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Heuerman Makes Ten

Must have liked what he saw at the Spring Game
Ohio State has received a verbal from tight end Jeff Heuerman ($) of Naples Collier, making the 6-5/230 tight end the tenth member of the 2011 class.  Heuerman, one of a handful of sunshine state preps in attendance for the Spring Game over the weekend, received his offer on Saturday and left town having fallen in love with the school and city and phoned Jim Tressel today to give him the good news. Heuerman, the son of a former Michigan hoopster (father Paul played center for the Wolverines), but saw the light after receiving overtures from a number of schools including Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Scout's early listings peg him as a three-star and the 17th-best tight end in the class after he caught 12 passes for 300 yards and four touchdowns as a junior in a run-oriented attack.  In other words, even if the Buckeyes return to treating tight ends as glorified tackles after the departure of Stoneburner, he'll fit right in.  Though with his size and the basketball hands he likely received from pops, it might be wise to get him the ball. It's thought the Buckeyes have room for two tight ends in this class, so Heuerman's verbal likely leaves one slot for either Westerville Central's Nick Vannett or Ben Koyack of Oil City, PA. (H/T Paul)

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BuddhaBuck on 26 April 2010 - 10:10pm #

What are we going to nickname the Class of 2011?

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chad on 26 April 2010 - 11:10pm #

Reminds me of Stoney!

And the class will be named the Brax Pack. For Braxton Miller.

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BWells on 26 April 2010 - 11:18pm #

Any word on Braxton Miller and Trey DePriest? Were they at the spring game? I kind of expect these two to wait until signing day to announce where they're going, but if they both committed to the buckeyes early in the process it would be a huge boost and could end up attracting more big name recruits.

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KINGOFDAMIDDIE on 26 April 2010 - 11:33pm #

I saw Braxton Miller there when I was at the concession during halftime. Rod Smith was there to.

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bup bup bup on 27 April 2010 - 1:16am #

Braxton comes from a school with a pretty solid OSU lean, but given that he's one of the best qbs in his class it's probably a given that he'll take his time. some people are convinced he's already in the bag, but I'm not as confident; there's a ton of time left and with guys like kiffin out there... blech. who knows

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BWells on 27 April 2010 - 1:31am #

If he ends up at USC, I will probably be pissed. If he goes just about anyplace else, I won't mind as much, but I really hope he chooses the Buckeyes. I don't know what it is, but there's something about USC and Lane Kiffin that just pisses me off.

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bup bup bup on 27 April 2010 - 1:33am #

Actually to correct myself, miller's dad has said he wants to commit early to focus on his senior year. that probably bodes well for us, but I can't shake the feeling that some really high profile recruits who've been raised buckeye are more liable to want to stretch their legs someplace else

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Brian on 27 April 2010 - 10:15am #

Keffin and USC won't want him as a QB. USC likes your traditional drop back QB that has a good pocket presence. Their offense isn't the type for a dual threat QB.

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Brian on 27 April 2010 - 10:16am #

Kiffin I mean. Not that he won't want Miller, but they already landed another QB from Matter Dei in this class. I'm more concerned about Nick Saban.

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Brian on 27 April 2010 - 10:19am #

I don't know, I think they have had a pretty good past of nailing the top Ohio talent. Last year was the exception more than the rule but the top guys who didn't commit weren't neccessarily heavy Buckeye leans to begine with. Jordan Hicks had connections to Texas and Matt James went to St. X, and those kids always seem to end up at Notre Dame when they get an offer.

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Anonymous Internet Person on 27 April 2010 - 4:50pm #

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