Football coach Ted Roof garnered his sixth commitment in the past ten days in Patrick Bailey from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Tex.
Rated as a two-star prospect by theinsiders.com, 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 attributed the new energy surrounding the football program to the commitment.
"I guess I had a gut feeling when I got up there," Bailey said. "I enjoyed the enthusiasm up there."
Bailey, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound prospect, notched 124 tackles and six sacks on defense while catching 26 passes for four touchdowns as a senior for Alamo Heights. He projects to be a tight end or defensive end on the collegiate level.
"They originally were going to start me at tight end," Bailey said, mentioning that there remains a possibility he might play defensive end.
Education also played a major role in Bailey's recruitment. An outstanding student, Bailey scored a perfect 800 on Math SAT II and plans to major in electrical engineering.
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