Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, FL) head coach Jim Pletcher finally got his wish last spring, when Kalvin Cline , a standout basketball player at the school, decided to give football a try.

“First of all with him, he is a 2-time all-county basketball player,” Pletcher said of the 6’5″ Cline, a class of 2013 prospect who just committed to Virginia Tech.  “I stalked him for three years, but he had that basketball dream of going to play ACC basketball.  He is one heck of an athlete.  He didn’t start playing until this time last year.  He came out in the spring, had a real nice spring, and got in the weight room real hard starting last April.  He’s a natural.”

Cline, whose father, Mike, played defensive tackle at Arkansas State, enjoyed his first and only season on the gridiron.  Ultimately, he spurned basketball scholarship opportunities at Florida Gulf Coast and Richmond and went with football as his future sport.

“It’s a different feel completely,” Cline said, comparing football to basketball.  “I had never played football until last year, but it came natural.  My father played, so I guess that’s why.  It was a great experience.”

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