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Orlando Boone punter Johnny Townsend, who is committed to Ohio State's 2013 recruiting class, received a nice little surprise on Monday after practice.
The 6-foot, 200-pound senior even thought the news that he had been named an All-American might have been the work of some practical jokers, but it didn't take long for him to find out it was for real.
Townsend, who averages 43.8 yards per punt this season, has been named to the East roster for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which will be played Jan. 5, in San Antonio, Texas.
"It's incredible ... just a huge honor. When I first found out, I was a little in shock because it seemed so unreal," Townsend said. "To get an opportunity to play in such a big game like this is just a huge honor.
"I wouldn’t be able to do it without coach Nick Fleming at Dr. Phillips or and coach Michael Husted at NCS [National Camp Series], who both helped me get to this point."
Fleming, a former Florida Gators kicker, is an assistant coach with Dr. Phillips this season. He has been heavily involved with area kickers in his weekly kicking camps. Husted is a former NFL kicker who now devotes his focus to his own business Husted Kicking.
Townsend joins former Boone players WR Marvin Bracy (2012), now at Florida State, and OL David Harding (2008), now at Duke, as recent Boone All-Americans. They both played in the Under Armour All-American Game.
He also makes the fifth Ohio State commit to be invited the 2013 Army Bowl. Townsend joins fellow future Buckeyes ATH Ezkiel Elliott of John Burroughs School (St. Louis, Mo.), DT Michael Hillof Pendleton (S.C.), OT Evan Lisle of Centerville (Ohio) and CB Eli Woodard of Voorhees (N.J.) Eastern.
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Junior QB Drew Barker of Hebron, KY will make his first real visit to USC this weekend for the Tennessee game. Barker dropped by the campus last summer on his way to Folly Beach, but this will be his first opportunity to get the game day experience at USC. His parents will join him and they will drive down to Columbia after his game Friday night. "I'm looking forward to meeting all the coaches and interacting with the coaches," Barker said. "I want to see the game day atmosphere. There will be a lot of things I'm looking forward to." Barker has been to Ohio State, Cincinnati and Louisville this season. He's not sure about future visits. Barker said he's in regular contact with USC recruiter GA Mangus. His offers are USC, Louisville, Purdue, Western Kentucky, Illinois, Cincinnati, Indiana and Louisiana-Lafayette. He does not have a favorite. "I'm just enjoying it all," he said. This season Barker has passed for 1661 yards and 18 touchdowns and he's rushed for 1061 yards and 13 touchdowns.
LB Raekwon McMillan of Hinesville, GA was at Clemson last Saturday for the Virginia Tech game. He also visited Clemson last summer and this visit further enhanced his interest in the Tigers. "It was real nice," McMillan said. "I get a great home feeling at Clemson. They treated me real well." McMillan said he talked a lot with head coach Dabo Swinney and recruiter Jeff Scott And he watched the work of defensive coordinator Brent Venables closely. "I like how Coach Venables puts his linebackers in a position to make plays," he said. McMillan also has been to games at Georgia and USC. He is going to Florida November 3rd and Ohio State November 24th. After his Clemson visit, McMillan reshuffled his top five. Ohio State remains the favorite but, he said, by a slim margin over Clemson. Georgia, Alabama and Southern Cal complete the order of his top five. "Ohio State is a prestigious program and their tradition is great," he said. "Coach Urban Meyer is one of the, if not the best, coach in the country right now. McMillan will not announce a decision until the 2014 Under Armour AA Game. This season he has 100 tackles with 20 for loss and 7 sacks.
(espn insider)Despite a loss to its bitter rival, Tennessee cemented its standing with Jalen Tabor.
The Watch List safety from Washington Friendship told ESPN that Tennessee is firmly in his top five, along with Alabama, Maryland, Ohio State and Florida.
"It was great," Tabor said via text message when asked about the visit. "I couldn't ask for anything more."
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(espn insider)ESPN Watch List receiver Thaddeus Snodgrass (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) announced Monday he made a decision regarding his college choice and is ready to announce publicly. The details of the announcement are starting to clear up.
Snodgrass told ESPN.com on Tuesday evening he will make a commitment either Nov. 2 or Nov. 5.
He will make an unofficial visit to Notre Dame sometime next week before his announcement. He originally planned to visit Notre Dame for its game Nov. 3 against Pittsburgh but now would like to visit earlier. The visit for the Pitt game is now contingent on whether Snodgrass commits on Nov. 2 and who he ultimately commits to.
