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'09 MN TE/DE Ra'Shede Hageman (Minnesota Verbal)

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Minneapolis Washburn's Ra'Shede Hageman: A prized football recruit ... and a long way from the foster home

Minneapolis Washburn senior Ra'Shede Hageman is a prized recruit and a long way from a life in and out of foster homes.
By Ray Richardson
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Article Last Updated: 10/09/2008 11:40:29 PM CDT

Ra'Shede Hageman will take a flight Saturday morning to Columbus for his official visit to Ohio State University. Last weekend, he made a similar trip to Madison to check out the University of Wisconsin.
Sometime in the next two or three weeks, the Minneapolis Washburn tight end will fly to Gainesville to visit the University of Florida.
As one of the nation's top 10 tight end prospects in the class of 2009, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound Hageman is getting an inside peek at prominent NCAA Division I football programs. A few years ago, there were days when Hageman thought he never would see the kind of opportunities that await him.
"It's never been about what Ra'Shede can do for our team," Washburn coach Peter Haugen said. "We're excited about how he has improved so much as a person. He's had some challenges."
Maturity has become as vital to Hageman as his speed, strength and pass-catching ability. Before he turned 7, Ra'Shede and his younger brother, Xavier, had lived in 12 foster homes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area when a compassionate married couple, Eric Hageman and Jill Coyle, saw them on a video provided by Hennepin County adoption services.
Eric and Jill finalized the adoption process in 1997, then welcomed Ra'Shede and Xavier into their south Minneapolis home.
Ra'Shede and Xavier never knew their father, who diedwhen they were toddlers. Their mother struggled with drug abuse when both were born and eventually landed in prison. Their mother served her time and moved back to Minnesota two years ago but has a limited relationship with her sons. Eric and Jill are white. As an African-American child, it took Ra'Shede several years to understand why he has white parents.

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My opinion...Rashede could be a HUGE pickup for us and I would love to see us put on full court press. An athletic TE can be such a huge weapon in todays game, especially in the spread. I like how OU uses Graesham, Mizzou with Coffman, Wisconsin with Beckum, etc. Rashede is in the same mold imo...he can block well enough to play TE and you can split him out at WR. He is going to dominate blocking when he is split out and is also athletic enough to catch some balls out wide. That being said, I don't know if having Pryor is going to compensate for our TE schematics.
 
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RB07OSU;1290278; said:
My opinion...Rashede could be a HUGE pickup for us and I would love to see us put on full court press. An athletic TE can be such a huge weapon in todays game, especially in the spread. I like how OU uses Graesham, Mizzou with Coffman, Wisconsin with Beckum, etc. Rashede is in the same mold imo...he can block well enough to play TE and you can split him out at WR. He is going to dominate blocking when he is split out and is also athletic enough to catch some balls out wide. That being said, I don't know if having Pryor is going to compensate for our TE schematics.
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tOSU with Ballard...Oops...

Seriously tho I totally agree with what you said tho...
 
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ESPN - Midwest Recruiting Blog

Two key Ohio State recruiting targets were making their official visit to Ohio State over the weekend. Tight end Ra'Shede Hageman (Minneapolis/Washburn) and wide receiver Marlon Brown (Memphis, Tenn./Harding) are two outstanding talents who could be great targets for freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor the next few seasons.

It was no coincidence that Pryor played player/host to the two.

"He was being real with me," Hageman said of Pryor. "He said if I played for Ohio State he would definitely throw me the ball. I look at it like it would be like Shaq and Kobe in the early days."

Hageman has made official visits to Ohio State and Wisconsin. He has a visit scheduled to Minnesota the weekend of Nov. 8 when the Gophers host Michigan and plans to schedule a trip to Florida.

Hageman was very impressed with his Ohio State visit, though he is not ready to declare the Buckeyes his leader.

"I have to look at where everyone stands," he said. "It's hard to say who leads. I have to finish my visits."
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Millers win minus their star player

Standout tight end Ra'Shede Hageman missed Wednesday's victory because he was suspended after an incident at school Monday.

By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune
Last update: October 16, 2008 - 1:59 AM

Talk before the Twin Cities Game, the annual matchup of conference champions from Minneapolis and St. Paul, was all about the big man not on campus.

Ra'Shede Hageman, standout tight end at Minneapolis Washburn, missed Wednesday's 22-6 victory at St. Paul Central because he was suspended from school. Washburn activities director Daniel Pratt said Hageman was suspended because of an incident at school Monday.

Washburn coach Peter Haugen said Hageman will be back for the playoffs next week.

Hageman's size (6-6, 262 pounds) and skill (11 touchdowns) were missed by the Millers offense, which made fewer big plays than usual.

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Hageman was very impressed with his Ohio State visit, though he is not ready to declare the Buckeyes his leader.

"I have to look at where everyone stands," he said. "It's hard to say who leads. I have to finish my visits."
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What's that old saying about "if you aren't the leader after a visit"?
 
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