Football coach Ted Roof garnered his sixth commitment in the past ten days in athlete Patrick Bailey from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Tex.
A two-star prospect, Bailey spurned interest from Notre Dame, Arizona and Michigan State in narrowing his list to Purdue and Duke, and ultimately selected the Blue Devils over the Big 10 power.
“He’s going to be a Duke Blue Devil,” Alamo Heights football coach Don Byrd told The Chronicle. “I think coach Scott Brown recruits this area, and I think he just did an outstanding job of selling Patrick.”
Bailey, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound prospect, projects to tight end or defensive end at Duke. As a senior for Alamo Heights, the lanky Texan notched 124 tackles and six sacks on defense while catching 26 passes for four touchdowns.
According to Byrd, education played a major role in Bailey’s recruitment. An outstanding student, Bailey scored a perfect 800 on the math section of the SAT.
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