Article: Cornish on the cusp.

Byline: Ryan Wood

Nov. 25--Mark Mangino compared the level of play to Class 2A high school football in Kansas. Mangino, Kansas University's football coach, liked Jon Cornish on tape, but the competition in British Columbia was just no standard by which to scout. It was late 2001. Cornish just completed a massive senior season playing running back and linebacker for Saint Thomas More Prep in New Westminster, B.C. At the urging of a television correspondent who covered Cornish, the Canadian standout sent his highlight video to about 20 NCAA schools in the United States, hoping for a chance at big-time college football. The tape -- complete with techno music ...

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