Super 30: No. 9 Jamelle Naff, Del City...


Posted June 30, 2010 by Bob Przybylo Comment on this article Leave a comment

By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com

Del City's Jamelle Naff has come out of nowhere to become a top prospect. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
Del City's Jamelle Naff has come out of nowhere to become a top prospect. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Missouri is known as the school that got the whole conference realignment talk started. It’s starting to become known as another thing in Oklahoma recruiting circles.

Just like Guthrie stud Kentrell Brothers, the Tigers were the first school to offer Del City offensive lineman Jamelle Naff. And just like Brothers (whose offer total is now a whopping 15), Naff has become a name for a list of who’s who in schools keeping an eye on him.

I’ve seen Naff play twice, but it felt good to be able to sit down and talk with the Eagles’ beast last week at our photo shoot.

You can tell the recruiting process is fun and stressful at the same time for him. “I’m just so new to it, you know.” In less than two months,  the offer count went from zero to eight. Not bad, huh?

The attention started last year with WR studs Chris McAlister and Donavan Dan, but it carried over in helping Naff and quarterback Chazten Gonzales into getting some looks.

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