During his seven years as the head coach of the Surrattsville football team, Tom Green had one player sign with a Division I school -- future Maryland running back Davin Meggett.

After leading the Hornets to their best season in school history last fall, Green was hired as head coach at Eleanor Roosevelt in Greenbelt in February. At ERHS, Green expects “between six and eight” of his rising seniors to sign DI letters of intent come Signing Day.

“A lot more coaches come to [Roosevelt] on a daily basis,” Green said. “I would still get the same coaches to come through [Surrattsville], but they’re just spending a lot more time with me visiting. But like I always tell my players, coaches don’t get kids scholarships -- kids get kids scholarships. Kids playing football well and being prepared academically, that’s what gets kids scholarships.”

Three Raiders in particular have drawn college coaches to Roosevelt this year -- cornerback Derrick Thomas, defensive end Isaiah Ross and cornerback Stephon Morris.

The most heavily recruited Raider thus far has been Thomas, who claims offers from Maryland, Illinois, Penn State and Rutgers.

“His versatility -- I think the biggest thing with him is you can use him in so many places,” Green said. “Him being 6 foot and a half, that allows him to play safety or corner. He has very good [football instincts] and speed, so you could play him at receiver or in the slot. [Schools] know if they recruit him they can use him at any one of those positions.”

Ross was offered a scholarship by Maryland last week, his first offer so far.

“With Isaiah, because he’s so explosive at the point of attack, he can play at inside ‘backer,” Green said. “And he’s strong enough that he can put his hands down and play defensive end.”

Morris sports an offer from Penn State, while Maryland and many others have shown interest.

“Morris’ thing is that he’s very quick,” Green said. “He’s only 5’8 and some change, so I think that was probably some of the hold up on a few schools that didn’t offer him early. But Penn State looked at his tape and saw that he ran so well and has great hips [to play] cornerback.”

Green said he thinks Thomas, Ross and Morris will all let their recruitments play out a bit before making their choices.

“With these guys, they’re so well schooled in the recruiting process, that a lot of these guys are going to visit the schools in the summer, go to some one-day camps, and then feel them out to see where they want to go to college.”