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Bucknuts.com Staff
Date: Jun 28, 2005
Ohio was well represented in the initial listing of Scout.com's National Hot 100 survey of college football prospects. The list features five Ohio players in the top 50, led by top running back choice Chris Wells of Akron Garfield (and Ohio State) at No. 3 overall. Click here for more.
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An unprecedented 13 Ohio prospects are part of Scout.com’s initial National Hot 100 ranking of college football prospects.
The network released the list today, pegging
Myron Rolle, a defensive back from Princeton (N.J.) The Hun School, as the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect.
Akron Garfield running back
Chris Wells, an
Ohio State verbal, is ranked as the nation’s No. 3 overall prospect.
Other Ohio prospects in the national top 50 include Cincinnati Colerain offensive lineman
Connor Smith (No. 21), Pickerington North offensive lineman
Justin Boren (26, Michigan verbal), Columbus Brookhaven wide receiver
Jeff Cumberland (36) and Euclid linebacker
Thaddeus Gibson (47).
Eight more Ohio prospects are included in the second 50. They are Coldwater linebacker
Ross Homan (55, Ohio State verbal),
West Chester Lakota West wide receiver Josh Chichester (60), Springfield South offensive lineman
Lee Tilley (66), Springboro tight end
Jake Ballard (68, Ohio State verbal), Cincinnati Princeton offensive lineman
Aaron Brown (73), Clayton Northmont cornerback
Kurt Coleman (81, Ohio State verbal), Cleveland Glenville wide receiver Ray Small (82) and Cincinnati Colerain linebacker
Cobrani Mixon (84).
In addition to the four OSU verbals, Smith, Gibson, Brown, Small and Mixon are believed to have OSU offers.
Chichester attended OSU’s Senior Advanced Camp this past Saturday.
With five verbals on the list, Texas is the only school with more verbals in the initial top 100 than OSU. Georgia checks in with three.
Wells, a 6-1, 220-pound bruiser who rushed for just shy of 2,000 yards as a junior, is the highest rated player to already commit. He edged out Pennsylvania’s
LeSean McCoy (ranked 11th overall nationally) for the top spot among running backs.
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