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QOs Marcus Newby Moves Up Recruiting Charts

Quince Orchard's class of 2013 linebacker is garnering interest from top division football programs.

Quince Orchard linebacker Marcus Newby is moving up the charts.

Rivals.com -- a college football recruiting website -- recently marked the defensive player as a four star prospect, and his profile reports 13 Division I schools are interested.

Among those teams, Rivals reports, are defending national champion Alabama, Big Ten champion Wisconsin, Virginia Tech and Maryland.

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Another recruiting database, 247Sports.com, ranks Newby as the third best player in Maryland for the class of 2013. They also rank him as the fifth best linebacker, and 101st overall in the country.

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