football season.

Weather Averages:
Aug: 84 F
Sept: 78 F
Oct: 66 F
Nov: 52 F

Yeah, November can have some downright miserable weather but September and October is pretty good. Some games can have some rough weather but some games are great. I'm sure the southern schools have some obliterating-ly hot early games.

The OSU/UM game in 2006 was at night and weather was chilly but I'm sure most people don't remember the temperatures that night!
 
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