It’s no secret that Austin Seferian-Jenkins is coveted by college football coaches. Gig Harbor’s junior tight end has the frame – he’s 6-foot-7 and 243 pounds – and athleticism to garner scholarship offers from almost every major program in the country.

Yet, it seems that Seferian-Jenkins is also a wanted man on the prep football all-star game circuit. A few days after committing to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl a representative from the Under Armour All-Star Game called Tides coach Darren McKay and asked if Seferian-Jenkins was interested in participating in the that event next year. If Seferian-Jenkins did, the rep promised McKay a spot on one of the game’s coaching staffs and free flights and hotel rooms at the Walt Disney World Resort for McKay and his family.

“I went to Austin and told him I was given my first opportunity to prostitute him out,” McKay said. “He had a big laugh about it.”

Seferian-Jenkins said he chose to play in the Army game out of respect for his father, John Jenkins, who served in the Army, and its history of drawing the nation’s top talent.

“That game has the most tradition and gets the best players,” Seferian-Jenkins said. “It seems to be the most successful one.”

After talking to some friends who played in the Army game, Seferian-Jenkins learned of a dirty, little secret about the all-star games.

“When you commit to one game the recruiting services that back other games will drop you in their rankings,” he said. “I don’t really care about that, though, because where I rank is not that big of a thing for me.”

Seferian-Jenkin’s popularity doesn’t end with football coaches and recruiting gurus. MTV contacted Seferian-Jenkins to feature him on a episode of its True Life series. He said they wanted the angle to be how a superstar prep athlete balances athletics, school and a social life. After talking with his family and McKay and considering the affects of having a camera crew follow him fim 24/7, Seferian-Jenkins decided against doing the show.

“There wasn’t much of a benefit for me to do the show,” he said. “It could only hurt me.”

As for what school Seferian-Jenkins will attend, he’s not close to making that decision. He said he plans to whittle his list of choices to about 10 schools this spring. He has plenty of options. At least 18 schools, including Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Washington State, have offered a scholarship.