'06 NY DE McKenzie Mathews (Pitt signee, transfer to Div-II Bentley College)

[OSUBucks22]

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McKenzie is set to visit tOSU for the MSU game. he has already visited Pitt, and he is also trying to visit scUM for THE GAME. says that those are likely his only three visits, and he could decide sometime after they are done.

 

[OSUBucks22]

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Mathews talks about knowing Mike Hart. apparantly he talks to him once a week. talks again about visiting scUM for "The Game" and his visit to tOSU for MSU.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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10/5/05

The Ohio State staff visited Mathews at his school this past week. He will be taking an official visit to OSU for the Michigan State game and an official to Michigan for the Ohio State game. He has 11 sacks so far this season.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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10/6/05

More of the same.....he will visit OSU and Michigan. He will take all his visits and decide on signing day.

 

[OSUBucks22]

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10/11

Rivals has posted video of McKenzie in action. As always, the rating will be reserved for bucknuts44820 . I was pretty impressed. He seems to read very well and looks very quick in his pass-rush.

 

[OSUBucks22]

Also... here's a pic of McKenzie... hadn't seen one yet, so I thought I'd post it. It's from his Rivals profile.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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10/12/05

Mathews will be visiting Ohio State this weekend. He does not list a favorite. Mathews carries a 3.0 GPA and scored an 1160 on the SAT.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Mathews did indeed make the trip to Ohio State this weekend.....I like our chances with the big fella.

 

[ol104]

I like our chances so much more with a recruit when they can visit for a home game as opposed to after the season. The atmosphere of the Shoe is simply unmatched in my opinion,

 

[tsteele316]

according to BN premium, i believe it was kyle lamb, mathews was seen singing carmen ohio with wes lyons and the rest of the team yesterday. mathews' mother was allegedly very impressed with everything.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

Bill Kurelic - 10/16/05

McKenzie enjoyed his official visit to Ohio State; he also plans to make an official to Michigan (offered) for The Game, and to Miami (not offered).

On the season, Matthews has 12 sacks in 7 games.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Bill Kurelic - 10/16/05

McKenzie enjoyed his official visit to Ohio State; he also plans to make an official to Michigan (offered) for The Game, and to Miami (not offered).

On the season, Matthews has 12 sacks in 7 games.

Well we got 12 sacks in one game. Don't know if that has any significance.

Anyways it sounds like Matthews really enjoyed his visit and I like our chances here. Lets hope we can kick the crap out of scUM to make our chances even better.

 

[OSUBucks22]

I've got a really good feeling that our luck with NY DE's continues with this one. :)

 

[BuckTwenty]

I've felt very upbeat about this kid since early August. The fact that he's going to see TWO of our games live (going to "the game" in AA) makes me feel just that much better!

We're in the top 2 options for 5 different D-linemen. Very exciting!
Rose
Larimore
Matthews
Dublin
Wesley

 

[OSUBucks22]

I've felt very upbeat about this kid since early August. The fact that he's going to see TWO of our games live (going to "the game" in AA) makes me feel just that much better!

We're in the top 2 options for 5 different D-linemen. Very exciting!
Rose
Larimore
Matthews
Dublin
Wesley

I think looking at that list, we get four of those guys. I think we get Rose, Mathews, Larimore, and Dublin. Again, JMO.