'05 MD DE Melvin Alaeze

[NJ-Buckeye]

Nov 14 article
Randallstown 21, Milford Mill 9: At CCBC-Catonsville, defensive end Melvin Alaeze had 10 tackles for the Rams (7-4) as they advanced to the Class 3A North final. They'll face Bel Air on Friday (Nov 21).
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Nov 21 article
Bel Air 23, Randallstown 15
...but Melvin Aleaze single-handedly helped the Rams rally. The 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior played six positions, as well as kicking and punting, and his interception of a pass by Mumey and 29-yard return set up his 1-yard touchdown run with 3:18 left.

 

[BuckNutty]

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Alaeze is down to four schools: USC, Va Tech, Miami and Maryland.

 

[BuckNutty]

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Alaeze plans on visiting his top 4 schools. He's not sure if he needs to take a 5th visit but if he does it will be to Ohio State.

 

[osugrad21]

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Interesting that tOSU is in final 4 although he did not visit...as pointed out by Duane Long, Melvin also commented that the player he would like to play alongside in college was Rico McCoy...


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By Jamie Newberg National Recruiting Analyst
Date: Jan 14, 2005

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is this Saturday on NBC at 1 p.m. Eastern. During the telecast there could be as many as 20 verbal commitments. While in San Antonio, Texas for coverage of the game I had a chance to talk with all the players and here are their finialists.
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One of the great things about the U.S. Army All-American Bowl over the previous four games was the players involved in the game made their college commitments during the game. Well, during Saturday’s U.S. Army All-American Bowl there will be as many as 20 players that will make their decisions known. Here is a breakdown of who is scheduled to make their commitments this weekend during the game.

Melvin Alaeze (DT) Randallstown (Md.)
Down to – Maryland, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Southern Cal
“It’s those four. Some people think I am staying close to home but I don’t know.”







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[Mothra]

did gooch even take an official visit?

 

[bobcat84]

Maybe he'll be one of the few guys of All Time to commit then visit!


wish we could have gotten him to visit....

 

[Piney]

Maybe not an official visit... but did he ever take an unofficial visit???

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

great to hear that we still get a mention... because he was virtually signed, sealed and delivered as a Terp just a couple mths ago... Alaeze has all the makings of another Wil Smith... extremely athletic...

 

[goodguy]

We probably have an ice cubes chance in hell with him, but at least we got something. It's not to late for him to set up a visit. Don't visits occur right up til about two weeks before NLOID.

 

[Taosman]

Could this be the surprise!

 

[Buckeye Nut]

Could this be the surprise!

I was thinking the same thing. I'm not putting a lot of hope into it, but just a thought. Maybe Wells, McCoy and Gwaltney are the three horses HH was talking about and Alaeze is the side bet, wouldn't that be something.

 

[OSU Rob]

i doubt its alaeze since he hasnt even visited osu. plus, hh said the side bet he was refering to was a player NOT in san antonio for the AA game, so perhaps a guy like E.J. Biggers, Eric Sledge or someone like that. He said the 3 are obvious- I can think of Wells and McCoy but thought Gwaltney was an SC silent.

 

[Buckeye Nut]

I honestly don't think it would be Alaeze either, but he does have us in his final four without even visiting so I guess if we're in his final four there must be at least a snowball's chance he might come to OSU.

 

[TexasBuck]

I think Gwaltney or McKinney are the most likely 3rd pick-up of the "tri-fecta".

In recent weeks, Gwaltney and Well's have spoken on the phone about coming to OSU together. It's possible they have hit it off in San Antonio. That could be final factor that pushed Gwaltney in our favor. Boone blocking for him couldn't hurt our chances either. Grant it, I won't be comfortable until we get it in writting.

Jamario O'Neil has been pushing McKinney hard. McKinney did go to the scUM game and we've been consistently near the top of his list for a long time.

I can't see Alaeze coming here without visiting either. The only positive I've heard in months is that he would like to play with McCoy. Doesn't seem like that is enough to swing him our way.

Regardless, if with get 3, I'll be ecstatic. I was going to be giddy with 2. I'm thinking Sledge is the "side-bet" HH spoke of.

 

[Taosman]

Ok, how about Wells,McCoy and taaduuuh McKinney!,