#13 Ranked Player in
Mississippi
Name: Emmanuel McCray
School:
Forest Hill
City: Jackson, MS
Vitals:
6' 5", 285, 5.1 (300 bench/400 squat)
Date of Birth:
January 1, 1991
Primary Position: OT
Projected
Position: OT
2007 Football Season:
Three year starter for Forest Hill. Earned All-Region as a junior while compiling
86 pancake blocks.
Why Top 40 in Football: "I
believe I try my best to stick to the fundamentals. I stay to my fundamentals
because I am not the strongest lineman in the state but I am the most fundamentaly
sound. I am also a real fast learner."
Colleges interested
in McCray: Alabama, Marshall, Illinois, Ole Miss, MSU, USM
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Scholarship
offers: Ole Miss, MSU, and USM
Scouts at Spring practice:
OM, MSU, USM
Received phone calls from: Nix (Ole Miss), Cheese
(MSU), and Hughes (USM)
Emmanuel's top schools: Committed
to Ole Miss
Why Ole Miss: "They are family oriented.
They are very family based so you know they are going to play as a team. Their
staff also did real well at Arkansas, so you know you are going to win. Plus,
I wanted to play for my state. That makes you play harder when you are representing
your state. When you play LSU, you know you are playing a bunch of guys who are
going to go extra hard because they are playing for their state. I want to do
the same thing for Mississippi."
Spring Visits: Ole Miss and
USM
Summer Camps: Ole Miss (Sr camp in July), MSU (SR Camp), USM,
and Alabama (Team Camp)
Tell us something nobody else knows: "I
am like one of the biggest guys you know but I can dance (laugh). Everyone knows
I am one of the best dancers around here. I am very goofy too (laugh)."
Best
Player faced: Tyler Russell
If not Emmanuel McCray, who'll be Mr.
Football for 2008: Tyler Russell
Game I'm most anticipating: Wingfield
Other
athletes in my family: Davarius Pilcher (brother who is the starting RB for
Alcorn State)
Favorite college team(s) growing up: LSU
Favorite
college football player: Darren McFadden and Jake Long
Favorite
pro football player: Reggie Bush
Favorite Pro Team: Green Bay
Favorite Food: Soul Food
Favorite Movie: Friday
In
my CD Player: Lil' Wayne
Favorite Video:Call of Duty 4
Pre-game
hype song: Camillionare
Biggest Influences: Dad
Biggest
Fan: Brother (Jonathan McCray)
Biggest Fear: Heights
2nd
Best Sport: Basketball
First thing if I sign pro contract: By
mom a new house
Dream date:Alisha Keys
Grades: 2.7
GPA / 19 ACT
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