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Kiffin against players picking after NSD
Originally Published: March 3, 2010
By JC Shurburtt
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ESPNU 150 Watch List offensive lineman Angelo Mangiro (Succasunna, N.J./Roxbury) has an impressive early offer list.
Florida, USC, Ohio State, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Boston College, Virginia and Connecticut are among the early suitors for the 6-foot-3, 290-pounder.
"[Ohio State, Florida and USC] are always up near the top of the polls at the end of the season," Mangiro said. "Florida has won two national championships in the last four years. USC is the power out West and they got everything going under Pete Carroll and now they have a new, good coach. [Ohio State head coach Jim Tressell] reminds me of my high school coach and that program is another that has been in the mix for national championships."
Penn State, the program Mangiro grew up pulling for, has not yet pulled the trigger on an offer.
"They told me that I probably won't be getting an offer that early," he said. "That's just the way they do things. I am interested in them and have made several unofficial visits and plan to visit there more, though."
Mangiro says that location, playing opportunity, coaching staff stability and academics all will be factors when he goes to pick a college.
He currently is in the midst of basketball season and says he's maxed out at 320 pounds on the bench press.
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