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Sugar Land (Texas) Fort Bend Christian Academy On300 linebacker Max Granville<\/a><\/strong> comes from a big, athletic family.<\/p>\n

His father Billy played his college football at Duke before lining up at linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals. His mother Gretchen played volleyball at NC State. He has an older brother Life that played college basketball at NAIA powerhouse Bethel, another older brother Zion that plays college football at Illinois State and a sister that played volleyball at Oklahoma Wesleyan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good,\u201d Max said of the competitive juices flowing around the house. \u201cI think it\u2019s kept me humble. Just being in the mix with a lot of kids, and having older siblings, I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially looking back on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A lot of college programs are looking at the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Granville who has the traits to blossom on the next level into one of the best pass rushers in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI credit so much to my dad,\u201d Max said. \u201cWe butt heads sometimes but his experience in the NFL and how he poured into me my whole life and not sugarcoating anything and training me and keeping it real and giving his insight on past experiences, I would not be where I am without my dad and I\u2019m grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The elder Granville loves the way Max is wired.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re around great athletes, the best ones I\u2019ve been around, the best players they have that fire,\u201d Billy said. \u201cThey\u2019re just ballers and they know how to play. They\u2019re instinctive, just all that stuff sometimes is hard to quantify or define. He has a lot of those intangibles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ranking and Contenders<\/h2>\n

Granville is tabbed by the On3 Industry as the nation\u2019s No. 179 prospect overall. Kansas was first to offer back in May of 2022 and heading into summer prior to senior year, Granville now has close to 40 opportunities to consider. He\u2019s narrowed the focus to five.<\/p>\n

Baylor, Penn State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and USC are the programs still in the running to ultimately sign Granville.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been grateful for every opportunity,\u201d Granville said. \u201cIt still feels like a dream. It\u2019s exciting and i\u2019m excited to go on my OVs and see how they go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Granville took his official to Baylor in April<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Baylor hosted Granville for his official the weekend of April 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great,\u201d Granville said. I really like Baylor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like not in an arrogant way going to Baylor I could be the guy and they just showed me they really want me even compared to any other school recruiting me. They\u2019ve gone over the top in the way they recruited me. I feel they have a great position fit there. There\u2019s a lot of value in being the guy and I feel if I go there I can bring a solid class with me and restore Baylor into being a great team and one of the contenders in the Big 12 year in and year out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The elder Granville likes his son\u2019s potential playing for Dave Aranda.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the visit went great for Max. There is a lot of relationship equity there. They were the first school to offer him right at the start of the 2022 season. Max what he likes about Baylor it\u2019s close, it\u2019s in Texas. School is similar to his high school. In terms of Aranda and the fit I think he really liked Aranda in terms of that scheme. He also knows they have a need for playmakers in that defense. That Aranda scheme is designed for inside and outside linebackers known for playmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Penn State return set for May 31<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Granville\u2019s last experience in Happy Valley blew him away.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir scheme, it\u2019s just amazing,\u201d Granville said. \u201cIt\u2019s the best scheme out of any of the schools to be honest. I\u2019ve been in film meetings with every coach except USC in my top five and he lets them fly around. They\u2019re good athletes. It\u2019s not complicated. They run some stunts but it\u2019s really about aggression and that\u2019s how I\u2019ve been playing in my high school career. Just getting off the ball and attacking. I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Penn State blew way Granville\u2019s father as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at Penn State, if you\u2019re someone like Max, they let them play vertical. They like athletic edge guys. They\u2019re not two-gapping and power-stepping. They\u2019re playing vertical. If you\u2019re someone that likes those one-on-one matchups like Max you love that. They\u2019re letting their guys eat and let their guys go get it. He had a great visit with them. They led the nation, their defense I think they were top five in total defense, top five in scoring defense, led the nation in tackles for loss and led the nation in sacks. They had two guys drafted pretty high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when you go to Penn State and sit in a position meeting, on his visit sitting with Deion Barnes in a room, you\u2019re sitting in a room for an hour clip after clip of their edges just making plays. Tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, pressures, it\u2019s not just a play here or play there. It\u2019s very compelling and shows they led the nation in tackles for loss and sacks. You sit in the meeting room and it\u2019s like oh yeah they did. I think that\u2019s the appealing thing for Max. They give their guys principles and let them make plays and they have a track record of development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Granville will visit USC for the first time on June 7<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Trojans could make a big move in a few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cLA and everything that\u2019s cool. but football I feel like they have a good class building right now and a great staff when it comes to NFL experience. They\u2019re the only school I haven\u2019t visited yet in this group of OVs. It will be good to get on campus, see things, talk to the coaches more and get in the film room. I\u2019m curious more than any other school because I haven\u2019t seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n

