- Johnson and teammate Jalin Marshall are hoping to get the Middies into the top five as a team. Both are in the long jump at noon today. Marshall is in the high jump at 3 p.m. **UPDATE: Marshall is state champ in the long jump. Jalin also tied for 4th in the high jump**
- Da'Shawn Hand to unofficially visit Virginia Tech & Virginia
- Maurice Hurst Jr. unofficially visits Michigan
- Jaylon Smith committed to Notre Dame
- Laquon Treadwell unofficially visits Illinois
- Maurice Hurst Jr. commits to Michigan during his visit
- Tashawn Bower unofficial visit to Auburn
- Devon Allen leaves week from Wednesday for qualifying meet to make World Junior Team, Devon Allen won the 110 high hurdles, 200 meters and ran leg on winning 4x100 relay at Caribbean Scholastic Invite today in Puerto Rico.
- Drew Barker says his recent visit to Penn State "went really good."
- The nation's top recruit Robert Nkemdiche will unofficially visit Mississippi State tomorrow
- Kyle Meadows "It's offical that I'm going to Ohio state camp next week to work for that offer"
- Shelton Gibson took 5th in the D1 state finals in the 100 m dash today running a 10.99
- Billy Price took 7th in the discus at state today
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'14 LB Michael Ferns First three visits:
Ohio State-6th
Penn State-10th
Michigan-15th - James Quick says favs, IN ORDER, are Louisville, Ohio State & Oregon
- Henry Poggi set to make his college decision Monday @ 10am. He is the next Michigan commit.
- Cincinnati the latest to offer '14 LB Michael Ferns
Georgia is No. 1 on Kimbrough's list
Warren Central High School senior-to-be linebacker Tim Kimbrough might not be close to making a college choice yet, but he does have an early favorite among schools that have offered scholarships.
Kimbrough and his parents are planning a second unofficial visit to Georgia on July 13.
"That's my top school right now, and I'm just going to take a lot more visits," Kimbrough said.
He received offers from Arizona State and Syracuse last week and has offers from all the Big Ten schools except Ohio State, Michigan and Northwestern. He also has offers from Florida, Oklahoma and Arkansas, among others.
Kimbrough's defensive coordinator, Steve Tutsie, was named the Warriors' interim head coach Thursday.
"He's been running everything already, so we were (already) looking at him as a head coach," Kimbrough said.
Taquan Mizzell update
Taquan Mizzell is an elite running back out of the state of Virginia. His intial ranking among scouting services has received a huge boost after he tore up the camp and combine circuit. Most recently, he was bumped up to the #43 player in the country by Rivals. A few days ago Mizzell announced his top 10 schools. I caught up with Taquan to discuss his top 10 and more in his recruitment.
- Top 10 in no particular order: West Virginia, Virginia, Miami, Clemson, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Illinois, NC State, and North Carolina
- Notre Dame most recent to offer: Excited about that offer and has them in top 10. Mizzell is excited and feels the same about every offer he receives though.
- Thrilled and excited to reap the benefits of his camp performance. Mizzell said it was nice to see his hard work pay off.
- His size right now is 5-foot-10 and 187 pounds.
- Will also be attending the Rivals 5 star challenge in Atlanta, The Opening, and Gridiron Kings.
- Will have a plan for visits sometime soon
- Mizzell: "There is no order to my top 10 but I like Ohio State because of my interaction with their coaches. I talk to Urban, Coach Drayton, and Coach Smith. I have talked to Urban about 3 different times and he just wants me to get to Columbus for a visit."
- When asked who was recruiting him the hardest, he said it was close but probably Virginia, NC State, and West Virginia
Mizzell will inform me of his summer visit schedule when he has it 100% planned and you will receive that information as soon as I get it. Could be interesting the way it plays out.
Ohio State TE Jake Stoneburner, OL Jack Mewhort Arrested
Ohio State Buckeyes tight end Jake Stoneburner was arrested on Saturday morning. The details of the arrest are not yet available.