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(espn insider)Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic coach Jim Portela says his junior offensive tackle Quenton Nelson will be able to handpick his college choice from some of the country's elite programs. It might not be long before he can include Oklahoma among them.
Portela said Monday night he was on the phone with coaches from Oklahoma. The Sooners are interested in the 6-foot-5, 285-pound two-way lineman.
"They like him a lot," Portela said. "They're new to recruiting him. He'll be an offer kid for a lot of guys."
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Offered is a series at BuckeyeNation where we talk to prospective recruits who have been offered by Ohio State.
It was hard not to notice Dante Booker (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) last year when a stellar sophomore season put him on the map.
All that's worth mentioning is that he has no timetable for a decision and will decide when the time he feels is right.
Montverde Academy (Fla.) big man Devin Williams, one of the University of Memphis' best remaining recruiting targets, had a productive official visit to campus last weekend as he nears a decision.
His mother, Angela Williams, said Monday that she and her son enjoyed the inside look at the U of M program.
"Just the information they gave us, seeing the administration building and the campus — it was very nice," Angela Williams said.
Among the other things that stuck out about the Williams' visit: the community outreach. On Saturday, Williams' second day of the visit, the Tigers held an event designed for fans with disabilities and special needs called "Kamp Tiger."
"Working with the handicapped, them coming to the gym — it was very nice to see," she said. "Devin was out there shooting hoops with them, too."
Williams (6-8, 220) is considering the Tigers with West Virginia and Ohio State, which he will visit this weekend. Originally from Cincinnati, he is rated a four-star prospect by Rivals.com.
With the Tigers having lost out on Piney Woods (Miss.) post man Dwight Coleby to Ole Miss earlier this month, nabbing Williams — or a big man or two, period — is a necessity to filling out the 2013 class.
Of the current team, Angela Williams said she liked what she saw.
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I think Raekwon "the Chef" will be cooking up opposing QB's when he comes to TOSU !
2014 must gets: Raekwon McMillan AND Dante Booker Jr. !!! Love everything out of Raekwons' mouth.Seems like he has a strong head on his shoulders and is very humble,would be huge and I believe instant impact players OSU desperately needs with Simon gone after this year and probably Big Hank too,regretably.Hope Hank stays for senior year but doubt it.
SCOTTC.
Agree about McMillan and Booker, and then imagine also picking up Clifton Garrett. It would almost be unfair.
FYI: for what it is worth,heard over on Bucknuts that Quick is a silent verbal to OSU already!! That,if true would be huge for OSU,along with Gibson if he gets his test scores or academics together!! If this holds true,wonder if we take North,Stevens,Elder, or Timmons still.recruiting heating up,can't wait to see us finish with 2013 class.GO BUCS!!! For those who would like to read about Quick,go into Shelton Gibson artcle on how strong he is to OSU,page #2,scroll down to Frobel,a VIP Bucknutter,and read away.Like I said,don't know how relaible his source is,but says he commits to the good guys on Jan.5th!!
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If we were to get both Quick and Gibson, then the question, in my mind, would be if we have more space for another WR. If so, I think taller guys like Stevens, North, and Foster (???) would probably be the priority.
South Carolina is the school that worries me most for Drew Barker. I know he is a Kentucky guy so you worry about Louisville and Kentucky, but South Carolina's use of mobile quarterbacks and the fact that they're in the SEC really makes them a viable option for Barker. Having said that, he's been to OSU many times and has camped at OSU, so presumably we would have an early lead.
McMillan has got to be one of the top targets of the 2014 class. I thumbed up Bassplayer for bringing up Clifton Garrett because I truly believe the LB trio of McMillan, Booker, and Garrett will end up at OSU. Garrett supposedly loves MSU, but given their current struggles and the recruiting momentum that Urban Meyer has built up anything can change.
Great news if Quick is a silent verbal. Honestly I don't believe that to be true since many recruitniks say that Louisville is the leader until something happens with Charlie Strong, but we do know that James was blown away by the Nebraska-OSU visit. I would take Gibson, Quick, and Elder. Throw in Jacobs, Elliott, Baugh, and Marshall and we are definitely set at offensive skill players
Think Stevens or North,not too sure about Foster!!Think he's probably Pitt bound.Can't believe we're taking another visit from him, on our dime.But anything is possible,maybe he sings a better tune this time around!! Think Urbs would make room if a 3rd WR wanted to commit.Lord knows we need the playmakers.lol
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I read up on Frobel.. Only six posts. Not exactly Nostradamus with his picks for the 2013 class back in April.
