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'05 IN WR Selwyn Lymon (Purdue signee)

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Oh8ch said:
Recruiting mods - I like what we did by adding "Is a Buckeye" to the title of thread where kids commit to OSU. Can we extend that to the kids we lose and add something like 'to Purdue' to the end of thread titles like this one?
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I was thinking the same thing, Oh8ch. Consider it done. :)
 
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BuckNutty said:
I was thinking the same thing, Oh8ch. Consider it done. :)
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I don't like it...not at all. I just saw the main page and saw " '05 IN WR Selwyn Lymon is a ... " and thought "Holy shit! We got Lymon!" only to find out he's not a Buckeye. I agree that the thread title should reflect if a recruit has commited elsewhere, but do not have it just like it is when a recruit commits to us. I would suggest thread titles of recruits who commit elsewhere should simply have "(Committed: School Name)" appended to it, thus this thread would be now titled " '05 IN WR Selwyn Lymon (Committed: Purdue) ".
 
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8/3/05
Purdue recruit likely will miss freshman year
Tiller doesn't expect Lymon to qualify academically
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By Michael Pointer
[email protected]



CHICAGO -- Selwyn Lymon continues to hope he will be eligible to play for the Purdue football team this season, but he concedes that is looking less likely.

"I check my mailbox every day, hoping for some good news," the jewel of the Boilermakers' 2005 recruiting class said Tuesday night.

Purdue coach Joe Tiller said Tuesday during the Big Ten media days it appears Lymon, a wide receiver from Fort Wayne Harding High School, has not met NCAA freshman eligibility requirements and will not play this season.

Tiller said it was his understanding Lymon received the required score on the ACT but narrowly missed getting the required grade-point average.

"He's graduated from high school and the grades are in the record book," Tiller said.

"They're not going to change. As we sit here today, it doesn't look like he's going to be a qualifier."

The 6-4, 190-pound Lymon was listed as the state's top recruit and the No. 7 wide receiver nationally by rivals.com.

He said his eligibility problem stems from a criminology class in which he received a "B" while attending Fort Wayne North High as a sophomore.

Lymon transferred to Harding before his junior year, and it was his understanding the NCAA would count the two-credit class toward its core requirement. The NCAA counted it as an elective, Lymon said.

"I'm still waiting to see if something goes through because I'm so close," Lymon said.

NCAA rules prohibit Purdue from offering Lymon an athletic scholarship for the upcoming year, but he said he plans to enroll at the school and pay his way. He cannot practice with the team.
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? Purdue sophomore Selwyn Lymon set an all-time Notre Dame opponent record with 238 receiving yards (along with eight catches and two touchdowns) last Saturday in what could be the coming-out party for the next premier Big Ten wide receiver.
The 6-4, 210-pound speedster (4.4-second range in the 40) possesses the type of ball skills, leaping ability and vertical speed to become a future first-round prospect. A quarterback and wide receiver in high school, Lymon can also be used to run a few gadget plays.
Lymon, named the top prep prospect in Indiana by several outlets two years ago, paid his own way to school last year and sat out the season to concentrate on his grades. He will be three years removed from his high school graduation in 2007, and he certainly will draw a flood of area scouts at his games next season.
 
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Manningham, Lymon To Miss Action Forced To Face His Fears

John L. Smith facing tough stretch of games at Michigan State; stadium renovations create home advantage

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By Michael Schlossberg
The Daily Northwestern

A pair of electric Big Ten receivers will not be on the field Saturday but for very different reasons.

Michigan's Mario Manningham and Purdue's Selwyn Lymon will be sidelined this week as their teams' take on Penn State and Northwestern, respectively.

Lymon will also likely be forced to sit out on Saturday after Lymon was accidentally shot in the eye with an air gun at 1 a.m. Monday morning. Lymon and some teammates had been shooting the guns while wearing protective goggles, but Lymon was injured after removing his eyewear.

Lymon is expected to miss up to five days, leaving his status against NU questionable. For the season, he has 21 receptions for 422 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

"I don't think my players will be playing with air guns anymore," Purdue coach Joe Tiller said.
 
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3/30

Purdue WR Lymon stabbed in chest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon was hospitalized in critical condition Friday, hours after being stabbed in the chest.
Lymon arrived at a hospital about 2:45 a.m. with a stab wound to the upper chest and told medical workers he was attacked at a nightclub near the campus, said John Walker, deputy chief of West Lafayette Police Department.

Lymon, 20, of Fort Wayne, was listed in critical but stable condition at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Lafayette, hospital spokesman Matthew Oates said.

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Lymon didn't redshirt, so he could transfer without lossing a year, and maintain 3 years of eligibility.

As a father he doesn't like coaches comments, and as a parent you might think you want to get your son out of that location, IF (and i know it is a big if) Lymon showed interest in transfering to OSU do you think the Bucks would share interest?
 
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BuckWrestler141;800720; said:
Lymon didn't redshirt, so he could transfer without lossing a year, and maintain 3 years of eligibility.
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Lymon paid his own way at Purdue in 2005--that's when his eligibility clock started ticking. If he transfers to 1-A, 2008/9 will be his only years to play. While I feel for the kid in this situation, he's had a litany of poor choices and who knows if his family even has the funds to pay for more schooling, as a transfer within the conference disqualifies him from receiving a scholarship.
 
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TheStoicPaisano;800726; said:
Lymon paid his own way at Purdue in 2005--that's when his eligibility clock started ticking. If he transfers to 1-A, 2008/9 will be his only years to play. While I feel for the kid in this situation, he's had a litany of poor choices and who knows if his family even has the funds to pay for more schooling, as a transfer within the conference disqualifies him from receiving a scholarship.
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Well I was way off, thanks for the schooling :biggrin:
 
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TheStoicPaisano;800726; said:
Lymon paid his own way at Purdue in 2005--that's when his eligibility clock started ticking. If he transfers to 1-A, 2008/9 will be his only years to play. While I feel for the kid in this situation, he's had a litany of poor choices and who knows if his family even has the funds to pay for more schooling, as a transfer within the conference disqualifies him from receiving a scholarship.
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Bolded part is really why, if a transfer takes place, you can look for it to be to a non-Big 10 school.

The more important factor right now is for Lymon to get healthy, then face whatever music is coming his way. BTW, post regarding this latest incident was also made to the Police/Legal Blotter.
 
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