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'06 MN DT Walker Ashley (Minny...no, maybe USC......no, PSU...no, Minnesota commit)

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MililaniBuckeye said:
Uh, don't you mean Worthington?
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Doh!!!

Yep, if I had put Wilson I could have at least claimed it was just confusion with another tall defensive end/basketball player... :wink:

Speaking of whom...what does the Worthington commitment mean towards Lawrence Wilson's status?
 
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RECRUITING: Minnesota DE flattered by OU's offer
By James Hale
Date: Sep 16, 2004

Eden Prairie, Minn. defensive end prospect Ashley Walker update.

Walker Ashley, DT, 6’4, 281, 4.84, EDEN PRAIRIE (SENIOR HS), MINNESOTA:

This bad boy has been a standout at Senior High School for three years, and he has developed into one of the best defensive tackle prospects in the country. Last season, Ashely finished with 74 tackles, 35 solos, 10 sacks, four caused fumbles and three fumble recoveries.

“I start the game at nose tackle, but as the game goes on I move out to the three-technique,” said Ashley. “All the colleges are recruiting me as a defensive end and that is actually where I would like to play. I am pretty quick and fast off the line. I have a good burst which allows me to get a good pass rush off the edge. I would say that my sacks are split 50-50 up the middle or off the edge.”

Ashley can bench 330 pounds, squats 410 and he has a 28-inch vertical jump. Ashley attended the Nike camp at Penn State and went to camps at Minnesota and USC.

“I was named the best lineman at the Minnesota camp,” said Ashley. “I would have been named the best defensive lineman at the USC camp, but I had to leave early and didn’t get a chance to receive any awards. However, they offered me a scholarship so I had to do pretty well at that camp.”

Senior High is off to a 2-0 start and they are ranked No. 1 in the state and Ashley played five series in the first game before he was pulled in a blowout. He finished with eight tackles and one caused fumble. In game two, Ashley only played in the first half because of another blowout and he finished 13 tackles on the night.

“Things have gone pretty well,” said Ashley. “We haven’t played a team that tries to pass the ball yet, so every team is trying to run the ball, which plays right into my hands. So, things are going petty well for me.”

Ashley has been offered by 10 different schools at this time and he has narrowed his choices down to five.

“My top five is, not in any particular order,” said Ashley. “I like Ohio State, USC, Penn State, Minnesota and Oklahoma. I don’t have a favorite and I am looking forward to my visits at each school. Oklahoma just started to recruit me and they just recently offered me. I never even heard from Oklahoma until about a week ago when I received a phone call from them. They called and said that they were very impressed with my film and that Coach (Bob) Stoops wanted to offer me a scholarship. I thought that was pretty cool that they would react that quickly. I was very flattered by that. Other than that, all I know about them is that they have a great tradition and they have a great football program. They are always playing for National Championships it seems and they have a real good defense.”

Ashley will go to Ohio State (12-3), Minnesota (12-10) and he is working to set up visits with the other three schools. Ashley says he will probably visit a couple of the remaining schools during his season.
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Walker should play a complete game this week. Eden Prairie plays the defending State champs this week. Who knows though because so far Eden Prairie has been dominating and Lakeville the defending champ lost to a pretty bad team already this year. <O:p</O:p
 
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I think there might have been something to the rumor that Ashley is a silent to USC and is now playing games wasting our coaches' time. Usually I disregard these types of rumors but wstripes being so confident about him coming to sc makes me think otherwise, considering wstripes is always on the money.
 
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/503/4997845.html

Preps: Eden Prairie 38, Apple Valley 10
John Millea, Star Tribune
September 24, 2004 APPL0924

Eden Prairie, home of off-tackle handoffs and power football, went schoolyard on Apple Valley in a battle of unbeaten Lake Conference teams Thursday night at Eden Prairie. The Eagles' Mike Grant, who never diagrammed a belly play he didn't like, suddenly became Coach Gadget.

Eden Prairie's 28-10 victory was built on this script: a 50-yard touchdown pass on the Eagles' third play of the game, a halfback pass for another score and then a 17-yard touchdown pass to 6-4, 285-pound defensive end-turned-(surprise!)-wide receiver Walker Ashley. That all happened in the first half, before second-half rain slowed the pace.

"I think because of the weather, they might have come out and thought it was just going to be smashmouth in the trenches," Ashley said. "But Coach Grant opened up the playbook, and it worked."

Eden Prairie threw just five passes but completed all of them. Quarterback Ryan Bowlds hit Walker and Adam Vortherms for touchdowns, and running back Andrew Phillips took a flip from Bowlds before firing to Vortherms for another score.

Eden Prairie (4-0) led 21-10 at halftime and all but clinched the victory by scoring on the first drive of the third period. By then, Eden Prairie had returned to the basics. On every short-yardage play during that possession, the backfield included Walker, Mike Pavelko (6-1, 230) and Phillips (5-11, 215). Pavelko scored on a 9-yard run to make it 28-10.

After that, Eden Prairie's defense kept Apple Valley (3-1) bottled up. The visitors scored on a 27-yard field goal by John Obarski late in the first quarter and a 12-yard second-quarter run by quarterback Tim Soliday, immediately after throwing to Laminu Sonie for 50 yards.

Grant said media reports that Eden Prairie is strictly a ball-control outfit were fine with him.

"You guys say we can't throw," he said. "What I like is that other people read that and believe it. Everyone reads the Star Tribune. Who doesn't read that paper? And it says all we do is run the ball."
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http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/high_school/9746014.htm?1c

Ashley, listed at 6 feet 4, 285 pounds, lined up at wide receiver on a third-and-nine play at Apple Valley's 16-yard line. Eden Prairie coach Mike Grant called timeout before the play to make sure Bowlds and Ashley were on the same page. Ashley ran a fade route against cornerback Laminu Sonie. Sonie appeared to have inside position on Ashley, but Ashley leaped and tipped the ball over the 6-foot Sonie and made a one-handed catch before falling in the end zone.

"I actually thought he was going to pick it off,'' Ashley said of Sonie. "He was right there. I was just trying to get my hand on the ball so I could make a play.''
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Walker Ashley, a 6-4, 285-pound defensive lineman, is also used as a blocking tight end on short-yardage situations.

EPHS head coach Mike Grant put Ashley at wide receiver when the Eagles drove deep into Apple Valley territory during the second quarter. Walker went high in the air to grab a 16-yard scoring pass from Bowlds.

“Ashley is an excellent athlete with good agility and strength,” Grant said. “Defensive line is his main position, but he can also block well for us offensively in short-yardage situations. He has excellent hands and we tried that passing play to him earlier this season. This time he made a great jump and catch to score the touchdown.”

That Ashley touchdown increased Eden Prairie’s lead to 21-3
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http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Eden_Prairie&story=144735
 
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Nutty I was just going to post that. I think that Walker is a lot more athletic they people think he is. He may not have the times that other prospects have but he plays fast. I haven't been able to find out how well he is playing so far this year since I have been of at college and the local newspaper hasn't talk much about him this year. I am planning on going home on October 15. I will attend the Eden Prairie game and I will let you guys know how he played and I might get some pics.
 
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He has three visits set (tOSU, USC and Minny). He is not sure if he will visit PSU or not (he has been there many times because of this dad) but he will visit OU.

He continues to maintain that tOSU is a leader, along with Minny. Doc Tressel calls him once a week.

Stats so far this season: 49 tackles and three sacks.
 
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I heard tonight from one of my friends that might know what is going on with Walker says that Walker is going to USC. I am going home this weekend and I will ask around with some of my buds who might have a better idea since they are still going to EPHS.
 
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