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'12 MN OL Nick Davidson (Stanford Verbal)

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Scoggins: Work disrupts game-night ritual | StarTribune.com

Article by: CHIP SCOGGINS, Star Tribune - Updated: September 1, 2011 - 6:30 AM

A rare Thursday night game means Vikings assistants Jeff Davidson and Karl Dunbar won't get to see their sons kick off their prep seasons.

Jeff Davidson and Karl Dunbar will be on the Vikings sideline Thursday night for the final preseason game. Davidson coaches the team's offensive line. Dunbar oversees the defensive line.

If they had their druthers, the two assistants would be at a different game. Tonight, in smaller venues away from the bright lights of an NFL stadium, their sons begin their prep football seasons -- Nick Davidson at Eden Prairie and Karmichael Dunbar at Prior Lake.

It might be the only time all season that their fathers are not in the stands -- actually, Dunbar prefers to watch from the sidelines -- but their job requires them to be at the Metrodome at the same time.

"That's the way it goes," Jeff Davidson said. "He knows the only way I'll miss a game is if I have a game."

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Nick is the new kid on the block at Eden Prairie. He moved to the Twin Cities after his father joined Leslie Frazier's staff this past winter following a four-year stint as Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator.
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The two players face important decisions on the horizon. Nick, a blue-chip left tackle, has scholarship offers from more than 20 Division I schools, including Clemson, Ohio State, Michigan, Stanford, Virginia Tech and the Gophers.

He wants to keep an open mind in his recruitment, but it's hard to ignore one tidbit: His father and grandfather were both captains at Ohio State. Nick was raised on Buckeyes football; it's in his DNA. But he hopes to maintain an unbiased approach in his decision-making process.
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He's narrowed his college choices to five schools, and Ohio State is one of them. But Dad says, and he means it, there is no pressure to be a Buckeye.

"Realistically, his decision should be based solely on the place where he feels most comfortable," says the elder Davison. "Not where mom, dad and grandpa felt comfortable but where he feels comfortable."

"I've always grown up an Ohio State fan and my family is obviously big Ohio State fans, but I just want to go where it's right for me," Nick said.

For the record, the Gophers offered Nick a scholarship, but Minnesota is not in his top five. That top five has Ohio State, Stanford, Clemson, Oregon and Colorado in no particular order.
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PalmettoSports
September 15, 2011
Davidson sets his first visit

By Phil Kornblut
 OL Nick Davidson of Eden Prairie, MN has set his first official visit. Davidson said he will visit Stanford October 8th when the Cardinal takes on Colorado. That will give Davidson a chance to check out two of his final five at one time. His other three finalists are Clemson, Ohio State and Oregon. Davidson said there is no order to his final five.
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