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By George "The Streak" Talmer
The deadline for officially becoming part of Kansas State's recruiting class has come and gone, and Smallville's golden boy, Whitney Fordman, was not offered a scholarship by Bill Snyder's Wildcat football program.
This comes as yet another disappointing blow in a long string of bad luck for Fordman. "First, he lost Coach Walt, then the multiple car accidents, his father's illness, and now this--it's definitely gotta take a toll on a guy," commented teammate Trevor Chappel. But Fordman's options are not all lost. Fordman's considerable talent and leadership abilities could make him an asset to any program; he could walk on at another Division I school. Likewise, many of the Division IAA, II, III, and NAIA schools would probably love to have Fordman play for
their programs.
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"Not sure that's gonna happen," commented interim Crow head coach Wayne Quigley. "I'm not saying Whit's not playing college football, but I am saying that Whit was pretty dead set on playing at Kansas State, and I'm not so sure he's interested in playing ball anywhere else." Fordman capped off a spectacular career at Smallville High by leading this year's Crow team to its first State Championship since 1980. He was named second team all state behind Darin Mark, who last week signed a national letter of intent to play for Kansas State. Some say Mark's signing filled Snyder's needs at quarterback and bumped Fordman off the list.
In a related story, Crow running back Nathan Burton has signed a letter of intent to play for Texas A & M. It's expected that Burton will be converted to a defensive back for the Aggies.
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