Agreed on Barker,but we haven't even offered the kid yet.Hope it comes soon or he may get stolen out from under us.Think if Booker and McMillan jump on board,they could sway Garrett our direction and then good night,the parties' over with those 3.
Yeah,like I said,HOPE the info. on Quick is legite,but you never know until they come out and announce!! Long ways from Jan.5th,but if Strong leaves for greener grasses,that percentage goes up a bunch!!
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Gotcha DMC ,well,hope he is right on this one!!
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Holy crap McMillan is really sold on tOSU. If he commits sooner rather than later he can help us recruit big time.
"if irony were made of strawberries, we' d all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."
^ no doubt. got a good feeling about him!
I know there's a game saturday, and my ass will be there.
Is anyone worried about Snodgrass going to ND before he announces?
How Firm Thy Friendship....
^ No
He hopefully wants to visit ND just to do his due diligence
FWIW: If the info on 247 is correct, his offers from ND & OSU came within just days of one another. He received his OSU offer 6/21 and Notre Dame's 6/25.
I'll believe all of these guys in S&G when I see them with the ballcaps on. Until then, the updates and tweets are encouraging, but hardly scientific. That's recruiting for you, for sure, but everybody thinking there's going to be a collective pilgramage to Columbus is liable to be disappointed. Even SC looks like they'll lose a recruit or two over the next couple of months from kids who jumped on board on a visit and now are having second thoughts (Jalen Ramsey). Teenagers with a camera on them, a mic in their face, or a cell phone in their hands will say anything. Not trying to be negative.
Thad is going to be a Buckeye. 247 Boarding House had a snippet from a source saying that Meyer closed it this past weekend.
McMillan has said he isn't committing until the UA All American Game in 2014. Unless he backs out of that, he won't be helping us recruit anytime soon.
Updated & Final
The only person I want to get early is Dante Booker, it's 100% ours to lose on this kid.
So by my count we have 4 players going to the Under Armour game and 5 players in the AA game. Sweet.
@ GoldenBuckeye: Not saying you're wrong as Raekwon could very easily end up commiting at the UA game in 2014, however I have seen so many kids start out by saying they want to wait, take visits, commit at All-Star game or camp, yadda yadda, only to commit to the school they knew all along was the one they wanted to commit to early to earlyish in the process. In fact, Billy Price said in Feb that he was going to commit in Jan 2013. What do you know, 2 weeks later he was commited to Ohio State.
Glad to hear Barrett is healing quickly.
"if irony were made of strawberries, we' d all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."
Raekwon has said several times that he wanted to wait until the AA game in 2014 to announce. But I also read somewhere & seen several people talking about how he also stated that whatever school he selects, he would like to help them out by recruiting other top notch players to build the top class in the nation. So if you look at it from what he said right there, then it sounds like he would want to commit early, be the leader of his class or one of them & help recruit others.
Not saying he will or wont commit early, just take it FWIW. Cant remember where I read this, but Im not just going to give crappy info out there to "cause drama or wrong speculation".
I also think if Raekwon is "in love" w/ OSU like he has said & he "has that feeling" about OSU, then maybe he may end up commiting early. He could wait till NSD 2014 to announce or the AA Game in 2014, but he also knows that OSU has limited schollies, the 2014 class will be really small (as of now, could change as we progress), & he seems to have that personality that he will respect the coaches by not making them hold a spot for him (instead of recruiting another top notch LB) then blowing them off. All things are pointing towards OSU & I dont see that changing, especially if his plans on visiting for Michigan stays intact.
Once one of these top 2014 prospects commit, I think we could see a few others that have been wanting to commit like Booker or maybe even the 2 Glenville prospects (Jones & Lattimore). Maybe Raekwon pulls the trigger? who knows. Maybe another top OOS kid like Demetrius Knox or Myles Autry.
#Buckeyes
Raekwon can recruit for OSU all year if he is a silent commit to Meyer. You're not going to talk all these guys into committing for OSU, then not commit yourself...probably.
I would never have thought that OSU would be in such dire need for quality LBers...