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'06 FL TE/DL Steven Wesley (Miami Verbal)

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The Ledger

8/25



SCOTT WHEELER/THE LEDGER
Call them Bartow's version of the Fantastic Four, from left, defensive end Steven Wesley, quarterback Devarius Cook, fullback Alfrederick "Boom" Jones and running back Carl Edler.

Published Thursday, August 25, 2005
BARTOW | 3A-10

Young Jackets Will Not Back Down

By Lisa Coffey
The Ledger

BARTOW
Two things are for sure at Bartow. The fans will come to watch the Yellow Jackets play and scouts will be checking out two-way players Steven Wesley and Alfrederick "Boom" Jones.

Wesley is a senior tight end/defensive end and Jones is a fullback/linebacker who will lead a Yellow Jackets team that lost 22 seniors from last year's 9-2 squad.

"You've got to rely on the up-and-coming seniors," said Bartow coach Shawn Killets.

Wesley (6-2, 230) is a Division I prospect and a quiet leader on the team.

"He speaks when it's needed," said Killets. "He lets his play speak for itself."

Killets pointed out that both Wesley and Jones did not miss a day of summer weight training and that Wesley is always the first to practice and the last to leave.

And he doesn't need any motivation.

"Seems like the tougher the opponent, the better he plays," said Killets. "He blocks well. He runs hard.

"He knows his routes. He's physical on defense and he keeps everything running smooth. The kid is pretty special."

Jones isn't so bad either.

He led the team as a sophomore in tackles at middle linebacker with 109 in 11 games.

This year he will also play fullback.

"He is the vocal guy," said Killets. "The kids sort of feed off his enthusiasm. He has a genuine enthusiasm that's contagious. He will block hard and runs hard."

Jones, who will be starting for the third year in a row, and senior fullback Brandon Bridges (5-7, 175) will be blocking for junior Carl Edler, who led the team in rushing as a sophomore.

With senior Grant Glover (6-0, 170) returning at wide receiver and senior Courtney Chunn (5-10, 240) at center, one of the few questions for Bartow on offense is at quarterback.

Junior Devarious Cook (5-11, 165), who served as backup to Roland Stevens last year and played safety, will take over the play calling.

"He's smart," said Killets. "He's getting better with his reads and mechanics. I'm optimistic he's going to do well."

According to Killets, this year seems to be the opposite of last year, when the team had a good returning offense and a young defense.

This fall, the Yellow Jackets have a young offense and a defense that features five seniors and a junior.

"Last year both parts did well," said Killets. "I hope it's the same this year."

With Wesley at defensive end, Bridges and Jones at linebacker and senior Tyrone Berry at defensive end and Lamar Reese (5-10, 180) at strong safety, the Yellow Jackets have a good nucleus.

Add in defensive back Jarrett Williams (6-0, 170), who played safety last year, corner Phil Jackson (5-6, 165) and a senior Tejon Washington (6-3, 242), who will be rotating in with Wesley and opponents will have to work hard for yardage.
 
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Wesley had a great quote in this week's BSB, when asked about his leaders and who would get visits, something along the lines of "I don't know what I'm going to do--I could even commit this weekend."

I'm hoping for a couple of verbals from recruits overwhelmed by the amazing OSU-UT experience (and of course an OSU win): c'mon Wesley, Wallace, Brown, Moeller--you know you wanna!
 
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RB07OSU said:
I really think by monday we may have Moeller, Wallace,Brown, Johnson, and possibly Wesley all in the bag if things go as planned.
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I think Moeller and Wesley are realistic. The others won't go public if they do make up their minds. Wallace will still visit Nebraska, Brown will still take the rest of his visits, and Johnson will still visit at least LSU. But hopefully you are right and things go as planned and the staff at least gets "positive feedback" from these guys.
 
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wadc45 said:
I think Moeller and Wesley are realistic. The others won't go public if they do make up their minds. Wallace will still visit Nebraska, Brown will still take the rest of his visits, and Johnson will still visit at least LSU. But hopefully you are right and things go as planned and the staff at least gets "positive feedback" from these guys.
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Sorry didn't make myself clear on this. What I meant to say is they could have their minds made up just not verbal on the spot. I think we get maybe only 1 verbal but the rest you mentioned I think will take their visits but will have possibly made up their minds by then. I forgot Dublin very good shot at him also.
 
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Question on Wesley...

What position are we recruiting me as? With teh 3-wide offense we have int eh starting lineup, could Wesley be coming in as an H-Back. In the mold of Stan White Jr? A smaller tight end, who can be plugged in at FB and be a safety valve if the play breaks down. I don't know, but he seems too short to be a TE and we already seem to have 2 DE's set in Dublin and Rose + the 3 guys we got last year.
 
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I think he is definitely athletic enough to play on offense and be a weapon. He could be a great zone-stretching TE. But he also has the speed to be devastating off the corner as a pass rush DE.
 
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Bucknuts $

9/12

Steven loved his official visit to tOSU this weekend. He was hosted by Doug Worthington and Lawrence Wilson while taking part in all of the pregame activities. Even with the loss, Steven loved his time in Columbus and says tOSU is in the lead for his services.
 
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