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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Derrick Caracter finds himself competing this week against some of America's best recruits -- even though he has yet to put on a high school jersey.
For Caracter, it's an opportunity to blend in and prove in front of the nation's top college coaches and NBA scouts that at age 14, he's every bit as good as the other 200 or so campers in Indianapolis.
"I want people to say by the time I leave here that I'm not just a good eighth grader," Caracter said before the games started Monday afternoon. "I want them to say that I'm one of the top 15 players at the camp."
Caracter and Demond Carter are the first two middle schoolers to participate in the 16 Nike All-America Camps, but these two are no ordinary eighth-graders.
Carter, who is 5-foot-8 and 151 pounds, averaged 23 points and 5 assists playing for his high school varsity team, Reserve Christian in Laplace, La. He also was a first-team all-state selection.
Caracter presents an almost unfathomable image. At 6-9, 286 pounds, he is one of the largest players at Nike camp. He has a personal trainer and a man's face. He leg squats 350 pounds on one leg although he has not yet started doing bench presses because he's still growing.
Last season, at Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains, N.J., Caracter put up monster numbers -- 28 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists per game -- against vastly undersized competition.
For Caracter, it's an opportunity to blend in and prove in front of the nation's top college coaches and NBA scouts that at age 14, he's every bit as good as the other 200 or so campers in Indianapolis.
"I want people to say by the time I leave here that I'm not just a good eighth grader," Caracter said before the games started Monday afternoon. "I want them to say that I'm one of the top 15 players at the camp."
Caracter and Demond Carter are the first two middle schoolers to participate in the 16 Nike All-America Camps, but these two are no ordinary eighth-graders.
Carter, who is 5-foot-8 and 151 pounds, averaged 23 points and 5 assists playing for his high school varsity team, Reserve Christian in Laplace, La. He also was a first-team all-state selection.
Caracter presents an almost unfathomable image. At 6-9, 286 pounds, he is one of the largest players at Nike camp. He has a personal trainer and a man's face. He leg squats 350 pounds on one leg although he has not yet started doing bench presses because he's still growing.
Last season, at Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains, N.J., Caracter put up monster numbers -- 28 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists per game -- against vastly undersized competition.
