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It didn’t take long for Solon (OH) linebacker Steve Greer to know where he wanted to spend the next four or five years of his life. Shortly after returning home from an official visit to the University of Virginia, the 6-2, 218-pound first-team all-Ohio selection verbally committed to Cavaliers head coach Al Groh.

“He committed late last night,” Solon head coach Jim McQuaide told TheSabre.com. “He wanted to share the experience with his mother before making the commitment. He made the visit with his dad, but his mother didn’t make it. After he talked with his mom, he called Coach Groh and told him of his decision.”

Greer, who turned in an excellent senior season, earned a handful of Division 1A scholarship offers but eventually narrowed his list of schools to North Carolina, Oklahoma State and Virginia. He visited all three programs before settling on UVa.

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