Southfield senior field general Jalen Brady, seen here at an offseason camp in June, committed to Bowling Green Friday.(Photo courtesy of Southfield HS)
SOUTHFIELD ? If you play quarterback and your last name happens to be Brady, you?re almost under official obligation to be really good.Southfield?s star senior signal-caller, Jalen Brady, is just that.
And just like NFL All-Pro field general Tom Brady (Michigan), he's going to play his college football in the Midwest.
On Friday, Brady (6-feet-0, 200 pounds), committed to Bowling Green State University in Ohio, becoming the second Southfield standout to accept a Division I scholarship in the past week.
Bowling Green finished 8-5 last year.
?It?s the best place for me, the school I feel most comfortable at,? Brady said of choosing Bowling Green, following a summer where he tore up the showcase camp and 7-on-7 circuit and garnered multiple Division I scholarship offers as a result. ?The coaching staff there believes in me and thinks I can play there early, maybe even as a freshman. So that type of confidence they?re showing in me was a big factor in my decision, too.?
His final three choices were Bowling Green, Kent State and the University of Cincinnati.
Brady transferred to Southfield back in January, on the heels of an all-league campaign at Grand Ledge in 2012, where he threw for 1,100 yards and scored 17 touchdowns (13 through the air, 4 on the ground) and led the Comets to an 8-3 season.
He is one of a slew of college recruits, mostly from the Division I ranks, that dot Southfield?s roster this year, including fellow commits like all-state defensive end Lawrence Marshall (Michigan), offensive lineman Chukes Okorafor (Western Michigan) and wide receiver Jordan Billingslea (Western Michigan). Billingslea committed to the Broncos earlier in the week.
Newcomers will help spearhead both sides of the ball for Southfield head coach Tim Conley and his club.
With Brady at the helm of the Bluejays? offense, the team?s defenses will most-likely be in the hands of a scary duo of pass-rush specialists in Marshall and transfer Malik McDowell (still waiting to be declared eligible by the MHSAA), considered by some the No. 1 college recruit in the state.
Seven different Southfield players currently hold Division I offers. Another four have offers from Division I AA and/or GLIAC programs. Brady is Bowling Green?s fourth in-state snare for its 2014 recruiting class.
Overflowing with talent, Southfield is expected to contend for a shot at Ford Field and a state-championship game berth this fall.
?We have a ton of great players on this team, lots of DI recruits that are hungry for success? Brady said. ?Lining up and going to war besides those kind of competitors makes you want to maximize your effort even more than usual. I think it will be a fun season. I can?t wait.?
Last Updated: 8/3/2013 5:37:43 AM EST
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