How Gavin Locklear positioned NC State inside 3-star TE Gavin Mueller’s top eight

Gavin Mueller didn’t play football during his freshman or sophomore year of high school. Instead, he was focused on basketball. But when he was presented with an opportunity to attend a camp going into his junior year, Mueller decided to give it a whirl.  And, well, he was successful.  Mueller only ran a few routes on air in front of college coaches, but it was enough to generate his first two scholarship offers from Akron and Marshall. That led him to believe football was something worth pursuing again after he thought he moved on from the sport in middle school.  Now, the South Eglin (Ill.) tight end has emerged as a three-star recruit following just one season of high school football. Mueller has become a coveted prospect in the midwest, recently cutting his list to eight schools: Arkansas, Colorado, NC State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Purdue, Texas A&M and Wisconsin.