Price - No Regrets Being A Bull in 2012

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http://www.ocala.com/article/20130117/ARTICLES/130119725/0/WIRE?Title=NMHS-grad-Price-has-no-regrets-in-choosing-USF

 

NMHS grad Price has no regrets in choosing USF

 

By Byron Saucer

Staff writer

Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 5:15 p.m.

As college football's annual bowl season raged around him, Sean

Price knew all-too-well that he could have been at any number of exotic
venues playing out his boyhood dream.

The Rivals250 tight end out of North Marion High School had elite suitors lined up for his
services when he selected the University of South Florida on National
Signing Day last February. Price could have stayed in-state and played in BCS bowls with Florida in the Sugar, or the Seminoles in the Orange.

 

There were opportunities at Oklahoma (Cotton), both Outback players —
Michigan and South Carolina offered — along with Georgia (Capital One),
LSU (Chick-fil-A) and Cincinnati, which knocked off Duke — another
program that desperately wanted the athletic 6-foot-4 athlete — in the
Belk Bowl.

 

Even as Alabama was collecting its second straight national title with a 42-14 thumping
of previously unbeaten Notre Dame down in Miami, Price understood he
could have been standing on either sideline of college football's
biggest stage.

 

Instead, the kid who could have signed anywhere chose Skip Holtz and the Bulls.
And while Price was greeted with a disappointing three-win season at
USF, which fired the coach who recruited him soon after, he says he
wouldn't change a thing.

 

"It was a tough year, but at the same time it was a learning experience,"
Price said of his freshman season. "I learned a lot. I developed as a
man and as a player as well. I have no regrets."

 

The all-state tight end successfully made the transition from Friday nights
to Saturday afternoons by catching 21 passes — tied for third on the
team — for 200-plus yards and a touchdown. But there were some bumps
along the way.

 

Price had to bone up on techniques he didn't necessarily need at the prep level, where the
deceptively fast and physical athlete had toyed with defenders too small
or too slow to handle him. "It's a lot," Price said. "You're learning more about the little things that
matter the most. From running your routes, to reading the defenses, and
learning how to block. It's just a bunch of little things."

 

 

Price stayed at it, playing in all 12 games for the Bulls and finally carving
out a true role for himself by midseason. It wasn't a position the
four-year varsity player, who racked up more receiving yards at North
Marion than any Colt in history, was used to being in.

 

"I just tried to play my role," Price said. "I know the coaches were
trying to fill out the offense, and once he figured out where he wanted
me, he put me in and we started flowing a lot better."

 

Now, with Holtz at Louisiana Tech, Price has another process to tackle this
spring — getting to know new head coach Willie Taggart and his staff.
The energetic coach became a hot prospect after bringing respectability
to Western Kentucky over the past three years. Before that, Taggart
played a big part in helping Jim Harbaugh put Stanford — known for
utilizing NFL-bound tight ends — back on the map.

Price says he's excited about the new opportunities and feels he's ready to take a big stride forward this fall.

"The new staff runs the pro style (offense), which I like," he said.
"(Taggart's) already put two tight ends in the league. He talks great
about tight ends and really uses tight ends. So it sounds good to me.

"I'll be there next year starting. I'm ready."

 

Price is one of many Marion County kids who grew up watching the guys ahead of him lay the
foundation for future generations. He and teammates Latroy Pittman (UF),
Jamie Gilmore (Temple) and Jabarai Bothwell (Western Michigan) made up
the Colts' most accomplished recruiting class in 2012. But he says the
dream started much earlier in the stands of Stan Toole Memorial Stadium.

"Growing up watching them on the football field Friday nights and reading the newspaper, it just inspired me," Price said.

"I wanted to be THAT player one day."

He'll get that chance on Aug. 31 when the Bulls open their 2013 season against McNeese State in Tampa.

[deters-]

Price is gonna have some big numbers this year in this new offense as long as whoever is the QB can get him the ball. Great athlete who without a doubt will play on Sundays.

[ForestBull]

I'm from Ocala and Ocala.com is miserable. They always mess up USF. (I.e SFU, southern Florida, I even remember them accidentally referring us as Florida southern). Despite that I did see a couple of North Marion games when Price played. He was and still is nasty.

[Hem]

Price is going to have a breakout year coming up, I'm calling that one now. Taggart is going to make him shine.

[Who'sYourData?]

How is Price on this team?  Isn't Holtz the worst recruiter in the history of mankind?  

[GaUSFBull]

How is Price on this team?  Isn't Holtz the worst recruiter in the history of mankind?  

 

You know the ol' saying about a blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then ... or a stopped clock is right twice a day ... 

[Hem]

How is Price on this team?  Isn't Holtz the worst recruiter in the history of mankind?  

Someone's got some separation anxiety issues. Nice blanket troll statement, I'm sure someone will fall right into that trap. Maybe we can get slick in here to fight with you for 4 hours and 8 pages again.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Hem

[hm101]

The cupboard is certainly not bare here. 

 

Giddins, Lynch, Price, Welch, Lattimore, Eatmon

 

Let's see what they can do with the right leadership. 

[GaUSFBull]

How is Price on this team?  Isn't Holtz the worst recruiter in the history of mankind?  

Someone's got some separation anxiety issues. Nice blanket troll statement, I'm sure someone will fall right into that trap. Maybe we can get slick in here to fight with you for 4 hours and 8 pages again.

 

That was me, not Data.  

[Supersurch]

How is Price on this team?  Isn't Holtz the worst recruiter in the history of mankind?  

 

You know the ol' saying about a blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then ... or a stopped clock is right twice a day ... 

You know...your post is quite amusing.  That's hilarious man, about the squirrel and the clock.  They're so fitting.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Supersurch