• Malik Golden set to pick between four

  • By Roger Brown | August 24, 2011 9:18:03 AM PDT
One of the top uncommitted recruits from New England is expected to come off the board Wednesday night when athlete Malik Golden (Newington, Conn./Cheshire Academy) selects from a list of four schools: Boston College, Connecticut, Penn State and Iowa.Golden, who is being recruited as both a wide receiver and a defensive back, said he'll announce his decision around 7 p.m. ET at his school.Golden took two unofficial visits last weekend -- Penn State on Friday and traveled to Boston College on Saturday."I couldn't put the schools in any order until I went to Penn State," Golden said. "I went to a camp there, but had never visited. I considered all four right to the end."Golden's other offers came from Akron, Bryant, Stony Brook, Central Michigan, Towson, Tulane and Villanova. Iowa was the first FBS school to make an offer.If Golden selects Connecticut, he would be the third in-state player to join the Huskies from the Class of 2012. Three-star quarterback Casey Cochran (Monroe) and three-star running back Montrell Dobbs (Ansonia) committed to Connecticut earlier this year.Golden is friends with Cochran, and said he heard from him shortly after Cochran committed.Penn State has three players from New England in its current class: four-star outside linebacker Camren Williams (Easton, Mass.), three-star defensive back Armani Reeves (Easton, Mass.) and two-star defensive back Jake Kiley (Plymouth, N.H.).Golden said he spoke with both Reeves and Kiley after they committed.It'll be a busy day for Golden since his Cheshire Academy team began preseason practice Wednesday."It'll be a relief once it's over," he said.

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