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Grainer's stock soaring with recent offers

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com

The last two months have probably been two of the more hectic but exciting months Bailey Granier can remember.

In a period of just a few weeks the 6-foot-7, 320-pound tackle has put together a remarkable offer list that includes Alabama, Florida State, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and several mid-majors and FCS programs.

Maybe everyone should have been asking why he hadn't burst onto the scene earlier. Galliano (La.) South Lafourche is home to the three-star prospect and there just aren't many high school linemen with Granier's combination of height, reach and strength.

Contact with schools has been limited so far and when you talk to Granier you quickly get the impression that the recruiting process has been a lot to take in. He doesn't seem concerned with details about the schools recruiting him and he wants to keep everything simple for now, until he's ready to start narrowing things down.

"I'm not even sure who (the coaches recruiting him) are. It's all new to me and I haven't really contacted them a bunch," said Granier, who now has eleven scholarship offers to his credit.

He has done some research. Granier has taken early unofficial visits to Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech, Alabama, Tulane, Louisiana-Lafayette and Vanderbilt.

But when you ask him about favorites he bristles.

"I'm not one who really likes to talk about it. People ask and I don't want to say a bunch of different things. I do know I want to make a decision before my senior year starts," Granier said.

The offer from Kentucky was unexpected but a pleasant surprise.

"I was in P.E. one day and my coach was like, 'A coach from Kentucky wants to speak with you,'" he said. "I was actually sick that day. Their coach told me I have an offer. He said he knows I'm not feeling well and he just wanted to let me know I have an offer from the University of Kentucky."

Bradley Dale Peveto is generally the Kentucky coach that has and will recruit the state of Louisiana for the Wildcats.

Granier said it's possible that he could visit Kentucky but he does not have any plans to yet.

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