Dontre Wilson Makes 24
DeSoto (TX) ATH Dontre Wilson committed to Oregon over Ohio State and Texas back in May of 2012, but there was always smoke that the Buckeyes could pose a threat to the Ducks in landing the speedster.
Smoke turned to fire once Chip Kelly accepted the head coaching job with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Urban Meyer and his staff came hard after the Under Armour All-American. Urban was able to convince Wilson to take an official visit to Columbus a few weeks ago and the trip went as well as could be planned, ultimately resulting in the four-star prospect's commitment to play for OSU just moments ago.
At 5-10/165, Wilson played primarily running back for DeSoto, but was recruited as a slot receiver for the Buckeyes' spread offense. He is rated as the nation's sixth best all-purpose back by the 247 Composite and compiled 1,895 rushing yards with 37 touchdowns on 294 carries and 37 receptions for 750 yards with 9 scores during his senior campaign.
This is a big pickup late in the game for the Buckeyes, who add another playmaker to a wide receiver group that is in dire need of both talent and depth. Wilson is expected to make an immediate impact on offense and could even see time in the return game, as he handled those duties in the Under Armour All-America Game.
We will try to catch up with Dontre in the very near future to get his thoughts on "flipping" to Ohio State and what he expects to bring to Columbus this fall.
Signing Day is just two days away, so be sure to stay tuned to 11W as we bring you the latest developments on the recruiting trail.
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Hell yeah!! Buckeye and he's gonna dominate! Marshall, Wilson, and Elliott on the field at the same time. Crazy
Love seeing the block O get put on when sitting next two Texas and Oregon.
Urban is taking names!
WB
Welcome to Buckeye Nation Dontre!
BAM! Welcome to Buckeye Nation!
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Did anyone else notice that the Buckeye hat was the only one with the bill broken and curved? Saw it and knew which one he had been trying on in front of the mirror. Welcome to The Ohio State University Dontre!
Code? Multi-tasking!
What in the good hell happened here? Maybe site-crash related?
Anyways, good get by Urban!
My computer got excited. Can you blame it?
I noticed the curved bill also. Thought that said it all.
Weclome to Buckeye Nation, Dontre
I wish I could up vote this. Very nice use of the gif
MOM......MEATLOAF!!!!!!!
Wow! I wish I could vote this up! Well done, sir. Well done.
This is shaping up to be the best class I have ever seen at tOSU
"We have always had the best damn band in the land, now we have the best damn team in the land"- Jim Tressel 1-03-03
I just said the same thing to my best friend. This class is insane!
It certainly feels that way! I do wish we had just one more quality O-line recruit but some of the D-Line guys like Billy Price or Donovan Munger could play on either side.
Wait until next year!!
Pick up your feet, turn your corners square! And DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE!!!
WAMP WAMP
The Spatula.
Help is on the way.
Welcome to the Buckeye Nation Dontre!!! You are going to have a lot of fun here!!!
The best thing about Pastafarianism? It is not only acceptable, but advisable, to be heavily sauced
Yes! Welcome to Buckeye natiion, Dontre!
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
Misseur Candie: WHERE IS MY BEATUIFUL SISTER!?
Hopefully his career ends more gracefully than the last guy to announce "The University of Ohio State". Best of luck to the kid, he is an absolute burner and his balance and agility are amazing.
Love to see this gray box in particular. You're going to be great in THE Ohio State University's offense!
Alex, we forgive you for not getting the box up right away. It's our fault for crashing the server with our crazy F5 fandom :)
Welcome Mr. Wilson, glad to have you aboard!
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
Oh gray box, you are the most beautiful color.
Hell yeah!!! UFM is the man!!
You have to hate losing more than you love winning! GO BUCKS!!
Urbans Number One Whooooooo, so psyched for this kid
Excellent GIF. Go Team Ramrod....er BUCKEYES!
Kinda looks like Randy Edsall when stefon diggs committed, eh?
Welcome Mr. Wilson!
You are now a part of an amazing class of playmakers!
BIG beware!!!!
Welcome to the family Dontre.
****igan smells like old water that hot dogs were boiled in. FACT
Yeah boy!
^save to favorites
Welcome DW. And props to all the Nuts that blew up that chat room.
