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Columbus defensive end Anthony Rabasa was sitting on a single offer from FIU for some several months. That all changed in the past couple weeks for the 6-foot-3 pass rusher, as Rabasa landed a pair of impressive in-state offers.
“I have recent offers from Miami and Florida State,” said Rabasa.
The 2011 prospect talked about the offer from the Seminoles first.
“It came in the mail today, but I found out about it two weeks ago,” explained Rabasa. “It’s a very exciting offer, something I’ve been looking forward to since I was a little kid. I just want to move on and keep working hard because my high school career isn’t over, so I have to build off of that.
“The opportunity to go to FSU is very exciting. Being a UM fan, I don’t know if you already know, but having a rivalry school offer a scholarship to go play for them is obviously a big thing. It’s pretty cool that I have them wanting me over there.”
Rabasa will be in Tallahassee shortly to visit the campus and meet the coaches, as well as a visit the third member of Florida’s Big 3.
“I’m probably going up (to FSU) February 27 for Junior Day, and I’m going to Florida’s this weekend.”
Rabasa talked about landing an offer from the hometown Hurricanes, a team he admittedly rooted for as a child, and affect it has on his family.
“Miami’s offer I got it last week. My recruiting coach, Paul Gonnella, we were talking over Facebook and we ended up talking over the phone. I guess they love me down there and they are going to offer me a full scholarship and it should be at my house in a week or two.
“Obviously, that’s the biggest offer, the most exciting one. Coming from Miami and growing up a Canes fan, it’s the biggest impact on my family and friends, everyone wants me to go play for Miami. That’s the coolest thing. Now I have the opportunity to actually go to this school and play football for them is another big thing for me.”
While the Hurricanes do not have any designated Junior Days like many schools, they do plan to get Rabasa on campus soon.
“They have their spring practices coming up, and they want me down there, so I’ll probably go to a few of their practices,” said Rabasa.
Along with his offers from FIU, FSU, and UM, Rabasa is receiving interest from Florida, Rutgers, Michigan, UCLA, and Cincinnati. Rabasa stated that each of those schools are looking at him as a defensive end in their scheme.
Even though it is early in Rabasa’s recruitment, the defensive end already has a timeline in place as to when he would like to make his college choice known. He also is attempting to enroll in classes at the school of his choice in January of 2011.
“I plan on making a decision probably between July and August before my senior season starts. So I’ll probably find out by then where I want to go. I just want to play my senior season knowing where I want to go and not have to worry about making that decision as my season is going on.
“I just want to know where I’m going as soon as my football season is over and hopefully I can enroll early, we will just have to see about that.”
Rabasa is also fully entrenched in his offseason workout regime, where he looks to continue to add to his speed and quickness.
“Offseason right now, I’m just getting a lot stronger and putting up a lot of weight. I put up 15-pounds already to 235. Then building my speed and quickness off the line again, just getting faster every year that goes by.