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High school football recruit Q&A: Carmel's Sean Foster
Friday, February 20, 2015 7:55 p.m. CDT
Carmel offensive lineman Sean Foster has 24 offers and counting. (Photo courtesy of Sean Foster)
Sean Foster, Carmel, OT
Height: 6-8
Weight: 285
Offers: Rutgers, Minnesota, Eastern Michigan, Nebraska, Cal, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Purdue, Syracuse, Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Virginia Tech, Duke, N.C. State, Kentucky, Nevada, Toledo
On Twitter: @Foster__75
How often do you get asked about how many offers you have?
Probably at least once or twice a day.
How many do you have?
24
Can you recite them all?
Probably not
Do you train anywhere outside of high school?
I train at my high school. It's because we have such a great offensive coordinator and offensive line coach (Ben Berg, who played collegiately at Lakeland College). It's not really worth paying for something when I can get great coaching for free here at Carmel. (Berg) pushes me and pushes me until I can't stop.
What type of things do you do?
We do a lot of agility and ladder. Bench squat, dead lift. Everything to work on speed.
Do you play any other sports?
I played basketball and lacrosse. I just like to compete. I don't really want to go a season without competing. Why not do it every season and make it better at every sport that I play.
Lacrosse really works with my conditioning, so when the fourth quarter comes along, I'm in good shape. It helps with my side to side movement, that's huge. It's the most important thing to me
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Is it difficult to play both tackle positions?
It's not really a big transition. I've been doing it my whole life.
What have you learned from your dad, who was an RT at Iowa?
He's kind of a big mentor to me. To see how hard he worked to get where he did, I can figure out how to be the best. Those are some of the things that I strive to do. I try to make myself better, but the key is to make my teammates and the team better. It doesn't matter as much how well I am playing, it's how well all of us are playing.
You like to watch film of old Carmel players like Mickey Baucus. What do you look for?
I like watching it because it shows how to play the right way. It shows everything about what Carmel football used to be and what it could be again in the future. We're doing everything we can to bring it back to where it was
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Is it good to go through recruiting with someone who is having a lot of the same experiences like Noah Turner?
Me and Noah are pretty good friends. We push each other to do the best we can. I have nothing but the best to say about him.
When you think about all the offers you have, how do you approach making a decision?
I'm going to have a couple days to talk with my parents before I actually commit. Then, I'm going to talk to my coaches to make sure they know it will be the right decision for me. It's so important to make all of them a part of that process because this has been such a big goal in my life and they've all been a part of making it happen. It's big to get their input.
Any visits coming up?
I'm going to Michigan State on Feb. 25.
Are they on the list of offers?
Not yet.
Is that one you're hoping for?
I would say that would be pretty cool, but I'm just taking things slow with my family and not trying to rush anything.
Since Signing Day, with coaches moving their concentration to next season, have a lot more coaches contacted you?
I've been getting messages on Twitter from a lot of different coaches that I hadn't talked to before. It's cool to see what they all have to say about their colleges. Neat to learn about.
How important is Twitter for recruiting?
It plays a very big role. It's the only communication we're allowed to have besides Facebook a lot of times. That's the best way to do it other than actually talking to the coach on the phone. They can start calling in April, but we can call them before then.
What will your memories be of last season and getting back to the playoffs?
Some of the key things were our leadership from our seniors. They really changed the mentality of how to work here. I think it's going to pay off a lot next season because we have a lot of leadership. I think it will pay off and make us 10 times better this year than we would have been.
