Some recruiting battles arrive with trumpets, while others begin with a conversation, another conversation, and then enough honest attention that a young man starts to understand which coaches merely know his ranking and which ones have taken the time to know him. The pursuit of Jacolby Campbell is becoming the latter. Campbell, the surging 2028 wide receiver from Abbeville, Louisiana, is one of those prospects whose recruitment seems to grow another set of shoulders every time the industry looks in his direction. The four-star playmaker is ranked by 247Sports as the nation’s No. 26 wide…
Bayou to Bayou: Houston Refuses to Blink in the Jacolby Campbell Chase
Willie Fritz and Brian Bell are making sure the four-star Louisiana playmaker knows there is more than one powerhouse program waiting along the bayou.

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