Rocky Mount High's Greene nominated for Army All-American Game

Rocky Mount High linebacker Sherrod Greene reacts following a play Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, during the game between Rocky Mount High and Southern Nash at Rocky Mount High School.
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Rocky Mount High linebacker Sherrod Greene, the Telegram’s 2015 All-Area Defensive Player of the Year, was one of 13 high school football players from the state of North Carolina nominated on Tuesday for the prestigious 2017 Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.

In total, 400 players from across the country were nominated for the game, and that number will be whittled down to 90 for the final rosters from the East and West.

“I can’t believe it,” Greene wrote on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. “just (sic) so thankful and so speechless right now.”

Greene, a rising senior, is already one of the most highly-recruited and decorated prep stars to come out of the Twin Counties in recent seasons. Neither Todd Gurley, who played three seasons at Georgia before going No. 10 overall in last year’s NFL Draft, nor Ohio State defensive end Tyquan Lewis, played in the Army All-American Bowl.

The 6-foot-1, 220-pound outside linebacker already has offers from ACC schools North Carolina, N.C. State and Virginia Tech, SEC program South Carolina, as well as California, Maryland and ECU, among others. Greene will camp at defending national champion Alabama in June after Crimson Tide outside linebackers coach Tosh Lupoi visited Rocky Mount High School in April to extend an invitation for Greene to travel to Tuscaloosa and attempt to earn an offer.

Greene is rated as a three-star prospect by all three major recruiting services (247 Sports, Rivals, Scout), though that could change after the summer camp circuit that will see Greene head to Beaverton, Oregon, for Nike’s The Opening event, perhaps the premier event of its kind nationally.

From staff reports of Rocky Mount Telegram

Tuesday, May 17, 2016