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Prep football: South DB Dortch commits to North Carolina

Rising senior cornerback Nate Dortch became the latest ACC-bound player from South on Thursday when he gave a verbal commitment to the University of North Carolina.

Dortch, who will be a captain this fall, made his decision while attending a summer football camp at UNC this week.

"He went up and had a great camp," said South Fort Myers coach Grant Redhead. "They offered and he committed. They saw what they wanted to see."

So did Dortch.

"He likes the campus. He likes the coaches. He fell in love with it," Redhead said.

On June 4, South graduated two of its former stars -- wide receiver Sammy Watkins (Clemson) and defensive back Dallas Crawford (Miami) -- into the ACC. Redhead said Dortch benefited from going head-to-head against Watkins in practices.

"After covering Sammy -- who is one of the best there is -- for two years in practice, that helped," Redhead said.

Dortch, who played youth football for the Cypress Lake Hornets, began his Wolfpack career on South's freshman team. As a starting corner the past two seasons on varsity, Dortch made 59 tackles and snagged five interceptions.

Redhead said Dortch will have to add to his 6-foot, 160-pound frame for the next level, but that he has all the tools that colleges love.

"He's got great feet and good quickness and loose hips. He's got it all," said Redhead, whose team, including Dortch, will attend a summer camp at Florida Atlantic University this weekend.

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Posted By Andy on June 9, 2011

The football talk like the temperature, is starting to heat up and with interest starting to build, I like to always begin with who the team leaders will be, as we get set to face the summer workouts and the upcoming July 30th start date….

If I’m heading to practice, the first thing I need to know is who my quarterback is going to be and we should have no shortage of top-notch QB’s, here in Guilford County for 2011……

Who your quarterback is going to be is almost like talking ACC Basketball, you could speak on this subject for 365 days out of the year…….

A few of the names that I’m certain will be there when they raise the curtain, to start the 2011 season and many of them, well, we know them well……

One of the biggest names coming back for his senior season is James Summers at Page High School already committed to attend N.C. State University upon graduation in 2012……Page will be very deep at the QB position, with Jordan Putnam coming in as the backup, off of a Pirate JV team that did not lose a game in two years……Add Drew Rogers(RB) and Orlando “Junior” Hatfield into that offensive mix and you have a team that will be the heavy Metro 4-A favorite and they will be expected to advance the furtherest in the playoffs, of any Page Pirate team in the past 20 years….

Look at Daniel Downing at Northern Guilford ……Daniel has been the QB, WR, DB, KR, PR, Punter and concessions coordinator for the Nighthawks for the past 3 three years and yes that is saying, that he has been doing it all…..Daniel was the starting quarterback for Northern at times, during their 3-AA Championship run and the rest of time he was seen backing up Rocco Scarfone, but during that period, he was still the starting WR, but now the job is Double D’s and he’s nothing to sneeze at, as your starter…….Who is to say that Northern won’t repeat as State Champs??? They ought to be able to give it a great run with Downing, TJ Logan(RB) and other key players returning…..Logan can move(real fast) and he’s got moves……I believe they have the Mark Mitchell kid back at linebacker too and I know we are talking primarily offense here, but that man can lead your defense……Northern vs. Page, Northern vs. Northwest, Northern vs. Dudley, Northern vs. Eastern Guilford this year……Everyone of those games ought to be a near sell-out…….

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