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Thaddeus Snodgrass Junior Highlights
- Denzel Ware rated 97 by 247Sports
- Oklahoma State offered Demarre Kitt
- Bowling Green offered Joe Henderson
- Ohio State offered Marcus Outlow
- Florida State offered Garrett Dickerson
- Florida offered Bryce Dixon
- Ole Miss & Miami offered Deshaun Watson
- Kentucky offered Thaddeus Snodgrass
- '14 C OH David Bell has committed to Ohio State
- Jabrill Peppers names a top 5 of: Stanford, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama & Notre Dame. Peppers says Stanford and OSU are battling it out for the #1 spot in his top 5. Peppers says that we will visit Ohio State the first week of April.
Rivals100
1. Da'Shawn Hand
2. Jabrill Peppers
4. Quin Blanding
6. Andrew Brown
9. Lorenzo Carter
11. Deshaun Watson
12. Elijah Hood
13. Tony Brown
15. Jalen Hurd
16. Raekwon McMillan
19. Braden Smith
21. Malik McDowell
25. Laurence Jones
27. Jalen Tabor
28. Solomon Thomas
32. Damon Webb
33. Jamal Adams
34. Donell Stanley
38. Edward Paris
39. Elisha Shaw
41. Marshon Lattimore
47. Montae Nicholson
49. Tyler Luatua
53. Clifton Garrett
55. Alex Bars
56. Drake Harris
58. Dillon Bates
59. Todd Kelly
65. Caleb Henderson
66. Quenton Nelson
67. Demarre Kitt
69. Khairi Clark
70. Nyles Morgan
72. Josh Malone
87. Mark Andrews
92. Andy Bauer
93. Artavis Scott
94. Jamarco Jones
95. Nick Chubb
96. Shaq Davidson
99. Dante Booker
Preview: Best of the Midwest Combine
OSU Offered Prospects attending:
'15 RB Damien Harris
'14 WR Marshon Lattimore
'14 WR Lonnie Johnson
'14 OL Marcelys Jones
'14 DB Damon Webb
'14 DB Erick Smith
Rivals $ - Erick Smith familiar with Michigan '14 OH S Erick Smith
- Talks about being offered by Michigan a week ago...hopes to visit for a spring practice...Ohio State, Tennessee, MSU, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia Tech, NC State, Louisville and WVU have offered...likes that Frank Clark and Willie Henry are at UM...no timetable for a decision.
Rivals $ - Five-star Peppers names top five '14 NJ DB Jabrill Peppers
- Stanford and OSU battling for his top spot, followed by Michigan, Notre Dame and Alabama.
Scout Vid $ - SFE 7v7 Tryout: Chris Lammons '14 FL ATH Chris Lammons
- Hasn't played DB before, but had a great showing at the tryout. Offers from Indiana & Ole Miss and also hearing from Miami, UCF, Georgia, LSU & others. Fastest time in the 40 is 4.39 and says he runs consistent 4.4s.
Scout $ - SFE 7v7 Tryout: Quincy Wilson '14 FL DB Quincy Wilson
- LSU, South Carolina, Clemson, Ohio State, Rutgers & Florida stand out and says he's working on a top 5. Will camp at LSU & would like to get back to Ohio State & South Carolina. Says his relationship with the coaching staff & being able to play corner will be the biggest factors in his decision.
Ohio State recruiting: State Secrets, 2/11 - Weekend visitor recap (lghl)
On Sunday, while Ohio State basketball fell to the likes of Indiana, the coaching staff for the Ohio State football team was busy doing work and found themselves notified of three new commitments to the class of 2014. '14 4-star OL Kyle Trout was the first to commit to Ohio State on Sunday, followed by '14 4-star DE Lawrence Marshall about an hour later,and then '14 RB/ATH Parris Campbell went after Marshall about half an hour later.
Landing an offensive lineman this early is a good sign for the Buckeyes. Urban Meyer has mentioned repeatedly that the staff didn't close on the offensive line near as well as they needed to. In 2014, I see the Buckeyes taking as many as four offensive lineman, which means they could add as many as three to four more to be completely situated.
