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Published on: 8/17/2006
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Neither did his brother Andre King, who is a volunteer community coach at
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jogged up a hill onto GAC's practice field, flanked by Chupp and Andre King.
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King was wearing his familiar No. 4 jersey, thanks to a sacrifice made by
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King joins two other Division I-A prospects at GAC in quarterback Len
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Both had met King at a camp earlier thissummer at Auburn.
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King was welcomed with a round of applause from his teammates after Chupp
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King was kneeling, in a white jersey and pants, and new red cleats.The redcleats, unlike most of his teammates' black ones, weren't the only thing that made King stand out as he went through individual drills.
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King's older brother Andre, who is also a first-year volunteer communitycoach with the Spartans, has been quoted on numerous occasions as saying the smaller class sizes and the Christian environment would benefit his talentedyounger brother, who rushed for an astounding 2,765 yards and 19 TDs lastyear at Parkview, which plays in Class AAAAA, Georgia's largest classification.GAC is an AA program.In his two seasons at Parkview, King amassed 4,285 total yards (3,889 yardsrushing) from scrimmage and 36 touchdowns.
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brother Andre called up Chupp out of the blue to talk about the Spartans'
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"This is Andre King," the conversation began.
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"I was really at a loss," Chupp said of the initial conversation with Andre,
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So we just started talking about that ... and Andre started liking our program and was encouraged by what we were doing.I said,'Andre, what would you think about coaching?' And Andre said he would loveto coach.And really my talk with Andre was about coaching." Now Andre will be helping coach his younger brother, who just happens to berated as the No. 1 running back in the nation by Rivals.com.King's transfer to GAC has been rumored for months, even before last school year ended.But while he was taking summer school classes in Texas lastweek, neither his old school or his new school was quite sure whether he
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After practice on Tuesday, King's former coach had nothing but praise forthe star runner, who rushed for 2,765 yards and 19 TDs last year andfinished his two-year Parkview career with 4,285 total yards (3,889 yards rushing) from scrimmage and 36 touchdowns.King also ran back three kickoffsfor TDs as well.
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While King hasn't had a chance yet to make an impression on the footballfield for the Spartans - his first practice with his new team is expected tobe today - he already made one on his new head coach when they met together on Monday.
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King and his brother Andre King, 33, visited the Parkview field house
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King spent the past two seasons at Parkview, after transferring there fromColumbia High in DeKalb County his freshman year.Last season King rushed for 2,768 yards for Parkview, making a run at Herschel Walker's state recordfor yards in a season.King blossomed into one of the top running backs inthe country, according to several recruiting services.He has scholarship offers from Georgia, Auburn, LSU and Notre Dame, among others.
Andre King has said the family was considering GAC for its Christian missionand smaller classes.Andre King didn't comment before Tuesday's practice at GAC. Caleb King could not be reached for further comment.
Andre King is working as a volunteer community coach at GAC.
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Chupp reiterated Tuesday that Andre King is the one who
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"First of all, Andre came to me," Chupp said.
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King won't be the first highly regarded running back to play for GAC, which
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At GAC, King will run behind an offensive line that features T-Bob Hebert,
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coach Andre King during his first practice at GAC.