- Ole Miss offered Lawrence Marshall & Myles Autry
- Wisconsin offered Myles Autry
- Michigan State offered Dareian Watkins & Joe Henderson
- Ohio State & UCLA offered Travonte Valentine
- Nebraska offered Ian Bunting & Ethan Wolf
- Minnesota offered Ian Bunting
- Purdue offered Mikel Horton
- Missouri offered Darius West
- Boston College offered Dominique Booth
- Syracuse offered Dylan Thompson
- Georgia offered Drake Harris
- Florida State offered Donell Stanley & Will Ulmer
- Iowa State & Oklahoma offered Natrell Curtis
- West Virginia offered C.J. Reavis
- Kansas State & Alabama offered Jermaine Eluemunor
- Alabama offered Sam Mustipher
- Arizona offered Nyles Morgan
- Cincinnati offered Montae Nicholson
- LSU & Notre Dame offered Alex Bars
- Tennessee offered Chris Williams
- Oklahoma offered Andrew Williams
- Myles Autry invited to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
- Jahlil Okafor unofficially visits DePaul to watch the game against Louisville
BN $ - 5-Star CB Will Make OSU Official '14 TX DB Tony Brown
- By BK...talks to Meyer, Herman and Coombs frequently and plans to use an official to OSU.
Scout $ - Berger Enjoys Wolverine Visit '14 OH LB Kyle Berger
- By The Bank...enjoyed his time at UM with Coach Mattison and Jake Ryan...in addition to return trips to OSU and UM wants to visit Tennessee, Notre Dame, Michigan State and possibly Boston College this spring.
Scout $ - Fighting Irish In The Game For Booker '14 OH LB Dante Booker
- By The Bank...enjoyed the visit to ND and getting to know Coach Diaco...no timetable on a decision and no favorites...talks about enjoying his basketball season.
Scout $ - Things not as clear for McMillan '14 GA LB Raekwon McMillan
- By Simmons...talks about how his visit to Alabama opened his eyes and enjoyed his time with Coach Smart and how he could play alongside Reuben Foster...says he now has no favorites but will be ready to name a favorite after his April visit to OSU...also still likes Clemson.
Rivals $ - Thompson adds another offer '14 IL OL/DL Dylan Thompson
- Picked up an offer from Purdue at their junior day last weekend...visiting OSU on 3/22.
ESPN $ - Q&A: Houston S Bonney planning trips '14 TX DB John Bonney
- By Olson.....Recaps his visit to Texas & says they're at the top of his list. Says he definitely wants to visit Ohio State & talks about his relationship with Coach Coombs. May also visit Baylor, Oklahoma & LSU.
Sources tell us Jim Bollman is expected to accept the Michigan State OC job
— FootballScoop Staff (@footballscoop) February 27, 2013
Newly offered: Travonte Valentine (hudl)
Ohio State recruiting: State Secrets, 2/27 - Vadas commits to Penn State (lghl)
The final potential add on to the class of 2013 committed to Penn State yesterday, while another recruit received an offer from Ohio State and an offensive lineman set up his visiting schedule.
The fat lady has finally sang her tune for the 2013 class, as '13 WR Luke Vadas gave his commitment yesterday to Penn State. Vadas had a final three of Ohio State, Pitt and Penn State and being that he was from Ohio and was offered a preferred walk-on role at Ohio State, most assumed he would end up in scarlet and gray as we spoke with Vadas just recently.
Vadas, a 6'2", 185-pound senior at University, was offered as a "run-on", which is similar to a preferred walk-on. He will report to State College, Pa., for summer classes on June 23 and will be on the preseason roster of 105 when the Nittany Lions open camp in August. Vadas is mentioned as saying Penn State's business school and the connection with receivers coach Stan Hixon were the major drawing points to Penn State. While it would have been nice to see Vadas become a Buckeye, I can't blame him for following his dreams of playing on the big stage and can only wish him the best of luck at the next level.
The Buckeyes may already have two offensive linemen in the class of 2014 in '14 OL Marcelys Jones and '14 OL Kyle Trout, but the staff has made the offensive line a key point in their recruiting plans this year. '14 OL Quenton Nelson happens to be another lineman that Ohio State is targeting and has offered. Just yesterday, it was announced that Nelson has set his visit up ($) for March 28th through the 30th. Coach Meyer has stopped by Nelson's school earlier in December, and the staff has made it no secret that they would like to land the 3-star lineman.
