Star prep athlete asking for favorite number

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - For one of America&#39;s top college prospects, the future is all about a number. <br> <br> Ernie Sims the Third -- a 225-pound running back and linebacker from North Florida Christian High School -- likes Auburn, Georgia and Florida State. <br> <br> He also wants to keep his high school uniform number, 34. But that number is retired at all three schools. <br> <br> Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker -- both Heisman Trophy winners -- wore the number at Auburn and Georgia respectively. Two-time All American wide receiver Ron Sellers wore it at Florida State. <br> <br> But Sims isn&#39;t wanting the number -- made even more famous in the NFL by the late Walter Payton -- because of Walker, Jackson or Sellers. <br> <br> Sims&#39; high-school coach -- Tim Cokely -- says it goes back to Sims&#39; brother when he played in Tallahassee, Florida. <br> <br> Sellers -- now a West Palm Beach insurance executive who still holds most of Florida State&#39;s receiving records 35 years after he played -- has given coach Bobby Bowden the go-ahead to let Sims wear the number.

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