- @Bill_Kurelic OSU prefers Skipper over Hunt and only wants one more OL in this class
- Georgia offers Lorenzo Carter
Rivals$--Top 2014 wide out grew up a Gators fan '14 NC WR Trevion Thompson
- Trevion emphasizes he does not have any leaders and is wide open but admits growing up a Florida fan. He says UNC and Clemson are recruiting him the hardest and he plans to visit tOSU.
Another Huge Recruiting Weekend On Tap for Michigan Game
The Ohio State-Michigan game will have served as the anchor for two of the biggest weekends for football recruiting in the class of 2013, when it’s all said and done.
No event on the Ohio State campus attracted more recruits than “The Game” back in November, when Ohio State defeated the Wolverines 26-21 in front of nearly 80 of the top football prospects in the country.
Now, the basketball Wolverines invade Ohio State’s campus on Sunday, just in time for Urban Meyer and his staff to host another huge recruiting weekend in Columbus. With National Signing Day less than a month away, and the 2013 class sitting at 21 scholarship players and five preferred walk-ons, the pace will be furious.
Ohio State will welcome a host of big-name 2013 targets – Shelton Gibson, Chris Worley, Corn Elder, Ryan Timmons, and the big fish, Vonn Bell – to campus this weekend. They will also bring in a number of key 2014 targets: LB Kyle Berger, DL Dan Cage, DL Eric Smith, DB Damon Webb, and ATH/DB Marshon Lattimore.
A number of Ohio State’s 2013 commits – Marcus Baugh, Joey Bosa, Jalin Marshall, and Vonn Bell’s childhood friend Darron Lee – will also grace the weekend visitors along with 2014 commit Marcelys Jones.
Vonn Bell, a top 50 player by most recruiting services, was rumored to have already made his college decision before he would even schedule official visits but one Urban Frank Meyer decided to pay a trip to Bell’s state championship game in Atlanta. All of a sudden, Bell was not so sure about his decision.
It will be a battle between Nick Saban and Urban Meyer for Bell’s services, but if history repeats itself, Tennessee could also be a more significant player for Bell than people realize.
Last year, recruiting experts had Stefon Diggs to OSU or the University of Florida but in the end, hometown Maryland won out. Tennessee holds a similar place in Bell’s heart as the Terrapins did for Diggs, so do not count out the Vols completely for Bell. Here is a closer look at the remaining 2013 targets coming to campus this weekend and discuss the odds of them signing with the Buckeyes.
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you forgot to take out timmons in the list of visitors. Otherwise, great stuff and I always look forward to the quick bits
You can thank Michael Chung, HE forgot, not I.
He also forgot Daniel Cage rescheduled his visit to Feb 2nd :p
Thanks as always Gene. I know the staff is hitting Georgia very hard in 2014. Does anyone know how we are doing with Lorenzo Carter? 247 has us as cool with some other teams hot, but that doesn't always mean anything. Thanks in advance.
Interesting. OSU is sitting @ 22 in this class with Bell, Smith, Gibson, Elder, and Skipper/Hunt in the mix (so to speak). I'm wondering how this class will end up.
From what I've read, I think they expect to get to 26, with Bell, Smith, Gibson, and Skipper (as above) as first choices. I haven't looked at Skipper/Hunt at all, but you would have to be happy with the other three.
I think Smith and Gibson are in (not sure what's going on with Gibson: told to wait, grades/scores, looking at other programs, who knows), and I've given up speculating on if Bell will pick us.
Sounds like Drew Barker and Timmons are both at UK today.
Good! Watson >>>>>>> Barker. C'mon Urby, work that magic !!
Thank you Gene
I think Kurelic is guessing that Skipper is prefered over Hunt because of how their visits are scheduled.
He is basing that on Urban wants a pure tackle.
Don't believe he knows what Urban wants.
Makes you wonder if Urban has a subscription to 11Warriors...
11W has subs?
I just ate a ft long sub. Hit the spot.
Bill "50/50" Kurelic is the Michael Chung of Bucknuts
I thought OSU was recruiting Trevion Thompson pretty hard too. Him and Lattimore and possibly Kitt are the WRs that they are targeting the hardest?
Lonnie Johnson may be in right now. I think he tried to commit, and then quickly changed to waiting for his teammates to be scouted before he gave a commitment. Meyer may be waiting until the other WRs in this class commit or sign letters.