Nice Article on some prospects

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Hopefully this is another way to pull in Drew. If we get some of these guys that were are finalist for, our class will be stacked...

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-12-14/sn100-players-wide-eyed-humbled-at-heisman-trophy-dinner

SN100 players wide-eyed, humbled at Heisman Trophy dinner
PUBLISHED Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:53 pm EST
LAST UPDATED 9 hours and 40 minutes ago
Brian McLaughlin SN Icon Sporting News

As big-time football recruits, Dee Hart and Ray Drew draw plenty of attention. That will happen when the majority of the nation’s top football coaches and college football fans are hanging on your every word.

But when Hart and Drew ventured into the banquet hall for the Heisman Trophy dinner on Monday, suddenly they weren’t the most important people in the room.
SN100 players wide-eyed, humbled at Heisman Trophy dinner SN 100 prospects Dee Hart and Ray Drew were star-struck when attending the Heisman Trophy dinner.

The Heisman Trophy dinner is held the Monday after each year’s Saturday ceremony, and is not blown up in the media quite like the Heisman announcement. It gives former winners a chance to get together and catch up. Hart and Drew, both members of the Sporting News Top 100, were invited to the dinner because of their involvement in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which will be held in San Antonio on Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. It will be televised on NBC.

Both players were in awe.

“It’s hard—even for me—to describe this, especially coming from Thomasville, Georgia,” said Drew, who is a youth minister at his church back home. “I’ve met some great players, but never that many at one time. I’m going to cry around this time next year because I’m going to want to come back.”

Hart, a running back out of Orlando, and Drew, a defensive end, both said it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“It was great, and that’s an understatement,” Hart told Sporting News. “Everybody was just so nice. It was an honor to be around all of that great talent. I mean, I talked to Tony Dorsett, Bo Jackson, Warrick Dunn, Cameron Newton. Those guys were the greatest in their time, and to be able to see them and how they react and how humble they are and loving they are, it was great.”

Drew is from the same hometown as former Florida State quarterback and Heisman winner Charlie Ward, who was on hand. He has known Ward since his early childhood. He also spent time at the banquet with players like back-to-back Heisman winner and Ohio State great Archie Griffin and another Florida State quarterback who won the award—Chris Weinke. Drew grew up a Florida State fan, less than an hour from Tallahassee, Fla., but he has already eliminated the Seminoles from contention for his services.

Both players said the funniest part of the evening was when Newton and Jackson started poking fun at each other. Apparently, Jackson told Newton he threw a football like a girl, to which Newton responded—“Bo, you run like a girl.” The next person at the podium ran with the ribbing, saying, “Well if I’m (Auburn coach) Gene Chizik, I think I’ll be recruiting a lot of girls this year.” Both prep prospects said that comment brought down the house.

Drew, who said he is seriously considering Newton’s school, Auburn—as well as in-state Georgia, LSU, Florida and Tennessee—said the newest Heisman winner smiled the entire time.

“I’ve met Cam a few times, and whenever you see him, he’s smiling ear to ear, not just for the cameras,” said Drew, who said he’ll likely announce his decision close to signing day after he takes his final official visits. “That’s just him all the time. I think he took the situation (where the NCAA said his father and the owner of a scouting service actively marketed him as part of a play-for-pay scenario) as extra motivation. And Coach Chizik told us that it’s easy to walk around with a big smile on your face when you know you’ve done nothing wrong. People were trying to pull him down, but they were actually helping him in a way.”

Hart, who considers himself a soft verbal commitment to Michigan, said he’ll make his final decision at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He also visited Alabama and Auburn this fall.

“Being able to play in that bowl game, it’s unbelievable,” Hart said. “Just to get to know what some of the qualities of our soldiers have, and what they go through and do—it’s hard to put into words what it means to me.”

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Here are some videos of Cam from the Heisman Dinner. WAR EAGLE!