Wide receiver Jessie Hester, Jr from Wellington (Fla.) would seem to be considered somewhat of a lock to stay in Florida for college, growing up near Miami and with his father having been a past star at Florida State.
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However, that may not be the case. We caught up with him this week to see how recruiting has been going for him since we last talked in February.
"There's not too much been changing and not too many phone calls,? he said. ?A lot of coaches are coming to my school to visit though."
Jessie told us that Western Michigan, Georgia, Ohio State, Iowa, North Carolina, and North Carolina State have all been to see him.
But he has lined up his favorites, and the Trojans are in the mix.
"Now it's Miami, Georgia, Ohio State, and USC," he said.
His individual thoughts on those four include the following:
Miami: "I have very high thoughts (about Miami). I like Miami a lot. It's tough to say, but that's my favorite right now."
Georgia: "Georgia seems really interested. They really want to get me. When they came to my school, they were talking about trying to give me info about their school. They showed a lot of interest towards me, so I'd like to know more about what they have to offer."
Ohio State: "Their recruiting coordinator, I've known since he was at Rutgers and I'd like to see what they have to offer."
USC: "It's out West in California and they were the first to call me on the phone. It's been probably two weeks since I talked to them."
Jessie is getting lots of mail from many schools across the country.
"I get hand-written letters from Ole Miss, Miami, Notre Dame, and Florida State,? he said. ?I get a letter for them every month or so along with Michigan and Georgia."
Has he narrowed his focus at all at this point?
"I'm open for anybody right now,? he said. ?Miami is leading though."
Regarding Florida State, he had this to say.
"I guess they hope that since my dad went to Florida State that I'm automatically going to choose them but that's not the case,? he said. ?I really have no idea - they really haven't showed any interest."
Jessie will be attending Miami's camp June 12th. He also recently attended the NIKE Football Training School in Miami (Fla.). Things didn't go as well as he would have liked with his testing, but he did recover nicely in the individual drills.
"I had a low 4.5 second 40-yard-dash,? he said. ?In the running, I didn't do so hot, but in the one-on-one's I did really good. I slipped in the shuttle run both times, so I don't even know my times there."
