South County (Lorton, VA) junior Oren Burks has not yet narrowed his list of schools.  But according to Burks’ father, Orlanda, the 6’4″, 200-pound linebacker prospect is now taking a short break from communicating with college coaches in order to think about the schools that have offered and which direction to take his recruitment.

“In a nutshell, he’s taking this week, and maybe the next two weeks, to step back and start assessing,” Orlanda said.  “He can’t evaluate if he is talking to the same people every day.  We have never done a whirlwind tour like we did, so this is new to us.  It’s a lot of information to digest.”

The “whirlwind tour” Mr. Burks is referring to is a string of college visits the family made from March 31 through April 9.  Colleges on the tour included Boston College, N.C. State, Duke, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.  All of those schools have offered Burks, who also boasts offers from Maryland and UVa.  After the last round of visits, Burks has now experienced all seven FBS schools that have offered.

More schools have shown initial interest in the talented prospect.

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