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FB/LB David Durham (transfer to Pittsburgh)

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Sun Aug 16, 2009
Fayetteville Observer's Top 50 college football prospects
By Sammy Batten
Staff writer

Here are the top college football prospects from this year's high school senior class in North Carolina. Listed are player's name, position, size, 40-yard time (if available), school and hometown.

6. DAVID DURHAM, LB, 6-3, 228, 4.7, CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN/CHARLOTTE. A transfer from powerhouse Westlake High in Austin, Texas, Durham produced 130 tackles and 15 sacks in his first two varsity seasons. He?s a ferocious hitter who has the speed to make plays from sideline-to-sideline. Twice was an all-state in wrestler in Texas. College list: Committed to Ohio State on Feb. 23 .
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Charlotte Observer

Christian tops Sweet 16, a first for private teams

By Langston Wertz Jr.
[email protected]
Posted: Monday, Aug. 17, 2009

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    Charlotte Christian linebackers (L-R) Ty Linton, David Durham and Kelby Brown. All three have been recruited by Division 1 programs. JEFF SINER - [email protected]
It took 25 years for a private school to start at No. 1 in the Observer's Sweet 16 preseason high school football poll.
Today Charlotte Christian makes history with a team coach Jason Estep believes is better than last season's N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association champions.
It was Christian's first state title since 1992. The Knights enter the 2009 season as heavy favorites to repeat.
?We're more confident than last year,? said Estep, whose team returns 12 starters and has played in the past two state championship games. ?We think we're better. If we're developing our program the way we should be, middle school through varsity, we should be better every year.?

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Jireh 'men' too big, fast for Christian

By Langston Wertz Jr.
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Posted: Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009

Before his team's 7-0 loss to Monroe's Jireh Prep School on Friday night, Charlotte Christian coach Jason Estep looked at Jireh's roster - and he looked at Jireh's size - and thought his team might be in trouble.
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Charlotte Christian's defense, led by three Division I linebackers prospects, is as good as advertised.

David Durham (Ohio State), Ty Linton (North Carolina) and Kelby Brown (Duke) are big and fast, and the Knights play the kind of attacking, aggressive defense that will be a real problem in the N.C. Independent Schools championship race.
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Jireh 'men' too big, fast for Christian - CharlotteObserver.com
 
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RECRUITING WATCH | DAVID DURHAM
Linebacker saw bigtime football in Texas
Thursday, October 15, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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PHOTO (top): Ohio State recruit David Durham, center, plays linebacker at Charlotte (N.C.) Christian School with Division I recruits Ty Linton (North Carolina) and Kelby Brown (Duke). (Jeff Siner, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer)

There's a couple of reasons why David Durham and his Charlotte (N.C.) Christian School coach Jason Estep could be excused if they get caught rooting for Purdue today. Before transferring this season, Durham was a linebacker at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, which produced Purdue quarterback Drew Brees.

"He's pretty much a legend down there," said Durham, a senior.

And Estep, the young coach at Charlotte Christian, is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky, where Danny Hope was coach for five years before Purdue picked him this season to be the successor to Joe Tiller.

"Danny Hope is a good coach," Estep said.

But then Estep described his office at Charlotte Christian.

"It might be the only office in North Carolina that has panoramic pictures of the Horseshoe up on the wall, and all kinds of Ohio State stuff," said Estep, a native of Portsmouth, Ohio. "I get a lot of (Atlantic Coast Conference) traffic in here, obviously, and they're always asking, 'Coach, what are you doing?' I tell them, 'I'm from Ohio. That's where real football is at.'

"And my older brother, Michael Estep, played baseball at Ohio State and was all-Big Ten for three years. We're Buckeye fans, absolutely."

As for Durham, he's a future Buckeye. He committed to Ohio State last spring while still at Westlake, one of those huge Class 5A schools in Texas where football reigns supreme. For example, Westlake this year hired the coach from Odessa Permian, the school featured in the book Friday Night Lights.

But Durham was a Charlotte native, and when his father's job offered the opportunity for the family to move back for his senior season, they jumped at it.

"Obviously I love Texas and the football down there is great, but I had the opportunity to play with some of my best friends for my senior season," Durham said.
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"It might be the only office in North Carolina that has panoramic pictures of the Horseshoe up on the wall, and all kinds of Ohio State stuff," said Estep, a native of Portsmouth, Ohio. "I get a lot of (Atlantic Coast Conference) traffic in here, obviously, and they're always asking, 'Coach, what are you doing?' I tell them, 'I'm from Ohio. That's where real football is at.'
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Durham had a 9 yard touchdown run in the 27-7 win over Providence Day.

CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 27, PROVIDENCE DAY 7

SCORING SUMMARY

CC?M.Farley 46 pass from J.Kincaid (W.Medeiros kick); CC?T.Linton 9 run (W.Medeiros kick); PD?M.McConoughey 77 pass from P.Litton (M.Morrow kick); CC?D.Durham 9 run (W.Medeiros kick); CC?T.Linton 4 run (kick blocked)
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Scores, Summaries, Schedule 10.30.09 - CharlotteObserver.com
 
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Seems like a hard worker, maybe he can bulk up and play on the line. It's gonna be pretty hard for him to see any PT at any of the LB spots in the forseeable future. Not saying he's not talented, but we're just so freaking stacked at those 3 positions! Can't wait to get him in S&G and see what he can do
 
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