'11 OH ATH Akise Teague (Cincinnati Signee)

[k2onprimetime]

I think this kid is a player, Its just we already have a ton of RBs.

 

[bucknut502]

I think this kid is a player, Its just we already have a ton of RBs.

True, but thats why you bring him in as an athlete. Like scarletngray said, use him like a Percy Harvin. Catching the ball out of the slot and backfield, end arounds, and running the ball. Plus, use him in the return game once Hall and Berry leave. The read option with him a Braxton could be dangerous.

 

[ShakerBuck]

Exactly. He's not small, just short. Jordan Hall & Jaamal Berry were similar body types.

Boom is not much bigger either, but we all no he plays much larger, can run b/w tackles effectively

 

[buckford]

Please delete if this has already been posted.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puxamlxnt2g"]YouTube - 2011 Akise Teague - Ursuline Sr yr - MR Football Ohio[/ame]

 

[osugrad21]

Link

Cincy Lands Ohio?s Mr. Football

When Akise Teague recently cancelled his visit to Wisconsin in order to join Shaq Washington at UC this weekend, it appeared as if the Bearcats were the frontrunners in his recruitment, and after spending two days on Cincinnati?s campus, sources tell Bearcat Lair that Ohio?s Mr. Football made his college decision today and gave a verbal pledge to Butch Jones and his UC staff.
Teague was nothing short of phenomenal this year in winning the Associated Press?s highest award, and although he will probably continue to play running back at Cincinnati, he is such a good athlete that he could also be a candidate to do other jobs as well.

Cont...

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

Well that kind of stinks.

:(

 

[rmb421]

Cancels a trip to Wisconsin to verbal to UC? I think his decision-making skills are lacking.

 

[OUatl]

Cancels a trip to Wisconsin to verbal to UC? I think his decision-making skills are lacking.

I think he wanted to stay close to home.

 

[EasternBuck]

I have to wonder if this means OSU has wished him well but not been able to find room for him in this class. Hope he does well at UC if he does indeed end up there. He was my sleeper surprise for this class.:(

 

[flybuckeye]

Cancels a trip to Wisconsin to verbal to UC? I think his decision-making skills are lacking.

What if he thinks he can continue doing the same things at Cincy for the next few years that he did this past year, rather than being a back-up db at Wisconsin or possbile OSU?

 

[Hodgepodge]

I believe Wisconsin's scholarship offer was as a greyshirt.

 

[MaliBuckeye]

I believe Wisconsin's scholarship offer was as a greyshirt.

Should the Buckeyes end up offering what impact would that have?

 

[wadc45]

http://www.scoutingohio.com/

January 18, 2011, 6:08 pm - Receives an offer from Penn State

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio Mr. Football: OSU often passes on award winner
Sunday, January 30, 2011
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Now I'll show him, Akise Teague thought. The running back from Youngstown Ursuline High School had won Ohio's Mr. Football award but did not have a scholarship offer from Ohio State.

Here, though, was a golden opportunity: On Dec.4, Teague was playing in the Division V state championship game, with Ohio State coach Jim Tressel in attendance.

Teague scored on a 73-yard swing pass. He scored on a 46-yard run. He scored on a 65-yard run. The TDs kept coming - five in all - as he gained 249 yards rushing and 94 receiving in a 51-21 win over Coldwater.

"After that game, I thought I would (get an OSU offer) for sure," Teague said. "I was excited."

He and Tressel spoke. Tressel was complimentary, and Teague said he was impressed with the coach. But no offer came.

"It was somewhat disappointing," Teague said. "But I guess that's just how it is."

A week later, Teague committed to Cincinnati.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...osu-often-passes-on-award-winner.html?sid=101

 

[pnuts34]

Sorry we didn't get him, but not really surprised or disappointed. He'll fit in well with the undersized players at UC, they're turning into another WVU, or scUM while DickRod was there, at least on offense. Hope he succeeds, because he wouldn't have seen the field on our offense IMO