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'08 OH DT Dawawn Whitner (Erie Community College)

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And here's a bonus update on a potential Buckeye-in-waiting: Dawawn Whitner, the younger brother of former Buckeye and current Buffalo Bill Donte Whitner, is moving in with his brother and planning to play at Erie Community College in the fall. Dawawn Whitner, who didn't qualify academically, took classes at Ohio State's Newark campus last fall. But due to a miscommunication, he didn't accrue enough credits. He said he still hopes to be a Buckeye but said he has talked to other schools like Michigan State and Minnesota and will remain open to offers if they come after he gets back on the field this fall.

"I'm glad Ohio State is sticking by my side," Whitner said Saturday. "It'll be kind of crazy living with Donte, because he's kind of strict. But then again, it'll be good, because I get to work out with an NFL player. I worked out with him about three months ago, and it almost killed me."
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I had several "miscommunications" with my academic advisers over my 4 years at OSU in the engineering college. One of these resulted in my having to take an extra Chemistry class. I had friends who constantly were told one thing by an adviser, and then it turned out that they had to take more classes. Throw in that this is an adviser from a satellite campus, and it really doesn't surprise me.
 
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NastyNatiBuck;1500662; said:
I had several "miscommunications" with my academic advisers over my 4 years at OSU in the engineering college. One of these resulted in my having to take an extra Chemistry class. I had friends who constantly were told one thing by an adviser, and then it turned out that they had to take more classes. Throw in that this is an adviser from a satellite campus, and it really doesn't surprise me.
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I should've advised myself at the Newark campus. It was bad. I believe miscommunication when I read it. I'm still paying for their mistakes two years down the road.

Hope Dawawn still ends up a Buckeye.
 
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3074326;1500707; said:
I should've advised myself at the Newark campus. It was bad. I believe miscommunication when I read it. I'm still paying for their mistakes two years down the road.

Hope Dawawn still ends up a Buckeye.
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You didn't have the Ohio State Athletic Department lending a helping hand though . . . .
 
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BuckWrestler141;1500786; said:
If Dawawn plays football this year at Erie, then transfers to Ohio State, how many years of eligibility would he have left at OSU?
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If he plays one year, then he should have 4 years to be on the team with three year eligible to play. Two years is the norm and those guys usually get three years to play two. The extra year is for redshirting.


Hopefully Grad or Wade can verify.
 
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More Whitner
Posted on January 6, 2012 by Grant Cohn

SANTA CLARA ? Rejoice! Here?s ten minutes more of Donte Whitner?s Thursday group interview that you didn?t even know existed.

Q: Do you have a sense Harbaugh always has your back?

WHITNER: ?Yeah, and those are the head coaches that you like. Like Rex Ryan, he will never throw his players under the bus and he puts all the pressure on himself. Coach Harbaugh does the same thing. A lot of coaches when they don?t want the pressure on them, don?t want the hands pointed at them or the media to turn on them, they put things out to the media that really shouldn?t be out there. ?Oh, this guy should have made this play or he should have done this.? That stuff never works and players really understand that and locker rooms understand that. If you do something negative coach is really going to put you out there in the media. I went through that in Buffalo with Chan Gailey. He would do that all the time. We didn?t understand why he would do that, it wasn?t making us better. It wasn?t helping us on the football field or helping us reach our goal. It really doesn?t help. The only thing it does is turn the finger pointing off of you and put it on the players. Guys don?t like to play for coaches like that.?

Q: How does he air you out when needed?

WHITNER: ?He?ll come to you personally and tell you, or your position coach will tell you. He doesn?t go and point fingers in the media and he doesn?t point fingers in front of the team. He says it one-on-one and he gets the point across.?

Q: Whitner on brother Dawawn, former Ohio St player who had to stop football because of Diabetes I diagnosis about 2 1/2 years ago

WHITNER: ?He really didn?t know. He was home and eating anything and everything. A defensive tackle, he almost fainted or something and he found out he had Type I diabetes. He lost about 150 pounds. He?s doing a little better now and he?s trying to get back into school. He ain?t playing. Defensive tackles, those are big guys. I think he was over 300 pounds. I think he?s smaller than me now. That?s kind of weird. He?s doing good, his health is doing good. He played for Ohio State for a while but once he lost all that weight he had to end that.?

Q: Do you play for him?

WHITNER: ?I play for him. I play for a lot of my family ? my mom, my grandma they passed away who really raised me. I play for all of them and they enjoy coming to watch. They?ll be here. It will be my first playoff game and it will be their first playoff game watching me, so it will be special.?

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http://49ers.pressdemocrat.com/2012/01/inside-the-49ers/more-whitner/
 
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