#4 Ranked Player
in Mississippi
Name: Chad Bumphis
School:
Tupelo
City: Tupelo, MS
Vitals: 5' 10",
180, 4.5 (285 bench/485 squat/35" vertical)
Date of Birth:
October 18, 1989
Primary Position: WR
Projected
Position: WR
2007 Football Season: 37
catches for 731 yards and 12 TD's. Returned 3 kickoffs and 2 punts for Td's Named
2nd Team All-State for all classifications by Clarion Ledger.
Why
Top 40 in Football: "I have great work habits. I worked hard
to be where I am at now. I realize that everyone else works hard too, but I am
not the type of person who stops once they get to their goals. On the field, I
also have great ability. I am very shifty. I like running all over the place.
I have good body control and I make people miss."
Main colleges interested in Bumphis: Alabama,
MSU, and LSU
Scholarship offers:
MSU, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, Florida, Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, Colorado, Texas Tech, and Michigan
Closest to offering next: Oregon
Scouts
at Spring practice: LSU, MSU, Florida, and Michigan
Received
phone calls from: Auburn (entire staff), MSU (Croom), Florida (WR coach),
and Alabama (Davis)
Spring/Summer Visits: MSU (Jr
Day), Ole Miss (Jr Day), Alabama (unofficial), and "I will be going down
to LSU in a couple of weeks to stay for three or four days just to see the campus."
Camps:
MSU (7 on 7)
Chad's top schools: Florida,
Alabama, MSU, and LSU
Florida: "I
like their wide receiver coach, and he tells me that they are going to use me
like Percy Harvin. That is who I look up to the most, Percy. They want to give
me quick screens, get me out in the open field and make people miss. I would love
to take over Percy's role next."
Alabama:
"They are probably recruiting me the hardest out of everybody. I enjoyed
myself went I went down there the last couple of times. I get a long with their
coaches real well."
MSU: "It
is close to home, and it would give my family an easy ride to see me play. I also
like Coach Croom and what he is doing for that program."
LSU:
"Man, you know you are going to compete for a national championship if you
go to LSU. They have so many great athletes over there so you know you are going
to get better as a player. You are going up against the best everyday in practice."
Tell
us something nobody else knows: "I never really liked football until
my 9th grade year. I always played hoops. My plan was to quit playing football
after my 8th grade year, but they moved me up to varsity and now I love it."
Best
Player faced: Rod Woodson
If not Chad Bumphis, who'll be Mr. Football
for 2008: Rod Woodson
Game I'm most anticipating: South Panola
Other
athletes in my family: Dave Clark (played pro baseball)
Favorite
college team growing up: North Carolina Hoops
Favorite college football
player: Percy Harvin
Favorite pro team growing up: New Orleans Saints
Favorite pro football player: Devin Hester
Favorite
Food: Macaroni and Cheese
Favorite Movie: National Treasure
Favorite
Video: '09 NCAA football
In my CD Player: Lil' Wayne
Hype
Song: Plies
Biggest Influences: Mom
Biggest Fan:
Nephew
Biggest Fear: Failure
2nd Best Sport: Baseball
First
thing if I sign pro contract: Buy mom a new house
Dream date:
Christina Milian
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