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Quince Orchard Prospect Picks Up BCS Conference Scholarship Offer
Elliot Davis receives an offer from an Atlantic Coast Conference power.
A Quince Orchard football player with high hopes of continuing his career at the Division I level picked up his first major scholarship offer.
Elliot Davis—a class of 2014 wide receiver/cornerback prospect—received an offer from the Atlantic Coast Conference's Clemson University, he tweeted.
Cougars coach Dave Mencarini also took to Twitter to issue his congratulations:
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Not a bad weekend for @ElliottsBigEGO .major BCS offer yesterday. Today he wins the state championship in the triple jump with a 45'8"!!!
Mencarini also tweeted that junior prospect Malcolm Brown had been offered a scholarship by Colgate University the same day.
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"Big day for our program," the tweet read.
According to Rivals.com, Davis has received interest from a total of 11 schools, including Clemson. Other notable schools with interest in the Quince Orchard prospect include Maryland, Miami (FL), Oklahoma State, Penn State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech.
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