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His film actually looks pretty darn good to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88jL5-9ThcE&feature=player_embedded

do we really need another LB, if meyer brings in 3 this year that would be 9 if you include burger that is a lot for 2 classses. we are only graduating sabino and klein  

And unless he is one of those HIGHLY underrated players who goes from below average to star, I dont think we'll hear much about him past this thread...So I wouldn't worry about LB numbers or scholarships

Sure tackler. Shoots the gap and sheds blockers with ease. Almost every tackle was an instant stop or he knocked the ball carrier down on the spot or backwards. Very solid. Lacks top end speed. Seems like a pretty good choice to play middle LB if Klein and Grant don't work out.

Hoke must be mad he does not get a Burger with his Taco

Yeah, Phoenix...I knew that would lead to Hoke fat jokes.  What can you do?

well the guy is pretty fat.... at least hes not bielemma

Coach Meyer has said Grant has to be a player this year, so that does seem to imply Klein isn't in serious consideration, but Fickell seemed to think Klein would compete with Grant for the starting position.  Unfortunately, I think Cam Williams will have to take the starting position from those guys since he won't be here until Summer.

Also, some interesting background on Burger here...

http://forums.the-ozone.net/messages/353808.html

Wow. Talk about a scholar/athlete! What academics! 3.9, admitted to ND, Princeton AND Harvard. I hope he has a great four years as a Buckeye.

Rampage, you make a really good point regarding scholarships for his grades, and he pays in-state tuition.  It will be interesting to see if Joe is able to make it on the field.

Lane swerve- He had to have had pretty damn strong SAT/ACT scores to get into Harvard or Princeton. 3.9 GPA  is very, very good, but it is not terribly unusual these days, especially if the high school has AP courses that are weighted. It really is the SAT/ACT and GPA combination that gives a student the best shot at getting academic scholarships that are merit based. Who knows, he might have a larger tuition bill at OSU than he would have had at Harvard, given Hahhvahhd's endowment and relatively new tuition algorithms based on family income. OK, back to the business at hand.

Have to agree on the academic scholarship issue. He won't be receiving that much in scholarships unless he killed the ACT/SAT. I got a 30 and received two scholarships, one worth $4,800 (over 4 years) and the other worth around $32,000 (over 4 years), although the $32,000 scholly applied to out of state students only and I was able to weasel my way into receiving in state tuition. So in all reality academics won't pay for as much as people really think they do. 

Note: I do not mean to make this post seem like I am bragging, definitely am not. 

Yeah I wasn't trying to push the hype wagon on him. I hate when folks project recruits as starters before taking their first practice. I guess what I meant to say was that he does not count as a scholarship player and he fits a position of need, so if the scholarship Linebackers don't pan out or get a string of injuries then its nice to get someone to fill that role at no "cost".

He's a walk on and appears to be very talented and for his position I would  say that he appears more talented than other scholarship recipients at different positions. Thats just a personal opinion based off of a hilight reel, not personal observations.

@BUCK-I.8: I know kids who are on/have been on Ivy sports teams-they don't/didn't get much of a break on SAT/ACT scores or GPAs, even football players. Their SAT scores were still extremely high, but they had the sports hook and an Ivy sports coach advocating to get them in. Otherwise they would have been like every other high achieving senior in high school hoping to get into an Ivy League school that did not have family/alumni hooks. As Ivy League schools do not give athletic scholarships, they do, however, have other means to give out scholarships- endowed, financial, and merit. These scholaships could reduce the actual tuition to less than in state tuition at OSU, as I stated before. And believe me, I absolutely understand scholarships at OSU-my OSU kid has a merit scholarship, and it still pains me to write the tuition check each quarter. Especially since I know how much my parents paid when I went to OSU. 

 I hope he can get some solid PT because otherwise he should have gone to Harvard.

Props to Joe Burger for having his black stripe removed today.  Could be a surprise contributor out of the 2012 class in the future.

I know the Burger family well. Joe is a great kid. He will get some academic money. What's more is that he comes from a HUGE Notre Dame family. Both his dad and brother played at ND. What's more is that the Burgers seem to be late bloomers. Bobby got much stronger in faster between the beginning of his senior HS year and the end of his freshman year in college, so much so that he was able to transfer from Dayton to ND and walk-on at a position he had played hardly at all in high school (tight end). Worked his way up to #2 on the depth chart I believe, and got some good playing time on special teams. Beyond this though, the Burgers are a wonderful family that raise their kids right, and Joe is a natural leader. Even if he doesn't become a starter, his presence on the team is a net positive. He has serious work ethic.

Great story!!!! love seeing a true Buckeye!!!