Seau Draws Notice for Teammate : Oceanside’s Paul Follows Trend to Stay Home at SDSU

Oceanside High School’s Junior Seau has drawn so much attention from college recruiters the past few months, it has paid dividends for his fellow teammates.

Morey Paul, a wide receiver and linebacker at Oceanside, decided Tuesday to attend San Diego State this fall. Today is the first day high school athletes can officially sign letters of intent for colleges.

Paul, 6-feet 3-inches and 185 pounds, joins Oceanside teammate Sai Nu in deciding on SDSU, but their teammate Seau remains undecided. Seau, who has taken trips to UCLA, Arizona State, Colorado and Stanford, is not expected to make up his mind until sometime later this week.

San Diego’s other top two prospects, Tommy Booker of Vista and Patrick Rowe of Lincoln, are also undecided.

“The thing with Morey is that he attracted some attention at the beginning of the season and then it tailed off,” Oceanside Coach Roy Scaffidi said. “But when Junior started eliminating certain schools, the schools started looking more closely at Morey. He was being talked to by UCLA, Arizona, BYU and Colorado State.”

But, like so many San Diego athletes this year, Paul decided to stay home and attend SDSU. Paul joined Fallbrook quarterback Scott Barrick, San Marcos running back Jim Jennings, Hilltop tight end Judd Rachow, Chula Vista tackle Ian Dunn, Escondido tackle Jumbo Malsack, Mira Mesa tight end Ray Rowe, Point Loma linebacker Arlando Hill and Nu by picking SDSU.

Rowe (6-4 and 220 pounds) and Hill (6-2 and 215 pounds), both made their decisions to attend SDSU Tuesday.

“Rowe is one of the best tight ends we’ve had at Mira Mesa,” Brad Griffith, Mira Mesa coach, said. “He’s got to work on some things just like anyone else, but he has a chance to be a good one.”

Point Loma Coach Bennie Edens said Hill will sign with SDSU today with the intentions of playing linebacker.

Edens added that Point Loma defensive end Terry Hampton, 6-3, 220, is still hoping for a scholarship to attend Colorado State.

“They like him, but they may already have too many commitments,” Edens said. “He’s going to keeping hoping for that and if that doesn’t work out, he’ll look into something else.”