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Ohio State recruiting: A new philosophy (LGHL)
One of the reasons Ohio State has been so strong historically at college football is because of the quality of players that come out of the state of Ohio. The Buckeyes have a strong tradition going back to the very beginning of them playing the sport of great players coming to Columbus from all over the state.
That trend hit its modern heights under Jim Tressel. Tressel's philosophy was more to always try and fill needs from Ohio first, and go elsewhere only afterwards or if a player's combination of interest and talent was so obvious Ohio State would be foolish not to recruit him. Historically, that's been easier said than done, as OSU has had to fight Michigan tooth and nail for the state's top players.
That's because Michigan sucks. But you knew that. Tressel seemed to get an upper hand on Lloyd Carr the last few years Carr coached in Ann Arbor, and once he retired, Jim Tressel was able to lock down the Ohio borders and take virtually every top talented kid in the state, if he wanted him.
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Ohio State football: Recruiting raid of Michigan in full swing (dispatch)
Lawrence Marshall wasn’t anticipating any trouble crossing the border back into Michigan today, but he knew that in committing to Ohio State’s 2014 recruiting class during an unofficial visit over the weekend, he probably was setting himself up for some grief from the home-staters.
“I hope they still love me,” said Marshall, a blue-chip defensive end prospect from Southfield.
But while Lancaster offensive lineman Kyle Trout and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary running back Parris Campbell also pledged to Urban Meyer and the OSU class of 2014 yesterday, pushing the total to five so far, Marshall was the one headed home to Michigan.
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DB John Bonney talks UT offer (Rivals)
Houston Lamar DB John Bonney didn't know what to expect when he made his way to Austin on Sunday for a Longhorn junior day. He really didn't know what to expect when he was pulled aside and told Mack Brown wanted to speak to him, shortly after arriving on campus.
Things couldn't have gone much better for Bonney.
John Bonney picked up an offer from Texas on Sunday morning.
"When I first got there, they pulled me aside and took me to coach Brown's office. I got to meet his wife, and he personally offered me there," Bonney said. "Then I got a chance to talk to my position coach, coach (Duane) Akina, and coach (Oscar) Giles, who recruits my area."
"I'm going to Ohio State to see some spring practice, Northwestern, Auburn and I'm going to try to go to UCLA. Those are the out of state teams" Bonney said. "I'll go to Baylor as well. It's going to be busy but I want to get as much in as possible. Soon, I'll make a commitment somewhere. I want to at least narrow my list down."
Fast Starters In 2014 (247sports)
Ohio State
A few members of the Ohio State coaching staff have developed the mantra of planting the flag while on the road recruiting.
That Buckeyes flag is certainly waving in Detroit.
Urban Meyer and company have gone into traditional Wolverines/Spartans territory and landed two Top247 prospects in cornerback Damon Webb and defensive end Lawrence Marshall.
As expected, the Buckeyes are also doing very well at home, reeling in the state’s top two offensive linemen in Marcelys Jones and Kyle Trout, along with speedy running back/receiver Parris Campbell. Perhaps Campbell’s teammate in Top100 outside linebacker Dante Booker will soon join the fold as well.
Ohio State finished with the nation’s No. 2 class in 2013 and there are no signs of slowing down in the next recruiting cycle. Among the many other touted prospects the Buckeyes lead for or are near the top of list includes five-star linebacker Raekwon McMillan, five-star athlete Jabrill Peppers, four-star athlete Marshon Lattimore, four-star linebacker Clifton Garrett, four-star offensive tackle Jamarco Jones, four-star receiver Drake Harris and four-star linebacker Kyle Berger.
Southfield DE Lawrence Marshall picks Ohio State over U-M, MSU (detroit news)
Southfield defensive end Lawrence Marshall, a 2014 recruit, committed to Ohio State on Sunday.
Marshall (6-4, 235) also has been offered scholarships by Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Tennessee, among other schools.
Southfield coach Tim Conley said Marshall is visiting Ohio State this weekend.
"Lawrence took the ACT on Saturday then left to Columbus," Conley said. "He's probably there at the (Ohio State-Indiana) game right now."
