Wharton High QB Coming To Louisiana
Initial Disappointment Turns To Excitement For Corcoran
TAMPA - The fifth day of February came and went.
For many, it was a joyous time - signing a college letter of intent. A day symbolizing the start of a new chapter in life.
For others, the day came with uncertainty and passed in a similar fashion.
Ross Corcoran was one of the uneasy onlookers.
The Wharton High senior quarterback completed 140 of 277 passes for 2,129 yards, 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions during the 2002 season.
All season, Corcoran held discussions with Division I-A recruiters, but when signing day came, he had nothing to sign.
``January rolled through and then it's signing day and I'm just sitting there thinking, `OK, what do I do,' '' he said.
Not being able to sign immediately was shocking. Throughout the season, he received letters from numerous colleges recapping their progress on a weekly basis.
``During the whole year, I was getting letters everyday from like West Virginia, Boston College,'' he said. ``I mean constant letters, everyday. All I kept hearing was, `Don't worry about it, you're going to the state championship game, somebody's going to want you.'
``I mean, that's all I kept hearing. So I really wasn't worried about it.''
But after recruiters heard he committed to Colgate, which wasn't true, they backed away, he said.
After he talked to coaches following signing day, Corcoran heard the same song: ``If we would have known a month ago that you hadn't signed, we definitely would have offered [a scholarship] to you,'' he recalled.
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Tampa Tribune
EDDIE DANIELS
edaniels@tampatrib.com
Published: Jul 5, 2003
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