Top area football players receiving plenty of interest from college recruiters
By Michael Beaven
Beacon Journal sports writer
Published: February 7, 2012
The letters keep coming in the mail and Kent Roosevelt junior quarterback Tra Chapman keeps reading them.
Chapman is one of the most highly touted quarterbacks in Ohio in the class of 2013.
National signing day for football has come and gone for 2012. Now, it?s onto 2013.
Chapman and Hudson junior Ben Gedeon, a running back and linebacker, are two of the premier catches in 2013, according to several recruiting services.
Chapman, who has scholarship offers from Kent State and Northwestern, said the attention is fun ? and distracting.
?It is a combination of the two,? Chapman said. ?So far, it is a blessing to be in this position. Sometimes it gets a little stressful when you have three coaches coming in and we run into each other and I might have a test to take that period or next period in school. I get constant letters, like six a day. It?s a lot of fun to get the attention and to see that the coaches want you to play for them and their schools.?
Roosevelt coach John Nemec said Chapman, 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, is attractive to colleges because of his athleticism and ability to pass and run the ball efficiently.
Chapman said he is also receiving interest from Ohio State, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana, Oregon, Akron and Bowling Green.
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