First offer draws tears for South Carolina lineman

Junior offensive lineman Eli Henderson has received two scholarship offers from University of Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman, and the first one was a very emotional.Henderson, 6-4, 285 pounds, of Duncan (S.C.) Byrnes and his parents first met Pittman while attending a Georgia summer camp last year.

“When we first walked in he sort of eye-balled me and everything, and I really didn’t know what was going on,” Henderson said.

Pittman then had Henderson perform drills for about 30 minutes before they headed off to his office for a meeting.

“We weren’t expecting anything much more than we’re looking at you, we like you, we’ll see what happens,” Henderson said. “But he told us from the second rep, ‘I…