Class of 2016 LB Zaire Ashley (NY) FM Prospect

[PhatOrange]

apparently a 2016 kid got props at the Pittsburgh RCS camp over the weekend. Per a free article from another:

"The underclassmen made their mark as well. Baker made the play of the day with a one-handed interception and all around backed up his six early scholarship offers. Manilus (N.Y.) Fayetteville-Manilus 2016 linebacker Zaire Ashley looks nothing like a freshman and physically plays well beyond his years."

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

Anything on this kid? Seemed like he was going to be a big prospect.

 

[Trueblue25]

Saw him bench 225 when he was an 8th grader. That's gotta be something.

 

[CuseLegacy]

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1719659/zaire-Ashley

He attended team camp last year at Syracuse.

 

[CuseLegacy]

http://highschoolsports.syracuse.co...teville-manlius-football-player-zaire-ashley/


Ashley grew up in a family of college football players. So when his own athletic progression suggested, at age 12, that he might continue the tradition, he took a trip to Central New York and embarked on some research.
That summer before his eighth-grade year, he visited his uncle, Troy Ashley, who lives in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District.
Back then, Zaire attended middle school in Jersey City, N.J. But already he worried that his classes might not prepare him to meet NCAA standards.
So he talked to his mother and made a determination about his future. He would move to Manlius to live with his uncle, who had been an All-America linebacker at the University of Connecticut. And he would immerse himself in a high school curriculum that would provide a sturdy gateway to college.
Troy Ashley, with a daughter in college, welcomed the chance to nurture his nephew in what he described as “a better environment” than the Jersey City alternative. It took one visit to Upstate New York to convince Zaire.