Jun 2, 2012 - The Ohio St. Buckeyes football team is unlikely to be terribly pleased that one of their players was arrested in Shawnee Hills, Ohio over the weekend.
10TV in Ohio reports that senior tight end Jake Stoneburner was arrested on Saturday. The charge in the arrest was a count of obstructing official business. There are no details immediately available as to the nature of the charge in question or to the arrest.
Via VINELink, it is apparent that Stoneburner has already been released from custody on a bond.
Stoneburner was slated to be at the top of the tight end depth chart in the coming 2012 season. It is unclear how this arrest will affect his status with the team, if at all.
Stoneburner had a solid season in 2011, catching 14 passes for 193 yards and seven touchdowns. he has 37 career catches as a Buckeye.
Update 4:15: SB Nation's Bill Hanstock reports that Jake Stoneburner has been released on bond.
As for the obstructing official business, here's a nice definition for you:
"(A) No person, without privilege to do so and with purpose to prevent, obstruct, or delay the performance by a public official of any authorized act within the public official's official capacity, shall do any act that hampers or impedes a public official in the performance of the public official's lawful duties.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing official business. Except as otherwise provided in this division, obstructing official business is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, obstructing official business is a felony of the fifth degree."
Update #2 8:05: It has now been released from 10TV that offensive lineman Jack Mewhort was also arrested with Stoneburner.
"Tight end Jake Stoneburner and offensive lineman Jack Mewhort were arrested at about 9:30 a.m. by the Shawnee Hills police near the Bogey Inn, 10TV News reported.
A third man, Austin Barnard, was also charged. He is not affiliated with the football program.
Police told 10TV News that two officers saw the three men who they believed were urinating between buildings. The officers attempted to talk with them but they ran away.
Two of them were captured while they were crouched in between vehicles, police said. The third person was found hiding in nearby woods after officers threatened to use a police dog."
All three were released about a little more than an hour later after posting $2,000 bond, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Introduction to 2014 Safety C.J. Reavis
6'1 195 pound safety C.J. Reavis is an up and coming star in the class of 2014. The safety comes from Chester, Virginia. He is beginning to rake in offers from several elite programs and there will definitely be more to come. Reavis had a good sophomore season leading Thomas Dale H.S. to the 3rd round of the playoffs in the state of Virginia before losing to Hermitage H.S., home of 2013 running back Derrick Green, and current Ohio State linebacker Curtis Grant. Ohio State certainly knows this area on the recruiting trail. Here are the highlights to my conversation with C.J. Reavis.
- 5 offers in total: Virginia Tech, Virginia, Maryland, NC State, and Boston College
- Also receiving interest from Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, Cincinnati, Miami, and Clemson
- Was also a fan of South Carolina and LSU growing up, so he is hoping for offers from them
- Has talked to Coach Zach Smith of Ohio State
- Supposed to call Urban Meyer at some point (an offer could come at that point)
- Supposed to be at Ohio State on June 21st to meet the coaching staff
- Has already visited Virginia Tech and Virginia
- Visits this summer: Clemson, Miami, Ohio State, and Michigan
- Also camping at Alabama
- He is a ballhawking Safety. From Reavis: "Where ever the ball is, that's where I'll be."
- Factors in college choice: Academics - wants to major in Sports Marketing or Journalism
- Also from Reavis: "I want to compete for championships."
- On Ohio State: "My interest in the Buckeyes are very high. I know Curtis Grant who played at Hermitage who is now a linebacker for them. They have a tremendous history of winning, always competing for championships, and they've been good for a long time."
- Reavis said the schools sticking out to him so far are Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Alabama, and Michigan."
