<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#000000">Tavon Austin</span></span> (<span style="color:#000000">Rivals Profile</span>, <span style="color:#000000">Scout Profile</span>) Running back Baltimore (MD) Dunbar Ht: 5-foot-9 Wt: 156 lbs Forty: 4.47 secs Bench max: n/a Squat max: n/a Vertical: n/a GPA: n/a Class: 2009 (High School) Offers: Boston College, Illinois, Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia Although not as heralded as Noel Devine coming out of high school, Austin will remind a lot of people of the current West Virginia star with his spectacular runs and breakaway speed.
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Michigan makes offer to Dunbar's Austin <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Tavon Austin, Dunbar’s senior running back who holds the state career touchdown record of 92, has just picked up another football scholarship offer. Michigan has offered Austin a scholarship, Dunbar coach Lawrence Smith confirmed yesterday. The offer brings the total amount of scholarships offered to Austin to 12. The Wolverines would bring Austin in to play running back. Every school that Austin is considering wants him to play running back or on the offensive side of the ball, Smith said. Other schools that have made scholarship offers to Austin include: Maryland, Penn State, Illinois, South Carolina, West Virginia, Nebraska, Boston College, Rutgers, Virginia, Syracuse and Wake Forest.</div>
Baltimore Sun Weekly Recruiting Round Up <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>On Wednesday, The Sun’s Stefen Lovelace began a series chronicling the recruitment of Dunbar running back Tavon Austin, in Austin’s words. For the first installment, Austin updated readers on his recruitment up until this point. So far, I've taken Junior Day visits to Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers and West Virginia. Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith said that those schools and Michigan, South Carolina, Nebraska, Illinois, Syracuse, Boston College, Virginia and Wake Forest have all made scholarship offers.</div>