Alex, was this your mystery flip?
Or, is that still a...... mystery?
Help is on the way.
Rivals has us at #1 already.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/teamrank/2013/all/all?sct=uk_t11_a16
With Foster committing to Alabama, Rivals has them at #1 now, sadly.
Help is on the way.
But, if/when OSU gets Vonn Bell, it will be the #1 class.
Help is on the way.
One of the best recruiting classes we've ever had
URBAN FREAKING MEYER!!
TOM FREAKING HERMAN!!!
OHIO FREAKING STATE!!!!
Almost looks like a young Lamichael James. Can not wait to see him in scarlet and gray
Thank you Dontre, Thank you Alex, Thank you Gray Box.....gonna be a good nights sleep!
FANTASTIC! Love plundering Texas, & beating Oregon a second time! Welcome to Buckeye Nation, Dontre!
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
Worries me about Zeke. Great pick up though. Wonder who else is leaving the program to make a spot available? Come on Vonn Bell. 25 would be a great. OLine heavy for the 2014 class.
vacuuming sucks
Read my lips... EZE not going anywhere! This team is stacking up and he is on board!!
"Statistics always remind me of a fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet." - Coach Woody Hayes
I think this may be a better highlight tape. Look at 3:03 and 3:47. Those plays stick out to me when I think of his speed.
Almost just embedded the same tape/noted the same 3:03 run. Great speed.
His quarterback must be able to run also, because I can't believe how many times the lineman takes the QB on the read option.
To err is human. Really sucking requires having yellow stripes on your helmet.
Welcome to Buckeye Nation!!
Welcome aboard Dontre,good luck.GO BUCKS!
I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
Damn nice!!!
“The minute we stop expecting greatness from our football program, we become Wisconsin.” Craig Krenzel
Welcome aboard Dontre.
NOW READY FOR WEDNESDAY!
"Success - it's what you do with what you got" - Woody Hayes
One of the best for sure, however, the reign atop rivals class rank was short lived as Foster went Tide shortly after Dontre went TOSU so back at #2 but seriously who really cares.
lmao!
Yesssss
The Carlton! Excellent. I have to give this link, subsequently, as a nice youtube compilation of this wonderful and festive dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKlxjbhB9HE
Love it! If I could give thumbs up, you'd have one. :-)
So much awesome
Follow me @jaythesportsguy
Now that is just plain hysterical!!!
The best thing about Pastafarianism? It is not only acceptable, but advisable, to be heavily sauced
Buckeye family you have to check this video out .... just sick!
Hardly home but always reppin
Speed to burn...
Yeah, I know there's concerns about EzE, but it doesn't matter what position you put Dontre in....he's a PLAYMAKA!
Ok I was already excited but I think I just busted a (buck)nut.
I know right? Imagine the feeling buckeye nation will have if Vonn picks the good guys.
Yea I know, your supposed to call a doctor if you have an erection for longer than 6 hours, right???
Wow^
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
Man what I would give to be able to run like that!!! Dude is dangerous fast. Great Video
Did anyone else read DeSoto (TX) ATH Dontre Wilson committed to Oregon over Ohio State.. "quietly" freak out and then realize that they were talking about back in May. Or am I the only one? Anyway it sure is nice to have him and I can't wait to see him on the field.
YES.
I'm glad im not the only one. I read the headline "Wilson makes 24" and then the first line. i was like WOOOOO- wha....?
I had to be up at 4 this morning for work at 5 and so I was already a little out of it when I woke up and read it. I seriously got that sinking feeling that I got back when I was a kid and would wake up in the morning to see that my team lost the night before.
This website crashed so many times, lol. I'm not that happy about getting Wilson but it is what it is. BTW Elliot may be gone so lets keep our fingers cross and hope it doesn't happen.
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
He's not leaving!! Everyone needs to chill! EZE is gonna be just fine!
"Statistics always remind me of a fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet." - Coach Woody Hayes
I was not high on Wilson at first but look at all the highlights posted! He is such an amazing all-around back/reciever and he is playing against some of the toughest HS competition in the nation.
Dontre is EXACTLY the kind of playmaker Urban wants in his offense. Get the ball in his hands, get him in space, let him make plays. Screw Oregon, let the nation know WE have the gamebreaker now!
