Furman head football coach Bruce Fowler announced today the signing of running back Marcus Anderson to a national letter of intent. Anderson, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound product of Dallas, Ga., and North Paulding High School, becomes the 18th recruit to ink with Furman during the signing period. “We’re certainly thrilled to add Marcus Anderson to our recruiting class,” said Fowler.  “We were well aware of him last spring and certainly liked what we saw from him his junior year.  We’re glad he’s now a Paladin. ”Slowed with an ankle sprain early in his senior season, he ended up playing receiver and earned first team all-conference honors as well second team all-conference accolades as a punter.  In addition, he starred in soccer at North Paulding, capturing team MVP honors as a junior while leading his squad to a county championship.
Furman opens spring practice new next Tuesday under Fowler, who directed the Paladins to a 6-5 record in 2011 in his first season at the helm.

OL Brandon Smith of Kernersville, NC has his first offer from East Carolina and is looking for more. “I thought Clemson was going to be my first offer,” Smith said. He visited East Carolina Monday. “It was awesome,” he said. “I got to meet all the coaches.” He was at North Carolina Saturday and Tuesday night he was at NC State for the basketball game with UNC. Smith attended Clemson’s January junior day, and his last contact with recruiter Dan Brooks was the day after that. He said East Carolina currently leads ahead of Clemson and North Carolina. And Smith said he just got a letter from USC inviting him to its spring game.

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ATH Tramel Terry of Goose Creek will make a return visit to Georgia this Saturday. Terry was once a Georgia commitment and last visited there for the Auburn game last season. Terry was in Columbia Sunday for the High School Sports Report banquet. His USC recruiter, Steve Spurrier Jr., was the guest speaker for the banquet. Terry will go to Clemson March 3rd for a junior day. He plans to take his parents with him on that visit. He was at Clemson’s earlier junior day in January. He also took in USC’s junior day last month. USC, Clemson, Georgia and Florida are the top schools with Terry right now. His coach has said he does not plan to carry on the recruiting process much longer.

DL Montravius Adams (6-4 290) of Vienna, GA has offers from Clemson, USC, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Florida State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan State, Mississippi State and Southern Cal among others. He has visited Clemson and had a great time. “I liked Clemson a lot,” Adams said. “I really like their coaches. They have good facilities and a history of putting defensive linemen in the league.” He enjoyed his visit to Auburn as well. “They were my favorite team for a while,” he said after acknowledging he does not currently have a leader. “As a matter of fact, I’m wearing an Auburn hat right now.” Adams plans to visit USC in the future but has not set a date. He is showing interest in the Gamecocks but admitted he is less familiar with the program. Adams will visit Georgia this weekend and Florida March 3rd.

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