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'12 OH DE/LB Ifeadi Odenigbo (Northwestern Signee)

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love the offer. definitely one of my favorite players for 2012.

on a side note, i read that his mom is a pediatrician...it would be kind of interesting to hear her take on her son playing football in light of the recent concern with head injuries.
 
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OSU extends offer to Centerville DE Ifeadi Odenigbo
By Marc Pendleton | Wednesday, February 16, 2011

CENTERVILLE ? It?s not a stretch to label Ifeadi Odenigbo of Centerville High School?s football program a quick study.

Landing an offer from Ohio State University after just two seasons of playing football is as quick as it gets.

An outstanding and mobile defensive end, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound junior was entrenched on one of the Elks? best defensive fronts in program history last season. He played alongside another OSU recruit, defensive tackle Michael Bennett, who?ll report to the Buckeyes this summer.

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Count Centerville DE Ifeadi Odenigbo (7) as one of the few who could run down Wayne QB Braxton Miller last season. Ohio State offered Odenigbo on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Miller already is at OSU after graduating early.
DDN photo by Jim Noelker.

The son of Nigerian parents, Odenigbo wasn?t allowed to play football until his sophomore year.

What makes Odenigbo so intriguing is his mixture of size, strength and speed. He was the Elks? best sprinter last spring, excelling on the 400- to 1,600-meter relays. He also ran away with Centerville?s preseason conditioning test last fall, a combination of strength, agility and speed.

Elks coach Ron Ullery said that OSU is recruiting Odenigbo to play the Viper position, a hybrid pass rusher, outside linebacker and defensive end. That?s where recent OSU standouts Thaddeus Gibson and Bobby Carpenter excelled.

?He plays with great leverage and uses his hands really well,? Ullery said.

?And he shows unusual toughness. He sticks his nose in there and has really learned to like the physical part of the game.?

Ullery likened only one other Centerville player in program history who matched Odenigbo in size, speed and ability: 1983 grad Matt Bradley (UCLA, Pitt). ?And Matt was one of the best players that we?ve ever had here,? said Ullery.

OSU also extended an offer to Canton McKinley defensive end Sevon Pittman on Wednesday.

Odenigbo is the area?s front runner as the most sought-after recruit for the class of 2012. Besides the Buckeyes, he has offers from Cincinnati, Toledo, Stanford, Syracuse, West Virginia, Northwestern, Indiana, Boston College, Michigan State, Michigan and Illinois.

Don?t be surprised to see Odenigbo also playing offense as a senior next season, either at running back, receiver or on the line.

?That?s top secret,? assured Ullery.
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http://www.daytondailynews.com/blog...011/02/16/osu_extends_offer_to_centervil.html
 
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Sportsbuck28;1875317; said:
I haven't watched any film on the kid, but with his combination of speed and pass rushing ability, would a taller Ryan Shazier be accurate as a comparison?
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That is a very good comparison...IO seems to have a little more bulk to him though. He looks like he could easily carry 250 lbs...Shazier looks like he may max at 230-235.
 
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Well I didn't have to wait long to get my wish :biggrin: Love, love, love this offer. Sky is the limit for his potential and he already is so talented and from a great program. The last LB we had from Centerville was decent too.
 
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E-feh-dee Ode-nig-bo.

Saw that somebody was able to interpret his name on another site, and he believes this is how it's pronounced.

BTW, love that this kid got an offer. Seems like a great kid on and off the field. Can't get much better than that.

If I remember correctly, we had another great person on our football team that was from Nigeria. He turned out to be an all-american.
 
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RB07OSU;1875334; said:
Well I didn't have to wait long to get my wish :biggrin: Love, love, love this offer. Sky is the limit for his potential and he already is so talented and from a great program. The last LB we had from Centerville was decent too.
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Ha. So who's next in your "next Ohio guy to get a Buckeye offer" list, RB? :)
 
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