Young DE Faulk Flashes Why He is Already a Coveted Football Recruit

A dozen college football programs have already seen enough to extend a scholarship offer to class of 2023 Alabama defensive end Keldric Faulk. SI All-American got a sample as to why.

Keldric Faulk is hard to miss. 

The freshman football and basketball prospect already stands a legitimate 6-foot-5, 230 pounds or so and has proved productive in each sport at the varsity level despite his youth. 

SI All-American recently got a fresh look at the Highland Home (Ala.) standout during the inaugural Dex Preps Elite Camp just outside of Birmingham. There was little denial of Faulk's natural length and athleticism despite sitting as a rising sophomore prospect still early in his development. 

"I feel good, I was out there doing my thing," he said. "I'm a great pass rusher so no lineman out there could block me. No lineman can block me...

"I've improved in the weight room a lot. I was real skinny and now I've got a little meat on me now, I weigh 228."

LSU, Florida, Kentucky, Penn State and several other programs have already offered Faulk a scholarship. He's in no rush to name favorites or make a verbal commitment but there are early impressions being made, on the field and well beyond, by each program on the list.

"I'm evaluating for myself, see if I like the place, see if it has what I want to do in life," he said. "If it doesn't have that...I don't know. I want to be an engineer, or mechanic, work with electronics and stuff.

"I'm taking my time and seeing what I've got coming in." 

Faulk says when it does come to football, the SEC programs already on the offer list command his attention. 

"It's great exposure," he said of the conference. "There's more talent there, more competition."

Arguably the top two programs in the league will soon get Faulk back on campus, too. The NCAA dead period ends as the month of February does and March is slated to be busy for droves of top prospects like Faulk. 

"I'm taking a lot of visits," he said. "I'm going to take one March 7, to Alabama. Hit up New Orleans camp with Rivals. LSU on March 14, too."

Basketball will continue to be a big part of the upcoming offseasons for Faulk. Admitting the sport was his first love, he does appear to be using the game as more of a supplement to his football ability these days.

"I grew up playing basketball," he said. "Basketball is still there but it's a secondary sport, though. It's about football now. It's just something to keep me active."

Faulk isn't near the basketball recruit that he has already become in football but he isn't ruling out playing each in college just yet. 

"If it falls that way..." he said with a big smile on his face. 

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