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Woodbury Native Among Top College Football Prospects Commits To Miami
Jackson Carver had scholarship offers to dozens of Division I schools, despite only playing football for a year, the Star Tribune reported.
WOODBURY, MN — Woodbury native Jackson Carver has the college-football world at his feet, even though he’s only played the sport for about a year.
Carver announced Tuesday that he will play football at the University of Miami, turning down offers to play for Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Minnesota and Wisconsin and many other schools. He had scholarship offers from more dozens of Division I schools.
Just getting started… #committed pic.twitter.com/6adXUHjTaI
— Jackson Carver (@JacksonCarver11) June 14, 2022
Carver was a star in lacrosse and hockey during his time at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, but he left during his junior year to attend a military boarding school in Indiana after committing to play lacrosse at the University of Notre Dame, the Star Tribune reported.
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He joined the football team for his senior year and recorded 17 catches for 292 yards and three touchdowns, according to the report.
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Carver, who graduated in June, is set to attend Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut before going to the University of Miami.
Allen Trieu, a national recruiting analyst for 247 Sports, wrote that Carver has the “ideal frame and body type,” while his “hockey and lacrosse backgrounds gave him a leg up on learning the game.”
Carver is listed as 6 feet, 6 inches tall and 220 pounds by Rivals.
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