Short update on 2014 Texas OT Demetrius Knox
I talked with 2014 Texas OT Demetrius Knox recently. Knox is going to be amongst the best offensive offensive tackles for the class of 2014. A lot of buzz has been out recently on what his summer visit schedule would be like. I exchanged a few messages with Demetrius to confirm that schedule. Also, remember, Demetrius did grow up in Ohio. He is a native of Springfield, Ohio and moved to Texas when he was in the 7th grade. My last update with Knox, he iterated that Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, and UCLA were the 4 schools sticking out.
- Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, and UCLA still sticking out. Said Oregon is right up there with those schools now.
- Will for sure visit Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Florida, and Alabama
- About the visit to Ohio State: "A visit I want to make but it is not set in stone yet. It's a maybe."
A lot of conflicting reports out there saying that Knox would visit Columbus for sure this summer so that should clarify things up.
Would we even take Mizzell? Don't get me wrong he is a great athlete and fits the spread well, but he seems like the exact type of back as Ezekial Elliot
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Im thinking its Derrick Green at rb or no one at this point.
Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens
Maurice Hurst Jr. commits to Michigan. Wasn't he one of the guys that allegedly tried to commit to Ohio State?
*bump*
I don't know if he tried to commit here, but he did say something about how we weren't going after him very hard.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
He tried to commit during spring game weekend, they told him to hold off and come to camps. Since then, they indication is that the staff trended towards cooling off in favor of other positions.
He doesn't have a terrific offer sheet, nor is he rated very highly across the board. He seems like he's really quick for a DT and is a great tackler, but at least for now, he seems a bit round at 6'2'' 290, and lacks penetration moves at a D1 level. Not to say he won't develop, but he won't have the excitement factor until he shows something else. Also, I know little about New England area recruitment, but the level of competition in Mass. can't possibly be that high, can it? I'd like to see more of him at camps before I make a final judgement
Jaylon picks Notre Dame as expected
Jaylon was the cream of the crop this year.. very disappointed that we couldn't get him. Still a lot of time before NSD so I suppose it isn't ruled out completely if there's turmoil at ND, but this is too bad. I still don't understand why a recruit would select Notre Dame, but that's for another discussion.
Man recruiting is going really slow for us.... Urban isn't getting any of the commits that he REALLY wants. It seems like no one wants OSU, and im getting a little scared that Urban has to resort to some second-tier recruits that he didn't want in the first place.
Yep, Urban didn't want Burrows, or Marshall, or Woodard, or Bosa. They're all so second tier, we're gonna be terrible for years. Woe is us.
Losing out on Anzalone, Smith, and Pocic sucks, but it's not going to ruin our class. Urban is not just good at recruiting, he's good at developing talent. I have no problem landing a few "second-tier" prospects and watching them bloom into great Buckeyes.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
Anyone Urban took this early is someone he wanted or he wouldn't take them...
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Nick Saban missed on Max Browne, Shane Morris, Jaylon Smith and others so clearly he is terrible at recruiting and Bama will never be good again
We have 3 players in the Rivals Top 20, can any other school say that? No..
Marshall Ohio state champ in long jump, Gibson runner up in 200 and 5th in 100.
Although it is a bit concerning to see some of the guys we either had, or were after de-commit, or commit elsewhere. Overall I'm not 2 worried about the class as a whole, I still think we'll have a top 3 class, especially if we get up to 20-22 recruits during this signing period. If the offense resembles anything close to Oregon, we'll have no problem landing the offensive players. Yea, we'll miss on some players no doubt, but I like the fact of recruiting players having the talent to play in any region of the country, including the SEC.
scUM is supposed to be on commitment watch for someone... Alex says OSU fans wont like who it might be... whatever that means
The only person I would care about scUM getting at all is Derrick Green. I'll be pissed if that's who it is. Other than that, I won't care at all.
If you ain't a Silver Bullet, you're a target
This is not good news that scUM is going to get this guy...who aperently is going to get us upset..will see. Please dont be Derrick Green i have a terrible feeling about this. Always see him talking to Morris and Hurst on Twitter.
