Buford’s Du’Von Millsap commits to South Carolina
A third Buford football player is headed to the Southeastern Conference to play football.
Du’Von Millsap, a 6-foot-5, 330-pound offensive lineman, committed to South Carolina late last week, Wolves coach Jess Simpson confirmed. Millsap chose the Gamecocks over Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Clemson and several others.
“Yeah, he’d been up there a couple times last spring and last summer and always liked them a lot,” Simpson said. “But he waited to make a decision. He’s been putting it off a while now and decided he just wanted to go ahead and get it over with.”
Millsap, who plays mainly offensive tackle and some defensive tackle for the Class AA Wolves, projects as a guard in college. Teammates Kolton Houston (Georgia), a offensive tackle, and Jessell Curry (Auburn), a linebacker who stars for Buford at running back, are also headed to SEC schools.
Houston and Millsap give Buford a mighty pair of bookend tackles, especially for a Class AA school.
“He’s just a big guy that bends well and moves well has a mean streak,” Simpson said. “He’s a good player for us and he’ll be a good player for them.”
Simpson did not immediately return phone messages Monday but the Gwinnett Daily Post was able to catch up with him.
“South Carolina was always one of my top schools,” Millsap told David Friedlander. “They were the first school to offer me. I just think it would be a better fit. It all pointed towards South Carolina.”
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18 comments Add your comment
benadawg
November 2nd, 2009
10:01 pm
a mean streak, no wonder St. Mark didn’t offer
Vanderbilt is next
November 2nd, 2009
10:39 pm
Good move son, South Carolina is on the rise, Georgia is on the decline.
Bubba
November 3rd, 2009
6:53 am
South Carolina is
South Carolina “is on the rise?” That is an interesting statement since they are going into their second half swoon as they have the past few years. Can you say a 6 and 6 record this year? Remember this is south carolina you are talking about, not USC (the real one in California) or Carolina (the real one in Chapel Hill)but the one at the State Farmers Market in the Industrial area in Columbia, S.C. To leartn more about their program, you can GOOGLE; “This Is South Carolina Football”
dawgno91
November 3rd, 2009
6:57 am
Let me guess, not enough “stars” to play at UGA. He will probably come back to haunt us in the next couple of years.
Joe Blow
November 3rd, 2009
7:29 am
45-19
Starring Peter Graves as Capt. Over
November 3rd, 2009
9:07 am
Congratulations to Du’Von. Good luck to you and make sure to get the degree.
Brad
November 3rd, 2009
9:19 am
ANYTIME you LOSE a RECRUIT in your own BACKYARD….the COACHING STAFF is not doing their JOB!’WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE”???
Chip Towers
November 3rd, 2009
9:26 am
Brad: Not to defend anybody but there are at least 250-300 Division I (excuse me, FBS) prospects in Georgia. No school can sign more than 25 players in a given year and the Bulldogs currently have seven commitments from Florida. Do the math. You can’t sign them all.
Buford1
November 3rd, 2009
9:36 am
Congratulations to Du’Von. Another star player in the long line of talent that has come from the Millsap family.
Dawgs forever!
November 3rd, 2009
11:29 am
Du’Von congrats to you! Brad are you just an idiot or does everyone already know that!! For those who don’t know, you just told us all! Good for this young man. He didn’t fit with the Dawgs, Tech, etc… in state! Maybe he comes up big with USC and if he does good for him. Time will tell. Again, Du’Von congrats and YES get your degree. Go Dawgs
78 DAWG
November 3rd, 2009
12:00 pm
The DAWGS didn’t want him so stop saying the chose sc over Georgia! Haters never prosper.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
November 3rd, 2009
12:01 pm
Good luck Du’Von, maybe you can live up to the high standards Jack Lynn set a Buford.
Dawgtime
November 3rd, 2009
12:08 pm
330 pounds in high school. That is sad. I’m sure he is a great kid but his health has to be addressed by someone. Congrats young man.
showtime
November 3rd, 2009
12:43 pm
Iam sick of georgia and tech fans making lite of the fact that we are allowing to many good players out of state because we have our eyes in other states backyard. GEORGIA has some of the best talent in the country so lets take a page from some of the florida programs an stay in state.
lawzoo
November 3rd, 2009
12:53 pm
Welcome to the Carolina Family. You will always look at this as a GREAT decision!
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 3rd, 2009
1:14 pm
Georgia should start recruiting LB’s who specialze in eye gouging if they wan to win.
TheDistantObserver.
November 3rd, 2009
1:43 pm
Dear AJC.
With all due respect: please up the ante on your reporting and writing. Simpson could not be reached for comment? You obviously talked to Simpson because you quote him in the article. I think you could not reach Milsap for comment. As well, Milsap and Houston are not bookend tackles for Buford. Houston plays guard for Buford on the offensive side of the ball…
VolsRBack
November 3rd, 2009
2:09 pm
Get used to this phenomenon Dawgs.