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
How in the lords name can you not be happy about this acquisition...??? EzE will sign his letter of intent tomorrow for OSU. Stop the madness ppl...you sound like either want to lose him or you're not into having so many weapons that it will even make teams like Bama nervous...stop the madness plz!
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
@ BME Buckeye.
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
Welcome to the family, kid!
Buckeye born and bred. Buckeye til I'm dead.
Welcome aboard!
...and we gotta get these newly redesined logos off the letters we're sending to recruits! ;-)
Way to go Urban Friggin Meyer! Great day to be a Buckeye indeed ...
Trotwood-Madison. Once a Ram, Always a Ram.
And this heals some sourness from michigan landing green....this dude is going to be wayyy better
No disrespect my friend; but Green couldn't carry Dontre or Eze's jockstrap.
"Fate has cards that it don't want to show"
4000+ Buckmaniacs in the Channel 4 chat room, up on a school night waiting with their tongues hanging out for Dontre to pick the good guys is what Buckeye Nation is all about. Crashing Servers along the way. :)
New Buckeye nickname, D-Train obviously. Welcome Dontre! Can't wait to see you unleashed in Coach Meyer's offense!
" ... let's beat the shit out of M*chigan." -Urban Meyer-
Naw u usually reserve the "Train" name for power backs! This kid is lightning in a bottle!! But im sure sum1 will come up with a nickname for him!
JC Shurburtt of 247 just said this regarding the Dontre Wilson filp, "It looks like Meyer and company are trying to be the Ducks on offense and LSU on defense. That’s quite the successful formula."
Be afraid...be very afraid
Love it.
" ... let's beat the shit out of M*chigan." -Urban Meyer-
Very succinct...
I've lost respect for JC Shurburtt. Our offense is going to be much better than anything Oregon puts out!
Oregon has been the blueprint for a great spread offense for the past few years, you can't get much better than that.
Dont sleep on Oregons offense!! They have had the most explosive offense in recent years. Remember these kids need time to mature and learn the offense...
Oregon puts up a lot of points, but they don't really have a ball-control aspect to their offense -- I've never seen them grit out a 1 point win. They win huge or they lose.
So, I'd much rather have Urban's offense, which starts from power running football from a spread formation. Sure we run the zone read, but we also run Power O, Counter trey, etc. If a game gets into a slugfest (like the Michigan game), we're able to tough it out with our running backs like Hyde.
"We get paid to score touchdowns, not kick field goals"
-- Urban Meyer
^^^^^This x Pi.
To err is human. Really sucking requires having yellow stripes on your helmet.
The offenses are actually quite similar, they had a lot of injuries which really hurt them defensively this year. I was just making a point that they are the standard, in fact Urban said when he came here that he wanted his offense to look like Oregon's.
We dont have to try to be like anybody. We Are Ohio State! Let everybody else marvel at our wonder as we put up 50+ per game and display typical OSU stifling defense.
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
I've seen a few people say he was urbs number one playmaker in this class. Any where did that cone from any truth to it? Great pick up either way. Now bell on nsd would finish an unreal class
O'Deez330
stark county football
Urban Meyer is a gangster pimp. That is all...
I fucking love this staff.
Just what I needed to hold me over til NSD! Can't wait to see all those official faxes come in on Wednesday!!!
Kid is a touchdown manufacturer.
dammit I love that gif every time I see it!
Psych might be my favorite show ever.
You know that's right.
Will always be Charlie from the West Wing to me
My fellow Buckeyes should know; Desoto HS is a powerhouse Texas high school program with D1 prospects all over the field and Dontre Wilson is the creme de la creme. Think St. Eds; Glenville; Xavier; Akron SVSM; Canton Mckinley; you get the idea. Go Buckeyes!!!!!
"Fate has cards that it don't want to show"
Desoto certainly plays on some nice turf! If these are playoff games in the video posts, then Desoto is playing against quality opponents, which goes to show how fast and agile Dontre Wilson is.
It's good to be a Buckeye! WOOOOO!
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
This guy really looks alot like Jeff Demps to me. Similar measurables: Both stood at 5'10 180 coming out of highschool, and they have similar 40 times (4.4 for Wilson and 4.35 for Demps. Plus the highlight tapes are shockingly similar.