Its gonna be Derrick Green
Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens
I'd be shocked if it was Derrick Green, considering most have Clemson leading and us second. I think it's Poggi.
If its Derrick Green...Start Panic mode on this class.
Added articles at the end and a couple bullets
Is Poggi someone who would make us upset. Alex said it would be someone who is going to make us upset. Who are the people that is scUM got that would make you upset.
Derrick Green is the only one I can think of that would make us upset, Other possible candidates: Henry Poggi, LaQuon Treadwell, or Su'a Cravens.
@Bucksanity - I'm thinking it's going to be Treadwell. Green hasn't even been picking favorites publicly, so I doubt he's ready to commit. Poggi would upset 'Bama much more than OSU.
My guess is Treadwell but don't know why we would be upset or not like it since it has been suspected for a while. Would be surprised if it was Derrick Green since he didn't commit early to us because he wants exposure for his teammates and he is high on Clemson more so than Michigan from all indications.
It can't be Treadwell because what OSU fan doesn't already expect him to go up north? We're not going after Poggi as hard as guys like M. Hill- so doubt it'd be him. Not like we are expecting Poggi. A lot of people are expecting Derrick Green though.
Hate this guessing game..
THANKS ALEX!!
If you ain't a Silver Bullet, you're a target
Anzalone????
Geezus. Our recruiting is a black hole right now. All of our top players committing elsewhere/decommitting. ND/UM gaining and maintaining momentum. I'm a little concerned right now especially at offensive line. We have a great 11 players right now, but we're missing out on most of our top targets. I'm not too sure who we're really in on. We're missing too much for my taste...
Urban will get his guys no doubt. But the pickings are becoming slimmer by the day.
And if Green goes to UM, I think I'll sh!t my pants. That guy will do wonders behind their o-line.
I think Treadwell will end up at Michigan, but I think Illinios is a dark horse with Aaron Bailey being there, I wouldnt count Illinios out.
Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens
BJ Mullens Over...He is scUM his top three is Oklahoma OK St and scUM. He also has a strong connection with Morris.
Michigan isn't on Anzalone's radar, I would only be upset if Green verballed, I can't think of anyone else
O NOES, OUR CLASS IS ONLY TOP-TEN, NOT TOP-FIVE!!! WE'RE ONLY LIKE EIGHT MONTHS AWAY FROM SIGNING DAY!!!!!!! LOOKS LIKE WE ALL HAVE TO PANIC BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN ANOTHER FOOTBALL GAME NOW THAT JAYLON SMITH CHOSE NOTRE DAME.
But really, June just started. We're in a MUCH better position thn we were last year, and last year we ended up with a top-5 class.
I doubt Anzalone would commit to UM. Treadwell wouldn't be unexpected. Green isn't committing yet, and Poggi isn't a guy we're going after that hard.
My guess is Su'a Cravens. He just visited there a few days ago. EDIT: Unless that was the visit he cancelled...?
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
FWIW, MgoBoard seems just as clueless as we are, but they're guessing it's either Green or Poggi. Apparently Green and Morris are pretty tight.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
Cravens cancelled his visits to Michigan and Nebraska, so I'm pretty much dumbfounded. Could be pulling our legs. Who knows. It might be a surprise to all of us.
Anyways, added some more details on the arresting of Stoneburner, seems Jack Mewhort was also arrested as well.
I unfortunately have to assume that it's Green. He's apparently become very close with Morris and Hurst, and he's the one guy who Buckeye fans REALLY want who is also being recruited by UM.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
James Quick lists his favs having Louisville on top of Ohio State
Henry Poggi set to annonce his decision Monday @ 10am. He has to be the guy then.
