CRESTVIEW — Marquis McClain and Marcus Flavors didn’t plan to both wear bow ties.
The only thing Flavors told his Crestview football teammate was he’d look “clean” Wednesday.
So the Auburn commit felt he should match the style.
McClain is just happy to have another Bulldog join him for National Signing Day festivities.
Flavors committed last weekend to Southeastern Louisiana, a Division I-AA school in the Southland Conference. That gave Crestview’s 2016 class two signees, with McClain choosing Auburn in the summer.
“It was a big help because a few months ago I told him I wanted to have someone sign with me,” McClain said. “He told me he was getting interest from schools and when he told me about an offer, I got excited.
“I wish it was more but at least he made it us.”
The wide receiver’s future was never in doubt – although he said Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi State made late pushes – but Flavors, a defensive lineman, didn’t get a Division I offer until the final weekend before the annual signing day.
“I feel like I should’ve had more D-I offers,” he said. “I’m just blessed I got one and now I can go prove everyone wrong.”
Flavors, who had 100 tackles and a double-digit amount of sacks in his All-Area season, also considered Division II programs Tusculum and Harding. He had Tusculum at the top, but when Southeastern Louisiana wanted him, it changed everything. First, the Lions have won two conference titles in 2013 and 2014 before last season’s 4-6-1 finish. Second, the official visit sold Flavors.
“When I went and visited,” he said, “it reminded me of Crestview. It’s a bigger city but it’s all for one school, just like Crestview.”
McClain, though, was just happy to add someone to the limelight.
The All-Area selectee from 2014 got recruiting publicity during the summer, when he nabbed offers from Nebraska and Tulane. However, Auburn was his pick.
“They lost their four receivers so there is opportunity for me to play as a freshman,” McClain explained. “It’s home, too. I’m born in Montgomery and have family there and in Auburn.
“I’ll have a lot of people from Crestview watching me next year.”
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview's McClain, Flavors make college choices official (PHOTOS)