#1 for 2014

By Buckeye_in_SEC_... -25 December 2012
31 Comments
- Football

According to Marcelys Jones' twitter account he has committed to The Ohio State University! Personally I'll wait for the gray box, but this is a great Christmas present if its true!

Killer nuts on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:19pm #

Need confirmation now...

Killer nuts on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:21pm #

Confirmed by Derek and miles, Merry Christmas to all

GeneStarwind Mod on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:21pm #

Derek is on top of it, it's been confirmed. Urban let him commit today, Christmas gift.

Buckeye_in_SEC_... on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:21pm #

Derek Young and Bill Greene are both reporting it on Twitter. Mark Pantoni tweeted "just got a BIG Christmas present."

Triv on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:22pm #

Merry Christmas indeed!

Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite

SilverBulletNYC on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:25pm #

It seems true. Welcome to Buckeye Nation!

The 2012 National Champions.

Bj Mullens over... on 25 Dec 2012 - 12:28pm #

Awesome news, DT or OL, will be interesting to see. Glad to get a glenville guy early too lol.

Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens

GeneStarwind Mod on 25 Dec 2012 - 1:04pm #

ausmos on 25 Dec 2012 - 1:16pm #

Not the biggest fan of him as a player, but Urban must see something in him, so great to have the first commit for 2014 on board.

Kevbo714 on 25 Dec 2012 - 5:36pm #

What about him makes you not a fan? I respect opinions, I just haven't seen video on him to pass judgement...

Tom Crean listens to Nickelback...

UrbzRenewal on 25 Dec 2012 - 7:47pm #

He's about 25-30 pounds overweight for a guard. Many scouts would agree, he has a lot of fat to lose to play well at a D1 level.

lljjgg on 25 Dec 2012 - 8:03pm #

No worries there, just wait till Mickey Marotti gets him on campus after his senior year haha. Might be why those DT rumors started, though.

Kevbo714 on 25 Dec 2012 - 8:28pm #

I agree... I was kind of shocked to see that he was listed as a guard... From looking at his measurables I was just assuming that he was a tackle, but that's what I get from assuming. Looks like I need to start researching my 2014 recruits :)

Tom Crean listens to Nickelback...

UrbzRenewal on 26 Dec 2012 - 4:01pm #

That is not measured now though. As a prospect now, he is overweight and uses his size more often than not (like most HS players) to push smaller players around. A measure of him as a prospect does not take into account coaches of where he may land. We all love Marotti and know he'll do wonders for the kid, but as he is now, he is not incredibly impressive.

ausmos on 26 Dec 2012 - 3:44pm #

I have seen him live and just wasn't very impressed. He will need a lot of time in the weight room and in a good nutrition program. Hopefully that will help him get quicker, because he looked slow and not very agile. He also relied almost entirely on his size advantage, which he won't have playing against D1 talent. I am never really high on huge high school OLinemen who rely almost solely on that size advantage.

My guess is that he will need a few years before he is ready to see the field for us, and he will most likely be limited to playing on the inside of the line, where he does have the potential to be very good, with the right coaching and weight program.

buck-I.8 on 26 Dec 2012 - 4:11pm #

One of the main praises this kid gets is the ability to move for his size. His strength is run blocking, and he plays DT, and you can see in his tape that he certainly has the ability to chase down a block, leadblock, and carry through the play. That's not just "using size".

Furthermore, to the point that he'll "need a few years before he'll be ready to see the field", I hardly think that's a disadvantage, seeing as he is a junior in high school. He'll improve for his senior year, hopefully lose some bad weight, and then redshirt like most freshman OLs do, and be ready on schedule. His play gives us no reason to believe he's at a disadvantage.

btalbert25 on 26 Dec 2012 - 4:13pm #

One thing to remember is, he has a summer of camping ahead of him and another full high school season to play. I wouldn't be surprised, if the weight and nutrition problems aren't going to be worked on quite a bit over the next year anyway. I'm sure suggestions will to his highschool coaches for how he can get into better shape and more college ready.

zenshade on 27 Dec 2012 - 1:01am #

My guess is that you simply weren't looking at the same things the coaches look at to determine a player's ability to contribute.

The fact is there's no way Urban would have offered him this early with a potentially smallish 2014 class if he saw him as a 3 year "project". Consider all of the really good high school players so far that have had to wait for committable offers.

The coaches think he can contribute somewhat early at a very high level or they would not have offered this yet.

ausmos on 27 Dec 2012 - 3:15am #

That's why I said that Urban must have seen something I didn't. I only gave my opinion from seeing him play a couple times. I realize I know very little compared to the coaches, but thought I would give my 2 cents based on what I saw. I would love to be wrong and have the kid come in and be the next great lineman here.

razrback16 on 25 Dec 2012 - 1:19pm #

Great news, go bucks!

steensn on 25 Dec 2012 - 1:26pm #

Great to see a commit! What does this do to the school of thought that urban was telling guys to hold off till after 2013 is done?

Buckeye_in_SEC_... on 25 Dec 2012 - 1:52pm #

I think Urban wanted the skill guys to hold off until NSD. It's looking like our OL and DL for 2013 are done, so Jones committing wasn't going to scare anyone off.

lljjgg on 25 Dec 2012 - 4:49pm #

#7 OG according to 247 -- great catch! Now we just need Urbs to start getting those top OL from outside of Ohio to commit and we've got ourselves some action! 2014 is going to be an exciting class! I heard a rumor somewhere that the staff is considering using Marcelys at DT, has anyone heard anything definitive about that? I just can't see it given our DL strength and are lack of OL depth.

Also saw Marcelys tweeted Raekwon McMillan just after Marcelys committed--gotta love that!