At El Camino, Sills tried desperately to resuscitate his
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http://www.footballpanthershop.com/Kony_Ealy_Jersey_Cheap13. Tate Martell, another Clarkson quarterback protégé, wasn't in eighth grade, either, when Sarkisian offered him to Washington. But this summer, Illinois took the trend to a new level, offering 10-year-old youth football star Bunchie Young. Now at Florida Atlantic, Kiffin hasn't stopped recruiting junior-high kids, either. This May, he offered Kaden Martin, the 13-year-old son of USC offensive coordinator and former Tennessee quarterback Tee Martin. All of this might make some feel uneasy. For Sills, it doesn't at all"It's really how they take it," he said. "If someone gets an offer and they think they don't have to work hard anymore and take the foot off the gas, then I think it is something that happened too soon. But if they take it that, 'I want to live up to this,' and keep going and get better, then I don't think it's too soon." Sills did all he could to live up to that day when he received an offer at 13. Now, he's living another story. And, another dream. "It's the most interesting and impressive story I've ever been a
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