Conley said OSU was the most persistent in its recruitment of Marshall. "The other schools didn't recruit Lawrence as hard," he said.
Marshall is the fifth commitment in OSU's 2014 class, which also includes Detroit Cass Tech cornerback Damon Webb.
Lancaster's Trout commits to Ohio State football (lancaster eagle gazette)
LANCASTER — For the fourth time since 2000, a Lancaster High School football player plans to play for Ohio State.
On Sunday, junior offensive lineman Kyle Trout verbally committed to play for the Buckeyes, his father, Kevin Trout, confirmed. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound lineman had offers from 10 different colleges, including BCS schools West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Illinois, Michigan State and Indiana. Trout was offered by Ohio State offensive line coach Ed Warinner.
Trout is rated as a four-star prospect by the scouting website Rivals.com, and was a first-team, All-Central District selection this past season with the Golden Gales.
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Ohio State football gets three pledges for 2014 class, including St. Vincent-St. Mary's Parris Campbell (Cleveland)
COLUMBUS - Urban Meyer and five Ohio State assistants were watching from the sidelines when St. Vincent-St. Mary's Parris Campbell ran for 168 yards and three touchdowns in the Irish's 41-21 state title victory over Bellevue in December.
Along with everyone else, the Buckeyes obviously liked what they saw. So on Sunday, just four days after Meyer said “we're already knee deep in '14 players,” when speaking at Wednesday's National Signing Day for the 2013 class, the Buckeyes offered what they liked.
That included Campbell, and the SVSM junior was one of three members of the Class of 2014 who gave oral commitments to the Buckeyes on Sunday, as reported by BuckeyeGrove.com and other outlets.
Lancaster offensive lineman Kyle Trout and Southfield (Mich.) defensive Lawrence Marshall joined Campbell in making a pledge. That brings Ohio State's 2014 Class to five players, as they joined Glenville lineman Marcelys Jones and Detroit Cass Tech defensive back Damon Webb.
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High school notebook: St. V-M junior Parris Campbell Jr. commits to Ohio State for football (Ohio)
St. Vincent-St. Mary junior Parris Campbell Jr. has committed to continue his academic and athletic careers at Ohio State University on a football scholarship.
Campbell, 15, helped St. V-M win the Division II state championship in football in 2012.
Campbell is 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds. He emerged as the Fighting Irish’s top running back this past season when he rushed for 1,353 yards and 28 touchdowns on 160 carries.
Campbell, who turns 16 on July 16, is also a capable wide receiver, defensive back and special teams player. He had one receiving touchdown, returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown and scored two touchdowns (65 and 81 yards) on punt returns.
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Ohio State Football Recruiting: Breaking Down Buckeyes' Newest 2014 Commitments (bleacher report)
Momentum is everything in college football recruiting, and Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes are riding a serious wave of it after a brilliant finish to the 2013 recruiting cycle.
Ohio State brought in one of the best classes in the country—ranked No. 2 overall by the 247Sports Composite and Rivals.com—and this was after a 12-0 regular season in Meyer's first year with the Buckeyes.
When you think of programs with realistic national championship aspirations for 2013 and beyond, Ohio State needs to be on that list. If Meyer continues recruiting at this pace, that statement could be true for a very long time.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING: Southfield's Marshall commits to Ohio State (mi prep zone)
Southfield junior football star Lawrence Marshall will be heading across the border for college.
The Michigan-Ohio border that is.
Marshall (6-foot-5, 240 pounds), a ferocious pass rusher on the defensive line and Oakland County’s most sought-after recruit for the Class of 2014, committed to Ohio State on Sunday while on a visit in Columbus.
“I love everything about Ohio State,” he said. “The coaching staff, the team and the campus are all amazing. I’m so pumped up about my decision. I can’t wait for the day that I’m a Buckeye and I’ll be wearing the scarlet and gray.”
Last season, Marshall recorded 105 tackles and six sacks in his second year starting in the trenches for Southfield. As a sophomore, he helped lead the Bluejays to a district championship.
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Thanks Gene
Have to think that Urban has an edge if Stanford is the main competition for Jabrill Peppers. At least I certainly hope so.
