In 15 games Channing Fugate (Jackson, Ky.) rushed for 3,052 yards on 279 carries to go along with 36 touchdowns. Blessed with size (6-foot-1, 225 pounds), strength (a 350-pound maximum bench press) and speed (a 4.6 forty yard dash time), Fugate became just the fifth running back to surpass the 3,000 yard mark in a single season in the history of Kentucky high school football.
“I’m big so I can run up the middle, but I also have the speed to cut outside,” Fugate said. “[To have such a successful junior year], I had to work hard, trust the line, trust my team and the runs will be there.”
Fugate’s production and attitude opened the eyes of college coaches across the country.
“I like Illinois and Purdue, and I like Stanford, but I haven’t visited there yet, so I really don’t know what it’s like,” Fugate said. “I don’t know if I’ll get to visit or not.”
Another school near the top of Fugate’s list is Tennessee.
“I went down to Tennessee’s camp this past Tuesday,” Fugate said. “I did pretty good and they said they might want to offer but they might want me to commit first, so I’m kind of confused now on what to do. I think I might have to go back down there and check it out again. "
“If they were to offer, they’d be up pretty high on my list and maybe at the top, because they’re so close to me. It’s only like a three-hour drive to Tennessee and it’s a pretty good program I’d have to consider a lot.”
Andrew Drukarev: Stanford.scout.com
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