A memorable few weeks for St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) senior
Doran Grant is expected to conclude with a big announcement Wednesday night.
Grant, a 5-foot-10, 177-pound cornerback, joined Centerville offensive lineman
Michael Bennett and Springfield linebacker
Trey DePriest on USA Today's second-team all-USA team announced in late December.
Grant next will compete in the Under Armour All-America game at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, which will be broadcast on ESPN. At some point Wednesday night, Grant also is expected to announce his college decision.
Grant has 18 Division I offers, and according to several news outlets including the Akron Beacon Journal, is expected to choose between Ohio State and Michigan State. Grant's father, Ted Jones, played for Michigan State in the early 1980s.
"Over the past (few) weeks I've decided to take it down to two, Ohio State and Michigan State," Grant told Cleveland's Fox 8 news. "Both the schools are really such a great fit for me. I feel like I can take advantage of my skills at either place. (My father) just wants me to make the best decision for me and to be comfortable with my decision."
Grant was the Ohio AP Defensive Player of the Year in Division III and is ranked among the top cornerbacks nationally according to most scouting organizations.
At the Under Armour game, Grant will be teammates with Wayne (Huber Heights) quarterback
Braxton Miller and McKinley (Canton) defensive end
Steve Miller on the White team.
BROOKHAVEN PICKS COACHBrookhaven (Columbus), which has advanced to the state playoffs in seven of the past nine seasons, will have a new coach next fall in Trevor White.
The Bearcats went 5-5 last fall but finished 24-10 in three seasons under former coach Anthony Thornton, who resigned Nov. 22.
White, a 1994 Groveport-Madison (Groveport) graduate, was an assistant at Brookhaven (Columbus) from 2000-06 and served as linebackers coach when the Bearcats won the 2004 Division II state championship. He has been a co-defensive coordinator at Marion-Franklin (Columbus) since 2007 and helped the Red Devils reach a Division II state semifinal in 2009.
"(Being a head coach) is something I've always wanted to do," White said. "It's almost a homecoming for me."