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Rutgers recruiting: Former Sparta (N.J.) star, Chad Mavety, now the second-ranked JUCO offensive lineman in the country; to visit Rutgers
Size, strength and athletic ability were never concerns when it came to 6-6, 310-pound Nassau (N.Y.) Community College offensive lineman, Chad Mavety. Unfortunately, grade concerns were for the former Sparta (N.J.) lineman coming out of high school, limiting his intercollegiate level opportunities. With "zero" FBS offers and qualification issues, at the time, Mavety was left with only one option: to attend junior college.
"I came to Nassau Community College because I didn't qualify out of high school," said Mavety. "I had a lot of schools looking at me in high school like West Virginia, Rutgers and Buffalo. Those were honestly my top three. They all wanted to offer me but I didn't have the grades."
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UK Football: Conner quarterback Drew Barker is finally getting interest from Kentucky
He’s a four-star quarterback who has impressed recruiting analysts and will be one of the leading contenders for Kentucky’s Mr. Football honors next season. Yet Kentucky was not one of the 10 schools that had offered Conner’s Drew Barker a scholarship until offensive coordinator Neal Brown changed that after watching Barker throw during a recent morning workout.
“It’s not like he has just surfaced as a top quarterback. Louisville offered him last spring. He has 10 other others. It’s just that Kentucky finally offered and that got his name out more in the state,” Conner coach David Trosper said. “The old Kentucky staff did not offer him. They recruited him just a little bit, but did not offer even though Rivals.com ranked him very highly and he had offers from Cincinnati, Western Kentucky, Purdue, Illinois, North Carolina, Louisiana Tech and South Carolina.”
Barker, ranked among the nation’s top 100 juniors in some recruiting services, has added offers from Vanderbilt, Miami and Mississippi since he got his UK offer and now has 14 scholarship offers.
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Cavs could land one of best recruits in program history
At 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, Quin Blanding will walk to the stage and take a seat at a cloth-draped table inside Bayside High School’s auditorium. The scene — filled with friends, family members, reporters and flashing cameras — will resemble what Taquan Mizzell looked at seven months ago, what Demetrious Nicholson saw two years ago.
In this setting, both Mizzell and Nicholson announced they would continue their football careers at the University of Virginia.
Will Blanding follow script?
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Rutgers recruiting: Dunbar (Md.) quarterback, William Crest, talks Rutgers
Class of 2014 Dunbar high school (Baltimore, Md.) quarterback, William Crest, is a highly-touted pass-first, dual threat quarterback currently claiming offers from Rutgers, Ohio State, West Virginia, Maryland, Marshall, Purdue, UTEP, Virginia and Virginia Tech. According to the 6-3, 170-pounder, Rutgers made him a verbal scholarship offer his sophomore year.
"Rutgers offered me my tenth grade year when I started out on varsity," said Crest. "I haven't really spoken to coaches from any schools recently because I'm taking my time with the process, but I'm still interested.
"Coaches say to contact them and to keep in touch with them, and I understand that's what coaches want. But at the end of the day, it's a little stressful and overwhelming so I just try to relax and gather myself and then attack it. My plan is to get back in contact with coaches at Rutgers, though."
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Haha... Love the gif of the walrus.
That's not great news on Raekwon McMillan.
That's what I'm thinking. Sounds like we may lose Garrett and McMillan to the $ec
I thought the same exact thing [i.e., not good news about McMillan]... until I read this part...
If he knows he's "ready to name a favorite" and if that's ironically "right after he visits OSU"... come on people...
That's not irony
So you're telling me it isn't like 'rain on your wedding day'?
Or perhaps 'a free ride, when you've already paid'?
more like a 'traffic jam when you're already late'.
Who would have thought? It figures....
Or 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
or maybe a no smoking sign on your cigarette break?
Or maybe " winning the lottery and die the next day."
YES EXACTLY LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS
Congrats boys, that was pretty fucking hysterical. Thank you for making my day.
This made me laugh too...reminds me of a HS girl friend who loved that song and Alanis as well.
I always thought she was hot...
"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
Not too worried at this point. He's been on 3-4 visits since his last trip to OSU, and the longer he goes without a visit the harder it is to compare the schools. Once he comes back in April and remembers why he fell in love with OSU in the first place I assume we will be on top of the list again.
Plus he is making FIVE visits to Ohio State on his own dime, that's a lot of money for a school that's not on top
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Totally agree. Keep saying you have no leader while you keep visiting us over and over and.... That said, people do need to realize that this LB haul may be the last of its kind for a couple years. We're hot on the trail of Kwon, Booker, Garrett, Berger and Bates. Don't kid yourselves. Even though I think we land 2-3 of those kids, we did just grab 7 LBs in the last 2 classes to come play in a nickel base scheme. That depth is gonna send some prospects elsewhere. Good problem to have imo.
sfgoods
While I agree with what you are saying, I think that Urban and Co. are also looking to bring in the type of linebackers that can also stay on the field for 3 downs rather than have to sub them out. With the type of offenses run in college football it is difficult to substitute players.
