Captain Crunch's Buddy Colin Ashley To Walkon at Arkansas
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:17 pmFrom the Recruiting Guy (Little Rock)
It appears Arkansas will be getting one of the better Dallas/Fort Worth-area prospects to walk on this fall.
Flower Mound, Texas, athlete Collin Ashley, 6-0, 170 pounds, 4.40 seconds in the 40-yard dash, played cornerback and receiver as a junior but played mainly at receiver last season. He recorded 71 receptions for 955 yards and 17 touchdowns and earned Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A thirdteam all-state honors and was honorable mention as a kick returner this past season.
Ashley contacted recruiting coordinator Tim Horton a couple of days before Feb. 4, national signing day.
"I pretty much told him that I didn't have anything that I'm interested in," said Ashley, who's originally from Monticello. "And that I was choosing between them and [Texas] Tech and I let him know I was walking on. He told me that was great and they would love to have me. I called him a couple of days afterward and told him about applying to school, and I told him that I was 99 percent sure I was coming there."
Ashley received notification a couple of weeks ago that his application to Arkansas had been accepted. He said Horton mentioned the possibility of Arkansas using him on special teams, along with a spot on offense or defense.
Wake Forest offered Ashley a scholarship last May, while Marshall, UNLV, Colorado and Sam Houston State indicated offers were on the table.
"They didn't officially offer me, but they told me they would if I was interested." Ashley said. "I decided I won't take a scholarship to some place I don't want to go. I feel like I can earn a scholarship wherever I go."
It appears Arkansas will be getting one of the better Dallas/Fort Worth-area prospects to walk on this fall.
Flower Mound, Texas, athlete Collin Ashley, 6-0, 170 pounds, 4.40 seconds in the 40-yard dash, played cornerback and receiver as a junior but played mainly at receiver last season. He recorded 71 receptions for 955 yards and 17 touchdowns and earned Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A thirdteam all-state honors and was honorable mention as a kick returner this past season.
Ashley contacted recruiting coordinator Tim Horton a couple of days before Feb. 4, national signing day.
"I pretty much told him that I didn't have anything that I'm interested in," said Ashley, who's originally from Monticello. "And that I was choosing between them and [Texas] Tech and I let him know I was walking on. He told me that was great and they would love to have me. I called him a couple of days afterward and told him about applying to school, and I told him that I was 99 percent sure I was coming there."
Ashley received notification a couple of weeks ago that his application to Arkansas had been accepted. He said Horton mentioned the possibility of Arkansas using him on special teams, along with a spot on offense or defense.
Wake Forest offered Ashley a scholarship last May, while Marshall, UNLV, Colorado and Sam Houston State indicated offers were on the table.
"They didn't officially offer me, but they told me they would if I was interested." Ashley said. "I decided I won't take a scholarship to some place I don't want to go. I feel like I can earn a scholarship wherever I go."
