William Fleming linebacker Darryl Gresham is enjoying a productive May evaluation period. With four schools officially offering this month, he has doubled the amount of scholarship offers he received before May.

“I have new offers from Florida, UNC, Clemson, and Tennessee,” Gresham said. He is also drawing significant interest from NC State and Florida State, among others. “I had offers from UVa, Virginia Tech, and Maryland before.”

Hard work and dedication have helped Gresham reach this point. Last year around this time, he weighed only 180 pounds. He was still relatively new to the area, having moved to Roanoke, Virginia, from Atlanta, Georgia, before the start of his sophomore season in 2002, and he had never participated in a serious weight-training program.

In his first full year in such a program, Gresham has made awesome strides. Physically, he has improved tremendously. He now weighs 226 pounds (he stands 6-3) and can bench press 250 pounds.

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