The Big-Ten doing typical big-ten shit. First Purdue and now MSU hiring the walrus. Good greif.
"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"
While not great news on McMillan it's not bad I could see if he dropped us on his list. Blanding is definetly picking UVA i'd be surprised if he chooses anywhere else but Virginia atleast Tony Brown will visit and us a serious look.
When someone shows you who they are believe them! In other words piss a good friend off and see what they really think about you.
2 things:
1) Booker saying he has no favorites. Really? He's said that OSU has been his clear leader.
2) McMillan saying that his visit to Alabama opened his eyes and how he could play along side Reuben Foster. I thought McMillan publically stated that he had no interest playing with Foster in college, that he didn't really care for him.
Don't worry about Booker, Parris Campbell will bet him in eventually.
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Kinda worried about Booker/Notre Dame visit as well.Like them or not,they have been pulling in some strong classes and have pulled a few recruits their way instead of ours.
SCOTTC.
...and then proceeded to lose them again to Florida.
Time and change will surely show how firm they friendship... O-HI-O.
Not worried about Kwon in the slightest. Everywhere a top prospect goes will intrigue him in some facet, which was already the predetermined reason they chose to go in the first place. That being said, He could just as easily visit here & say, Well if I get to play with Mike Mitchell, Trey Johnson, & Von Bell. Not mention if we get Peppers, Booker, & Cliff, their talent would be amazing together in an aggressive, bump & run system.
At this point, Bama has the chip & every time you get a little dynasty going, two things happen:
1. People want to join you & add their legacy to it.
2. You get a target on your chest & people want to take you down.
Depending on what motivates you more.
"Leave...Your...Mark..."
I think I am going to take a big step back from the recruiting news for a while, things are much too fluid this early in the cycle. I have a feeling that to class will look completely different then many early predictions. Kids change their minds, coaches find better players, etc., all the changing leaders after visits just messes with my mind hahahaha.
Right - none of this makes any nevermind this early on. I am following, but without taking anything too seriously...The only thing that might bother me at this point would be losing Damon Webb, other than that, it's way too early to worry about anything at all.
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
the only thing ive learned the past two yrs of recruiting is our staff knows what they are doing and i believe we will have another top 4 class
mark may wins douchebag of the year... again
TE Ian Bunting was offered by Nebraska. Good sized TE with decent mobility for his height.
A little disappointed in Ohio talent this year when it comes to spear-heading this recruiting class. They should take their time and decide on the school they want, so I don't blame them individually one bit.
I miss having players like Jalin Marshall or Cam Burrows who were willing to dodge a bit of the lime-light and be the leaders of the class from Day 1, though. You'd think Dante Booker or Marshon Lattimore would take up that mantle, but they haven't. Marcelys Jones seems more keen on enjoying the recruiting attention. Again, don't blame them one bit -- just a little disappointing that the one recruit we do have that's willing to stand up and recruit for OSU is from Michigan (in Damon Webb). Raekwon McMillan was doing a bit of that, but he's an uncommitted prospect from Georgia so he really doesn't have a lot to gain by pushing OSU if he doesn't end up there. We really need an elite talent from Ohio like Lattimore or Booker on board. Hurd or McMillan would be great, but I get the feeling that they won't commit anywhere until at least the summer.
Just different personality types. In some classes you can get an early leader that will hep recruit. Some years you may not have that guy.
Here's a video of that 8th grader that bama and lsu have offered. It is kind of funny, kind of sad.
http://kegsneggsblog.com/2013/02/27/animated-dylan-moses-demolishes-othe...
not gonna lie, i shared a pretty good chuckle out of this. Was not expecting that.
Good form and technique.
WOW, that little kid got lifted off the ground!! That was insane for an 8th grader.
its one thing looking like a stud vs 7th and 8th graders as an 8th grader, and another thing doing it next year as a 9th grader vs juniors and seniors
I agree with you guys, the ones that take it too serious this early are the ones badmouthing guys on twitter and such. It can certainly be frustrating but in the end I fully believe that this will be a really good class. There is no doubt that it will be a lot different than many people would predict though. Guys who aren't on the radar will pop up, and certain guys that we think we might get will be gone. That's just how it goes for everyone.
No doubt, because look at James Clark for example. No one though or heard of him till less than a month before National Signing Day.
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Don't know if it was put in, but Chris Williams announced a top 3 of Ole Miss, Ohio State, and T A&M. Per ESPN