Demps Highlights:
Wilson Highlights:
Only thing different is it looks like Wilson faced better defenses
That has to be one of the funniest movie scenes of all time.
Awesome news, now Alex needs to bolster the servers for NSD! Need a fund drive for that? Im on board!
"Statistics always remind me of a fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet." - Coach Woody Hayes
Great start to a great finish. Bell is next. Loved EZE but this is going to make his potential miss easier to swallow if he makes the wrong choice. Bring on Bell and I will be ecstatic!!Any other stud will take me over the top.
finish with Bell and Clark and say hello to Bama
We are now tied for 2nd in Rivals ratings with Fllorida.
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
JACK TATUM
Probably still third on mgoblog's Big Ten Rankings though.
Had to upvote you for the qoute! Mr. Tatum was and is the greatest hitter of the game.
My favorite part his video comes right about the 2 minute mark, the stop start move he puts on is awesome. To me the most impressive part, stop on a dime, then accellerates really quickly. Guy is going to be good. Looks like this recruiting class is going to be one for the ages.
Three kids (all studs) from Texas in the same recruiting class; that has to be a first; way to go Urban and Tom Herrmann!!
"Fate has cards that it don't want to show"
Good golly. This is going to be a scary offense.
Imagine XBrax, Dontre Wilson, Devin Smith, Jalin Marshall, and Philly brown all on the same field. Who do you try to stop?
And if you do cover them all we'll just run the ball down your throat with Carlos Hyde, Brionte Dunn or Elliott (if he commits).
Welcome to Buckeye Nation, Dontre!
"We get paid to score touchdowns, not kick field goals"
-- Urban Meyer
Forgot Rod Smith
Welcome to Buckeye Nation, Dontre!
#BuckeyeSwag
Upvoted for you!
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
How every Orgeon fan feels right at this moment.
" ... let's beat the shit out of M*chigan." -Urban Meyer-
Hahaha... someone vote this up, please :)
Err Muh Gerd!
*Oregon*
" ... let's beat the shit out of M*chigan." -Urban Meyer-
Need.More.Bandwidth.
This calls for a celebration!!!!! I wish it was Friday and not a work day tomorrow!
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
11w's servers are going to explode on wednesday
Yes!
October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day
The fact that Chip Kelly recruited this guy to be HIS guy at running back and now we have him needs to get everybody ridiculously excited.
October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day
First there was Harvin, Rainey, and Demps
now it's
EZE, Marshall, and Wilson.
He can still play for old Chipper.
In 2016 for the Eagles
Wow, this kid's tape is RIDICULOUS.
Fantastic commit. Welcome to TOSU dontre.
Absolutely fantastic news!
"...but then again 'Michigan' and 'huge mistake' are synonymous so that shouldn't have been much of a surprise to anybody." - Mark Titus
Great day to be a Buckeye.
Everyday is a great day to be a Buckeye!
I'm so excited.... mother of christ I'm so excited!!! I honestly didn't think we'd get him. If Vonn Bell comes Wednesday..... holy shit.
Dustin Fox was our leading tackler as a corner.... because his guy always caught the ball.
We are going to be the fastest team in America.
It's like I just drank Snake Juice!
Class of 2010.
Like it when the bass is thumpin. It's how I do it.
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
PLEASE no more tax commercial music!
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
How'd your night go Coach Helfrich?
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
That makes my morning.
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
love..only way to describe it
"Winter is coming" - Urban Meyer
Other then waking up to tailgate this was a great 4 in the morning wake up. Big Pick up and cant wait to see him take the field.
Michigan Sucks!
Urban Fucking Meyer!!!
The best thing about Pastafarianism? It is not only acceptable, but advisable, to be heavily sauced
Michigan Sucks!
"The University of Ohio State" some of our best players have said the universities name wrong.
Congrat Dontre, Welcome to Buckeye Nation!!!
Just...look at my signature.
"Winter is coming" - Urban Meyer
Urban's a Pimp...all I have to say.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
Heck of a get
Not here to troll...Go Blue
Welcome DW... and good assist JT Barrett!
Welcome to the greatest university this land has to offer Dontre. You have become part of the biggest and best family in the US, the Nation welcomes you!!!