Owens Is One Of NC’s Top Prospects

A self described “military brat,” Drew Owens has had his share of travels. His family’s latest move was from Italy to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they have since 2008. Owens has since become one of the top high school football prospects in the state of North Carolina’s 2011 class.

A 6-5, 225-pound tight end, Owens has received 14 official FBS scholarship offers to date. ACC programs Clemson, Duke, Maryland, UNC, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest are included on the list of offers. ECU, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt are among the others to offer as well with Louisville being the most recent offer to come through.

“So far, it’s been real interesting,” Owens said of the recruiting process. “It feels good to hear a lot of coaches say good things about you. I really have to stay grounded, because I know once you commit and get to college the coaches are going to be screaming and yelling at you just like any other player. For now, I’m enjoying it.”

Owens certainly has the size college coaches covet, but he is also a good athlete who plays basketball as well as football. Owens’ receiving stats this past season were modest – he hauled in 14 catches for 221 yards and four touchdowns – but he has impressed college coaches with a combination of size, athleticism, speed and receiving ability.

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