Cole Nelson
Defensive End, Class of 2021
Johns Creek High School, Alpharetta, GA
6-3, 230

By this point, Johns Creek (Ga.) three-star defensive end Cole Nelson had hoped he’d have a number of campus visits under his belt. That would have allowed him to compare and contrast what he’d seen in person, and the feel he had at each school.

Nelson claims 31 offers from schools like Virginia Tech, Virginia, Michigan State, Wake Forest, Illinois and Boston College. Before the covid-19 pandemic and current NCAA recruiting dead period, he was able to get in only a pair of visits, to Wake Forest and Vanderbilt for January junior days. But Nelson is pushing on, and in a matter of weeks he hopes he has still accrued enough information to make a commitment.

“I’m looking for a fit, just what fits me,” Nelson said. “I want a good business school for my education, mentors and everything, if they have a good staff who can teach me to be a better person and grow into a man. Just a good brotherhood and relationships. I want a school that will develop me on and off the field.”

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