Upland High School junior quarterback Josh Nunes narrowed his list of potential colleges to eight on Tuesday.
Of the 20 scholarship offers the 6-foot-4, 211-pound Nunes received these are still under consideration: Florida, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Tennessee, Arizona State, BYU, Stanford and Harvard.
Nunes original plan was to cut the list to five on May 27 and make a final decision shortly thereafter. He altered his plan to include eight schools and allowed that the time frame may be on a sliding scale too.
“If I am unable to make my final decision soon, I plan on taking my five official visits to assist me in making my decision,” Nunes said in a statement. “I look forward to doing more research on the schools I’ve narrowed it down to and continuing the process.”
Nunes’ most recent offers came from Florida and Duke on Thursday. Gators offensive coordinator and QB coach Dan Mullen watched him throw at Upland on May 19 before extending the offer.
Nunes was among a select group of quarterbacks invited to the Steve Clarkson Super Seven camp last weekend. According to Los Osos High School quarterback Richard Brehaut, one of Nunes’ close friends who was also invited to the camp, the two were competing for an offer from UCLA in front of Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel and offensive coordinator Norm Chow, who were both in attendance. On Saturday night, Brehaut was offered a scholarship to UCLA, the only offer the school will make to a quarterback from the class of 2009, according to Brehaut. He verbally committed to the Bruins on the spot.
Nunes, however, is left with a plethora of other options.
“I wanted to reduce the number to five schools but, after long consideration, at this time the best I could do is eight,” Nunes said. “It somehow feels uncomfortable because I would be blessed and fortunate to play for all the schools that have offered me a scholarship. However, I feel I owe the schools that are not in my top eight the respect to continue their QB recruiting with the same respect they have given me.”
