Duke football coach David Cutcliffe gained his second high-profile offensive line commitment in the Class of 2010 when Laken Tomlinson of Lane Technical High School chose the Blue Devils.
Lane Tech coach Rich Rio confirmed Wednesday night in an e-mail that Tomlinson committed to Duke. Rio said Tomlinson had 16 other scholarship offers. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Tennessee were among the other schools that offered.
Tomlinson is 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds and is rated the 10th-best player overall in Illinois by rivals.com. He joins Tarboro's Takoby Cofield - who's rated 16th-best in North Carolina - on the offensive line in the Class of 2010 for Duke.
Comments
The change is coming...soon,
Sun, 08/09/2009 - 13:02 — mad_maxThe change is coming...soon, Duke will no longer be the laughing stock of the ACC.
Duke's contribution to NC
Sat, 08/08/2009 - 10:50 — darwinfishDuke University, with 6,000 employees, is the largest private employer in North Carolina. I think that is more than enough support.
tuition rates
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:02 — reader1959Would this be an out of state HS that? Will this young man be getting a gratuitous in state tuition rate? Because of course, having a top of the line athletic program is far more important in time of budgetary crisis than indigent populations who can't afford health care, particularly mental health care, where the funds have been slashed, putting helpless people on the street.
While I"m happy that this young man is getting the opportunity to get a quality education and enjoy a sport at the same time, I think our government and large institutions are remiss in their responsiblity to the citizens of the state in the process and decision making regarding appropriate expenditures.
Wake Up!He's going to
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:20 — WNCMikeWake Up!
He's going to DUKE...a PRIVATE school...not a state supported school which you are referring to. Take a deep breath, calm down and reread.
Perhaps your advice might be
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 18:16 — reader1959Perhaps your advice might be taken as well as given. I asked the question, which I subsequently looked up myself for the answer. It seems tuition rates are the same for in and out of state students at Duke (not always the case with private schools); however, I did not state that Duke was a state supported school. I merely set my opinion that large institutions should take a bigger part in support of the state they exist in. That support can be in any number of ways. Given the ineptitude of our state government to come up with creativity and/or equitable solutions, perhaps young future oriented minds could give some assistance.
As I said, I'm happy the young man will have this opportunity and I'm sure Duke will benefit from his presence.
Need to pull your skirt
Fri, 08/07/2009 - 13:51 — WNCMike"I merely set my opinion that large institutions should take a bigger part in support of the state they exist in."
So then, even though they get no help from the state via funding, they need to give to them funding?
Need to pull your skirt down....your socialist slip is showing. Not anything one wants to see on a sports forum....not to mention the lack of knowledge you display on this topic. Go back to the Obama forums.
professor liberal
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 20:45 — gvillegatrwe're here to talk and argue all things ACC sports and ECU football. take your student agenda driven crap to antoher part of this on-line paper.
"Perhaps" the money can go
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 19:40 — Heels20"Perhaps" the money can go to support a guy who plays a sport that makes people happy, rather than to a government that wastes every penny we have.