Owls recruiting North Jersey tackle

June 15, 2008

Owls recruiting North Jersey tackle

Kenny Walter
OwlScoop.com Staff Writer

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Temple is hoping to pluck New Jersey offensive lineman Sean Pearson away from many of its former Big East rivals.

Pearson, a 6-foot-5 inch, 300-pound tackle from St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, NJ, is also being courted by Rutgers, Syracuse, Connecticut, Pittsburgh Penn State, West Virginia, Maryland and Hofstra.

The mammoth tackle helped lead the Panthers to an 11-1 record last season.

"We all had a desire to win and help the team," Pearson said in an interview with OwlScoop.com. "What made us so successful was that we put the team first for everything we do."

While he had a successful junior season, Pearson knows he must get better in order to really make an impact at the next level.

"I am far from a perfect player," Pearson said. "There is always work be done and improvements to be made. I want to get faster and work on my quickness. I feel I need to shed some weight. I weighed myself today and I was just over 300. I want to get down to 280."

Pearson has yet to receive an offer from Temple, but he was impressed with what he saw when he took his visit in late May. He is also leaning toward majoring in business and is very interested in Temple's Fox School of Business.

And in areas pertaining to football, Pearson also liked what he saw of Temple's coaches.

"I am impressed with what Al Golden has done there," Pearson said. "When I visited, he had no voice so I didn't get a chance to talk to him much, but I can tell he's a great coach."

Pearson has played mostly at offensive tackle throughout high school, but has also seen a few snaps at guard.

"They tell me that I may be a guard in college," Pearson said. "I'm barely 6-foot-5, so moving me to guard makes sense. Our other tackle last year is an even bigger prospect than me, and he is going to move to guard this season. I'm going to stay at tackle for now and just try to get better."