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Gryphon QB on a mission
From Bonesville.net staff
reports
Terrell Hudgins, who
helped lead Rocky Mount's resurgence in high school football, will come
to East Carolina with something to prove.
Hudgins quarterbacked
Rocky Mount to its first unbeaten regular season in 40 years in 2004 but
was virtually ignored during recruiting by Division I-A college programs
— except for the Pirates.
Hudgins, who finished as
his school's career leader in passing yards with 5,524, said perhaps he
can show some of the school's who passed on him what they missed.
He took a recruiting trip
to Division I-AA Elon the weekend of Jan. 15 before committing to the
Pirates the following weekend.
Hudgins said he liked the
enthusiasm of new ECU coach Skip Holtz and his staff.
"East Carolina is close to
home and I know I'm a Division I-A player," Hudgins told the Rocky Mount
Telegram. "East Carolina has great coaches and players who feel they can
turn the program around. I've seen Coach B.W. Holt turn the program
around at Rocky Mount from when things were not so good and hopefully
Coach Holtz can do the same thing."
Hudgins was Big East 4-A
Conference player of the year after passing for 1,677 yards with 22
touchdowns as a senior with only five interceptions. He also rushed for
393 yards and 14 scores.
One of his best games came
in a 42-33 regular season win over Greenville Rose in which Hudgins
passed for 215 yards and ran for 145 yards as he personally accounted
for five touchdowns. Rose edged Rocky Mount in the third round of the
playoffs, leaving the Gryphons with a 12-1 record. The Rampants went on
to claim their second straight state 4-A championship.
For his career, Hudgins
completed 292 of 587 passes with 61 touchdowns. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound
quarterback had 5,879 total yards and 77 touchdowns.
Hudgins said he could play
quarterback, safety or outside linebacker in college, adding that he
wants to get on the field early in his college career.
Hudgins was offered a
scholarship to ECU after his weekend visit, conferred with his mother
and accepted.
Verbal commitments are not
binding. National signing day is Feb. 2.
02/23/07 01:25 PM
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