Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State offer scholarships to 286-pound eighth-grader Jaheim Oatis

— -- Some college football programs will make offers to middle school prospects to gain attention on a national level. It appears to be much more than that in the case of 6-foot-4, 286-pound Jaheim Oatis.

According to a tweet posted Friday by Oatis, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Alabama?have made scholarship offers to the soon-to-be eighth-grader from Columbia, Mississippi.

Watching the video of Oatis running a self-reported, 4.7-second 40-yard dash at Ole Miss camp, it's easy to see why the Rebels and Bulldogs both offered following their June camps.

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Over the weekend, Oatis' very early recruitment went to another level following camp at Alabama, when he received a "dreams came true" offer from Nick Saban.

Oatis is sure to capture the attention of football recruiting junkies for the next few years, similar to when Dylan Moses?-- now a freshman linebacker at Alabama -- burst onto the national scene in 2012 after being offered by LSU?prior to his eighth-grade year.