cincinnati walnut hills defensive tackle jowon briggs has been talking about his academic goals since he was a high school sophomore and first hit the recruiting radar. That is still his message today. "i do think about college often, but i really don't think about the recruiting stuff all that often," briggs stated. "i'm just more focused on working, studying, lifting and playing to sports to give that much thought to recruiting. I have a lot of time for that, and the time will come."
"i want to study some type of math or computer programming in college, and right now i'm taking a lot of ap classes to prepare me for that," he added. "i'm taking ap calculus, ap computer science and ap engineering, and that keeps me busy. That's what i like the most."
briggs is the son of college educated parents, and he credits them for instilling the value and importance of education in him at any early age. "it comes from my parents big-time, and they always told me that football isn't forever, but you need to have a plan for life after football," briggs admitted. "my older sister was an academic wizard, and she's in engineering right now, and she motivates me as well."
even though the four-star lineman might not be focused heavily on recruiting at this time, he is in contact with college coaches and has taken a few visits, including a recent one to tennessee. "i haven't taken too many visits lately, but i was at tennessee a few weeks ago." briggs explained.
"it was really nice being there, and it seems like they're in the middle of a rebuilding phase. I did speak to coach (jeremy) pruitt, and i know he knows how to win." "he's bringing a new attitude to tennessee, and i think he's going to be successful," he said. "i am going to consider them going forward, but i'm considering every school right now. I haven't narrowed down my list at all."
