Fork Union Prep standout Marcus Dowtin has quietly become one of the most heavily recruited rising seniors in the Commonwealth. The 6-2, 205-pound RB/DB/LB, who recently demonstrated his outstanding athletic ability at Fork Union’s spring evaluation session, is now up to 16 Division 1A scholarship offers.

“At this time I have 16 offers – California, U-Conn, Clemson, Cincinnati, Michigan, Maryland, Marshall, Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa State, Rutgers, Syracuse, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia and West Virginia,” said Dowtin, who turned in a 3.97 time in the 20-yard shuttle and benched 185 pounds 22 times at the evaluation session. “I have just recently picked up South Carolina, Marshall and Illinois [this week].”

Florida, Georgia, Miami and Tennessee are among the other programs that have expressed some interest as well in the talented junior.

This summer, Dowtin currently plans on attending summer camp at Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska and North Carolina. He plans on taking more visits as well in hopes of being able to narrow his list of schools by the beginning of his senior season.

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