Stanford is a preseason top 5, and have been to three consecutive BCS games. Oh, and they're also an OK school academically. Don't count them out yet.
Yeah most people, myself included, would leap at a Stanford offer.
agreed, should be a dogfight here
Definitely agree. Harbaugh brought them back to relevency with Luck and Shaw has kept there. This isn't going to be an easy win by any stretch. And I agree with I.8 with the scholarship from them. I'd take that in a heartbeat (even though I absolutely cherish my OSU degree, it's just hard to pass up that type of education when given a chance).
The one thing that could play a role, though, is will Shaw be up for an NFL job next year if they are successful again? His name was thrown around a little bit at the end of this season. If that picks up steam again and it happens, would a coaching change solidify Peppers to the good guys?
Im right there with you, man. I love OSU, but the Stanford diploma speaks for itself. Plus it's beautiful out there
I agree, Stanford is a great school, beautiful area, and they've built a strong football program.
But the culture/scene is not right for everyone. Here are a few "cherrypicked" slice-of-life images from in/around Stanford that exagerrate my point, but are real nontheless.
Shopping adacent to campus:
Party at Stanford:
I see nothing in this post which would discourage me from Stanford. It is a top quality school which I'm hoping my kid gets into.
Tell him good luck!
so one store and what looks to clearly be a frat party, are why you wouldnt like it there? and i know you just "cherrypicked" those 2, but honestly, they are bad examples.
You could easily take a picture of the Michael Kors at Easton and then walk down 15th and find guys that look like that literally teeming around you in Columbus. In fact, I'd assume that there are way more frat guys at OSU than at Stanford.
More importantly, there's this:
and this:
I did not write that I "wouldnt like it there" or that such scenes in/around the campus would "discourage me from Stanford."
Here's what I did write (only a few comments above):
In other words, the culture/scene might be right for a whole lot of people, including myself. Actually, I spent some time at another school within 1-hr driving distance of Stanford, so I visited the campus several times. It is beautiful. Lots of smart kids. Great place to study. Etc.
I did not apply to Stanford for grad school because of my program-of-study, but I'd have jumped at a chance to go there if I'd been in another program.
That said, the scenes above are not especially out of character for Stanford. The kids at Stanford tend to be wealthier and better-dressed than college students at major public research universities. The stereotypes of blue-blooded coeds shopping at Gucci and then lunching on Nicoise salad is not far off.
Well, some kids would eat up the atmosphere in/around Stanford campus and some would feel a bit out of place. Same with some kids who visit Ohio State for the first time. Stanford might seem very far away to a kid like Jabrill Peppers, or he might feel right at home there. We'll see.
I would bet that a larger percentage of kids at Stanford are on financial aid than at tOSU.
Truth is Stanford is ahead of its time and aggressively gung ho about diversity.
Do kids ACT like they are blue bloods once they are admitted? Yes, I see your point on that one. Same as the entitled snobbers at Cameron Indoor, though Duke has way more trust fund kids.
GoldenBearBuckeye: good point about Stanford's commitment to diversity.
To be fair, my impressions of Stanford were just that - impressions - and thus subject to the distortions of my biases, perceptions, preconceived notions, etc. It might have been coincidental that, while I was there, I encountered several very "high maintenance" ladies, which might have fit with my narrative of what Stanford was supposed to be. At the time, I was attending a hippie school.
I think you were fair in your impressions, RFR. Honestly, "snoody" is the first word many (not all, but many) people think of when they think of upper-crest Ivy League schools like Stanford, Harvard and Yale. That doesn't mean most of us, especially those who value the power of a quality education on earning potential, wouldn't break our backs in order to get there--which you clearly stated, I thought. Ivy League schools aren't for everyone, the same way Columbus isn't for everyone.
I still think the bigger issue is potentially location. Columbus is a LOT closer to New Jersey than Palo Alto is, and unless he has family out there, I'm hoping that will be a consideration more than anything else.
As others have said, I'd say that Stanford has as many pro's as OSU does, given that they're now a legitimate football team again (as of the last 5 or so years).
