PORT HURON — When Lincoln Watkins and Amir Morelan recognized the gravity of their blossoming football careers, the realization didn’t occur on a gridiron.
Instead, it came in a high school classroom.
“Last year, we had an economics class together,” said Watkins, a senior tight end/linebacker on the Port Huron Northern football team. “We started talking a bunch about the (recruiting) process … so, we got close through that.”
“(The significance) hit me a lot,” added Morelan, a senior cornerback/wide receiver at Northern. “(The more) we started talking about it, it just felt like, ‘Wow. It’s crazy. We really are actually doing this together.'”
Earlier in the spring, they did something that doesn’t happen often in the Blue Water Area — verbally commit to play Division I college football.
Watkins decided on Kentucky and Morelan chose Miami (Ohio).
“Their growth and maturity — even from last year to this year — it’s been outstanding,” Northern coach Brett VanDrew said. “It was a long (recruiting) process for both of them, because they’ve been at it for a while.”
Three years, to be exact, as college scouts first took notice when they were freshmen.
“What I was looking for during my process is just being a priority,” Morelan said. “Getting to develop on and off the field and the relationship with my coaches.”
“We’ve been both been through it — getting offers and stuff,” Watkins added. “It’s a long process … for me, it was a lot of the same thing — where are you going to be a priority. That’s the biggest thing, honestly, is knowing that everyone (within the program) is behind your commitment and wants you there.”
Division I football recruits can’t officially sign letters of intent until December.
Morelan and…
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