USC has expressed to the Granville camp they want to get bigger and more versatile on defense in moving to the Big Ten.<\/p>\n

\u201c(D\u2019Anton) Lynn is bringing in more of a pro-style type defense, multiple, they want to be multiple and within being multiple want to have defensive players that have versatility,\u201d Billy Granville said. \u201cWhat I heard from him they like Max\u2019s versatility and he fits what they\u2019re wanting to do. They like Max\u2019s ability, they believe he\u2019s a high-level edge rusher and they also believe he\u2019s built to do other things. They have Max on the board as a linebacker and as an edge. I think with the staff they\u2019re putting together I think what might be intriguing about USC is because Lynn comes out of the NFL and his pedigree what they\u2019re trying to do with Max can better prepare him for the NFL\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas A&M pulls ahead as On3 RPM favorite<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Granville has already been over a couple times since head coach Mike Elko and the new staff was hired. He was one of the first players regardless of class, Elko went and saw after being hired in College Station.<\/p>\n

Granville will take his official the weekend of June 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re also building a great class right now,\u201d Granville said. \u201cGreat SEC school in my home state. Good coaches. Good scheme. Coach (Sean) Spencer, Coach (Tony Jerod) Eddie, great resources. It\u2019s just a great option. Coach Elko I believe in him for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The elder Granville likes the trajectory of the program under Elko as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cA&M they\u2019re right here. A little over hour drive from the house. You have an elite SEC program right in your back door. Their pitch is always everything you need is right here. I think the appeal of that it\u2019s an elite SEC program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe appeal of a new staff, starting with a new staff. I think for Max too, they and their scheme they have their drop end, basically like a standup outside linebacker. They\u2019re like this is exclusively where we want Max. That\u2019s what Jay Bateman said they really value him. Obviously Max, I think he likes that. What else is appealing they have a great track record of recruiting these stud interior linemen. So being ale to play with those kind of guys Max thinks about that too. If you\u2019re at a school like A&M they\u2019re going to have hosses on that line. It think too going along with the first point, elite SEC, we were at A&M-Alabama last fall A&M hosted. For Max to experience that and we\u2019ve been to other games, we haven\u2019t been to any Big Ten games. That game atmosphere was a lot different than a UT game we went to later that season. A lot different than Oklahoma and Baylor game we went to, so I think that\u2019s exciting too.<\/p>\n

\u201cA&M is preaching to Max we don\u2019t have a guy like you on our roster. You fill something we don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma has always been a top contender<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Sooners are slated for the final official visit the weekend of June 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cOklahoma is great,\u201d Granville said. \u201cI love Oklahoma. Great resources. I love Coach (Brent) Venables and the program. I love the campus. I love the University of Oklahoma. I think it\u2019s a great place football wise and the feeling I get when I\u2019m there. I like Coach (Miguel) Chavis a lot. He has good attention to detail when I\u2019ve been in position meetings. I feel he has a great vision for me and I\u2019m excited about that visit as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The culture at Oklahoma is catching the family\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cOU DNA that\u2019s what they say,\u201d Billy Granville said. \u201cHe\u2019s kind of like an OU DNA guy. A Brent Venables, blue collar, get your hands dirty but also kind of the faith based part of it as well. There is a lot of alignment there in terms of just culture. Not just on the field but off the field you\u2019ve got that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brent Venables is a defensive coach. OU shows love as much as any school. Venables has history of being a defensive guy, a lot of team success with defense and getting guys to the league at Clemson.\u201d<\/p>\n

Granville is looking for the right fit<\/strong><\/h2>\n

His parents are helping him through the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s hard because he wants to play in the NFL,\u201d Billy said. \u201cObviously a program that\u2019s going to give him an opportunity to develop and reach that goal. I think he also understands life after football and faith, his faith is really important to him. Culture. He\u2019s kind of a quiet personality. Max is an old soul, kind of a throwback player. He\u2019s really into that camaraderie and culture. He\u2019s a more of an old-school football guy. I think the football side is really important to him to have the opportunity to develop and be in a competitive environment and I would say culture and people that are like-minded in terms of wanting to compete for championships and take it to the highest level and doing it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the schools mentioned, Granville could also fit Michigan into the equation.<\/p>\n

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