The one advantage I WOULD say we have is proximity. Let's hope the fact that OSU is closer to home gives us a slight lead once he starts making the visits--realizing that his family will rarely if ever get to see him play out there, his visits to home will be few and far between, etc. It's not a major factor for everyone obviously (see Marcus Baugh from California on our own roster), and I don't know whether he has family out in California, which could make a difference. But until that kind of thing becomes clear, gotta think we have an advantage in that sense.
Pulling a 5 star player out of the Garden State two years in a row (Apple, Peppers) would be a great accomplishment. Hoping that having Apple at OSU already will give us an advantage.
Not to mention Ohio State's past pedigree with DB talent out of Jersey (Malcom Jenkins)
(Insert food joke about growing apples and peppers in a garden here)
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Hoping when Peppers visits in April its one of those first warm days of Spring when the Oval is full of people.... Ohh... those were the days.
Nothing like dancing on the field in 02...
Let us all pray that David Shaw is in the NFL by the end of next season.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
Our DB recruiting for '13 was insane, but it looks like the 2014 haul could be just as, if not more impressive.
Hard to believe.
Parris Campbell is only 15...haha...kid is gonna be completely lights out by the time he enrolls at tOSU.
The 2012 National Champions.
Hard to believe he is 15 years old. Could not tell by his interview. Some of the 15 year olds look much older than they used to. Some of these 17 year old guys on signing day with full beards could pass for 25 years old. Strange stuff.
gotta remember greg oden looking 40 with a beard haha
Today is Damien Harris's 16th birthday.
Demarre Kitt could pass for at least 29.
Back in my day(2000. lol), 16 year olds looked 16.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
+1 Haha, you're so right, Kitt does look oler!
What the heck are they eating in the south?
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
Thanks Gene
HUGE^^^^^We have to hope they push the academic side of OSU (which speeks for itself) and grab this kid. He's a freak for a DB....looks like a freaking LB for crying out loud. I love Urban;-)
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
You've seen his film, right? If he doesn't get plays on offense, i'll be shocked.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
We don't see much from Quin Blanding or a lot of updates. From trying to piece things together it doesn't seem like he has taken many visits or released any top schools. But this tweet came across the other day. 5-star DB from VA, #4 on Rivals100.
Edit: Wants to commit prior to start of senior season to help recruit other players according to 12/18/2012 quick bits
+1 RX that's great news! Blanding, Peppers, Webb and Kelly would be sick. Maybe even Glass. Wow our secondary would be stacked with the 2013 guys we just got too!
I thought this pic of UVA QB commit Corwin Cutler and Blanding was funny and worth sharing:
Don't want Glass, sorry.
He can go in the UM pantheon with Mike Hart & Tuley-Tillman
Sounds like he's fishing for some attention, we have the right staff to take his bait and see if he is worth an offer! Gonna be stacked in the secondary!
"Statistics always remind me of a fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet." - Coach Woody Hayes
He already has an offer and there isn't any doubt he is worth it. Considered to be the top safety in the class by many.
I saw that tweet about Blanding a couple of days ago. He seems to be all ACC at the moment (UVA and FSU the leaders) and doesn't seem to be at all interested in the SEC.
He is a top 10 player in the class easy. Anything can happen if we get him on campus.
A secondary class of him, Peppers and Webb to go with Bell, Conley, Apple, Thompson and Burrows last year is absolutely incredible.
I like that we are in the top 2 with Stanford for Peppers services. Anybody know who his main recruiter is? Hopefully its Withers or Combs, with Urban closing the deal. I would love to have this kid in the class. He is by far my favorite player in the 14 class because of his versatility. 6'1 205 and can play rb or corner. Plus maybe develop into a safety one day. Kid is absolutely sick.
According to 247 it is Coombs
Thank you sir I appreciate it.
I believe I read a tweet that said Snodgrass named State Penn his leader... Really? I figured it would take a couple of years before they started landing recruits again. Do these kids really want to have a postseason ban all the way up til their senior year?
Surely BOB isn't selling that the NCAA is going to shorten their ban.
His would only be through his sophomore year if I remember correctly. I think they only have a 4 year ban with last year being year 1.
Thanks Gene. Good read!