Yesterday Offensive Guard Ashton Julious of Lackawanna Junior College made his first college visit to NC State yesterday. We were able to speak with him this morning about his visit.
“It was pretty good. The showed me around and I really like everything. The coaches were real cool,” said Julius. “I got to sit in a meeting. They let me take some pictures and try on some jerseys. It was really cool experience.”
The coaching staff pitched playing time and closeness to home as incentives for deciding to run with the Pack.
“The told me that there is a good chance of me coming in and playing right away,” said Julious. “They talked about how close to home it would be for me (Florence, SC), and how all of my family would be able to come to all of my games.”
When asked about the type of program he wanted to join, it was important to him that he wouldn’t just be another number.
“I’m just really looking for a good environment, that is a really supportive program. One where I get all the help I need in case football doesn’t work out,” said Julious. “I don’t just want to be a player on the football team, but a person that the coaches and players care about.”
Even though NC State was the first school that he visited, he said that he would be getting in the car tomorrow to head to Baylor for a visit, and was confident he would visit many others over the summer, but wasn’t sure of which schools those would be yet.
When put on the spot last month in an interview with Scout, Julious singled out NC State and Arizona St. as the two schools that “were kind of at the top.” But according to our conversation with him this morning, all teams were equal in his mind right now, and he has no timetable of when he might make a decision.
