Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley will announce whether or not he'll turn pro at Williamson High School in Mobile tomorrow at noon ET.Fairley, who played at Williamson, won the Lombardi Award, which goes to the nation's top offensive or defensive lineman. He finished with 60 tackles, 24 tackles for a loss and 11.5 sacks.
He had five tackles, three TFLs and a forced fumble in Monday's BCS title game win against Oregon, earning defensive MVP honors.
Scouts Inc. has Fairley, who will turn 23 on Jan. 23, as the No. 2 overall draft eligible player on its list. ESPN draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay have Fairley as possibly being the No. 1 pick in April's NFL Draft.
"He's a beast," Kiper said on ESPN Thursday. "He has been a dominator since fall practice, when Auburn people said: 'Watch out for this kid. He's ready to take his game to an All-American level."
In other news, offensive line coach Jeff Grimes is being interviewed for the same position by Texas this morning, according to AuburnUndercover.com. Grimes, who finished his second year with the Tigers, is a native of Garland, Texas, and played at the University of Texas-El Paso.
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Fairley played on the offensive line? So that's why they were so good this year! :-)
He's gone.
Award goes to top offensive OR defensive lineman. Fixed.
Yeah Nick is outta here...but Grimes?? Come on man...
Texas would be tough to turn down. I'm sure Auburn will up the ante as much as it can to keep him, just because it's doing so well with its o-line recruiting right now.
But Grimes is from there. I'm sure it's a very intriguing possibility to return.
Why does Texas always feel the need to poach our assistant coaches?? C'mon Mack Brown give me a break. You're like the guy in the office who steals all the good ideas - or stealing Coach Kleins' playbook in "The Waterboy"....
UGH we need to keep Grimes! He's done really well for us.
Yep, Nick's gone. Why else would you go home to your high school to make the announcement?
That's what everyone said about Antonio Coleman, who did the same thing two years ago.
BUT, Fairley might be the No. 1 pick. You go pro at this point if you're him. There's no doubt.
I saw it was possible that Darvin Adams (or Derwin or Darvis as Verne Lundquist likes to call him) could decide to leave. There are so many other good receivers this year--how many of those top guys will be in this year's draft?
A lot. But it's not like Darvin is going to develop 4.2 speed or grow into a 6-5 receiver by next year. He's probably going to go in the same draft spot either year.
Someone told me that the NFL is going to strike next year. Isn't this a bad time for these guys to go pro?
There's a lockout threat. But both the NFL owners and players are too stupid to shut things down when both are making so much money. It's all posturing right now. They'll get it done.
Now, the NBA ...
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