Arizona offered high three-star defensive end Davon Townley exactly three weeks ago and since then the Wildcats have continued to make headway with the 6-foot-6 recruit from Minnesota. The Wildcats have not been shy about offering football recruits with backgrounds in other sports, especially basketball. Incoming defensive linemen Paris Shand and Shontrail Key are both newer to the game of football and have mostly been focused on basketball throughout their lives.
Like that duo, Townley only has a limited time of football experience as 2019 was his first season playing the game. He is someone who needed the spring evaluation period to be seen in person, but that has not stopped schools from becoming involved based on what he has shown up to this point. Arizona is one of the programs intrigued and the Wildcats are among the schools remaining most involved.
“Obviously, I’ve been talking to Minnesota a lot,” he told Blue White Illustrated's Ryan Snyder. “The University of Arizona and also Arizona State have been in touch. Penn State and Michigan State are some other schools. Nebraska is another school. I haven’t been able to talk to all the schools that have offered me because of my phone situation, but the most recent schools that have offered have been talking to me a good amount.”
The next step in the process is narrowing his list of schools down, which he says he will do some time in the fall.
“I’ll probably narrow my schools down when the season comes around," Townley said. "I’ll probably narrow it to five schools. I’m still just collecting information and meeting people. I want to take visits and take my time. This is all new for me, so I want to make sure I learn as much as possible.”
You can read the full update from Blue White Illustrated by clicking here.
What the expert says: "It was a pretty impressive inaugural football campaign for Townley, who seamlessly transferred his basketball athleticism over to the gridiron and showed no issues handling the physical nature of the game. The biggest period of growth for players who start late in their prep careers usually comes between those first and second seasons. If that kind of stratospheric growth happens here, the entire country will be knocking on Townley's door this fall. He has a sky-high ceiling, and we will be watching his senior season closely." – Rivals.com Midwest recruiting analyst Josh Helmholdt to Blue White Illustrated
Like that duo, Townley only has a limited time of football experience as 2019 was his first season playing the game. He is someone who needed the spring evaluation period to be seen in person, but that has not stopped schools from becoming involved based on what he has shown up to this point. Arizona is one of the programs intrigued and the Wildcats are among the schools remaining most involved.
“Obviously, I’ve been talking to Minnesota a lot,” he told Blue White Illustrated's Ryan Snyder. “The University of Arizona and also Arizona State have been in touch. Penn State and Michigan State are some other schools. Nebraska is another school. I haven’t been able to talk to all the schools that have offered me because of my phone situation, but the most recent schools that have offered have been talking to me a good amount.”
The next step in the process is narrowing his list of schools down, which he says he will do some time in the fall.
“I’ll probably narrow my schools down when the season comes around," Townley said. "I’ll probably narrow it to five schools. I’m still just collecting information and meeting people. I want to take visits and take my time. This is all new for me, so I want to make sure I learn as much as possible.”
You can read the full update from Blue White Illustrated by clicking here.
What the expert says: "It was a pretty impressive inaugural football campaign for Townley, who seamlessly transferred his basketball athleticism over to the gridiron and showed no issues handling the physical nature of the game. The biggest period of growth for players who start late in their prep careers usually comes between those first and second seasons. If that kind of stratospheric growth happens here, the entire country will be knocking on Townley's door this fall. He has a sky-high ceiling, and we will be watching his senior season closely." – Rivals.com Midwest recruiting analyst Josh Helmholdt to Blue White Illustrated