If they do nab Green it will assure that they will have no excuses when Urban and company beats them. It will only make for a sad Mr. green knowing his choice was the wrong one. If that is indeed his choice, the best of luck to him but we will just have to see what happens. I really feel like we will always be the team to beat starting in 2013 in the B1G, no matter who commits. As long as they WANT to be Buckeyes we will be OK. We have the best coach.
Why would Poggi bother us that much?
Poggi doesn't matter to me so idk, he has been off the radar for quite some time now
What the #$%@ are recruits thinking these days? ND>OSU and Louisville>OSU=idiot.
Perhaps Alex meant that OSU wouldn't be happy because they're getting a quality player? I'm not sure, but Derrick Green seems likely a very unlikely candidate to commit in the next 48 hours. Poggi made sense before Mike Farrell's tweet, makes even more sense now.
Hope he's the one but if not, oh well. A long time until NLOI day.
@Ohiothomas
Smith and Quick obviously want to stay close to home, it happens. Stefon Diggs for example.
Mich is almost a lock at having the #1 class next year. I'm surprised at how well they are doing
"Love my State, hate the football"
I know GSW.... I'm just getting stubborn these days with this dead streak in recruiting.
Yeah I know how you feel, but slow and steady wins the race my friend. I have faith in this class. 2014 is going to be where Meyer excels in recruiting IMO.
@UPNORTHBUCKEYE why are you so surprised. They are a national powerhouse historically...as much as i hate them...it is the truth.
While Poggi is a solid player that commit doesn't bother me at all. D-Line is the position that I have the most faith in for this season and the next 4 or 5 after that.
@bucksanity- I'm just surprised at how fast they turned around. Their past few recruiting classes (before 2012) weren't the Mich standard and I thought it would gradually work its way back.
"Love my State, hate the football"
Nothing else to report today expect tomorrows post in the afternoon
@UPNorth if bama doesnt have the top class, I'll be surprised. UM will be top 3 at best, probably only top 5
I highly doubt Michigan ends up w/the top class. N.Saban is in on virtually every top un-commited recruit, and its been said the #1 player is leaning Bama, which if it happens would give them the #1, and #2 recruits in this class ... that's insane ... Michigan will be very near the top though ...
I think maybe Alex said we wouldn't like Poggi's commit because we've been pretty smug that even though they are kicking our ass at OL recruiting, we've been kicking theirs at DL... and now the DL recruiting is evening out...
I wouldn't say they are evening out, our DL haul last year combined with Bosa, Sprinkle, and possibly Munger/Hill may not be head and shoulders better than Michigans, but it's at least still a head better. If this is considered evening out on the DL, then our OL haul last year is pretty even with theirs this year.
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
We'll never have a highly ranked offensive line class. Most elite OL guys don't want to play in the spread. That doesn't mean that we can't have a good OL. Oregon and Auburn run the spread and they have had good O lines. Just don't expect us to be a NFL factory at that position. I'm not worried at all about Michigan. 80% of their 2012 and the 2013 class ended up at Michigan because we didn't want them. Urban only takes top 150 type of players. Besides Brady Hoke couldn't even win in the MAC.
"80% of their 2012 and the 2013 class ended up at Michigan because we didn't want them."
You aren't serious, are you?
As much as I hate Michigan, they had a heck of a 2012 class and are putting together an amazing 2013 class as well. Almost none of that had to do with "Urban not wanting them." Oh and by the way idk if you heard but Brady Hoke won a BCS bowl. I know they had an easy schedule but dont say he can't win. We are in for another 10 year war
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
It's not that Urban didn't want them, but they weren't the kids he would let commit this early in the process for the most part. Butt, Charlton, Gedeon, McCray, Hurst... All guys who didn't have commitable offers. They have great classes, yes, but if Urban can get the guys he wants, we'll have better classes.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
Gedeon most definitely had a committable offer. Urban is a great recruiter, but so is Brady Hoke and when our fans say stuff like that it makes all of us look arrogant
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
I still wish we would've taken Hurst Jr. though, I like that kid ALOT.