After racking up a half-dozen scholarship offers in less than a month, Cameron Ordway added the offer he had been awaiting for months.
Three-star junior cornerback Cameron Ordway of Giles County High School in Pulaski, Tenn., has received nine scholarship offers, seven of which have come since Feb. 5.
Truth be told, though, it arrived a bit sooner than expected.
The three-star junior cornerback from Giles County High School in Pulaski, Tenn., said he picked up an offer from Tennessee on Friday during a phone conversation with defensive backs coach Willie Martinez, and it was enough to move the Vols up there to the top of his list.
It was huge, said Ordway, whos ranked the nations No. 26 cornerback and the No. 11 overall prospect from the state of Tennessee in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2015 class.
When I got off the phone with Coach Martinez, I was smiling. I kind of expected it, but I wasnt expecting it (Friday). It was another big offer. It was a huge one. I kind of was waiting on it, but I still want to weigh my recruiting process out.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Ordway already has received nine offers, seven of which have come since Feb. 5, but he said the offer from the Vols was probably the one he had been hoping to get.
He said Penn State and Ole Miss are among the other teams currently standing out to him.
I knew (the Tennessee offer) was coming for sure, but I didnt know when, and I knew that it was going to be a big day when it came, Ordway said. It could be the right one, but I still want to weigh my options out and go visit and meet other coaches and stuff and see what the recruiting process is like before I make a decision.
Ordway visited Tennessee for the first time Oct. 5 for its game against Georgia, and he said hes high on the Vols for multiple reasons.
That was my first college game, actually, and it stood out to me the most. The atmosphere was ridiculous, he said. The coaching staff, I see how theyre picking up more and more players and more and more recruits to join the team, and just how live they are as a staff and how they train their kids.
Its in-state. (I like) the coaching staff, the fan base. ... Theres a lot that stands out about them.
He said hes scheduled to attend a junior day Saturday at Alabama, and he believes he also might get an offer from the Crimson Tide while hes there.
Im going to Bama, and I think Coach (Nick) Saban said hes going to offer me (Saturday), said Ordway, who also holds offers from Penn State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Mississippi State, among others. Him and (Top247 junior defensive back) Rico McGraw had talked, and Rico called me and told me that.
Ordway said hes hoping to return to Tennessee for a junior day next weekend, and hes going to try to go to Auburn very soon, but he insisted he doesnt plan to decide on a college in the near future.
I dont think Ill be making a decision soon, he said. Itll probably be either during the season or probably after the season. I will narrow it down to a top (group), but right now Im just taking them all in and seeing where Im at.
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