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'12 PA RB Rushel Shell (Pitt Signee; Transfer to West Virginia)

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MARVYMARV14;1804996; said:
Im not crazy in thinking that there is no way that we land him right???
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It may be tough with commitments already from Ball and Dunn, but if Shell is that high on OSU, he just may figure that he can beat out those two and be the main RB in a couple of seasons. Plus, the relatively short distance from PA to Columbus could also play a factor in his decision.
 
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WPIAL football playoffs start this week

Team outside Top 4 who could win it all: No. 10 Hopewell (Aliquippa) - The Vikings have been basically playing playoff games since the middle of the season after a 1-4 start but have won five straight against very good competition, including a win last Thursday against defending champion West Allegheny. Add to the mix the best running back probably in Pennsylvania in junior Rushel Shell, and the Vikings, who finished second last season, could find themselves raising the trophy at Heinz Field. In WPIAL history, a running back has run for more than 2,000 yards in a season five times. Shell has done so twice.
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Panthers dealt matchup against Shell, Hopewell

The player they will be chasing is Rushel Shell - undeniably the top running back in the WPIAL.

Shell and the Hopewell Vikings (5-4) will visit Franklin Regional (7-2) tomorrow night, Friday, at 7:30 for a first-round matchup in the WPIAL playoffs.

"We have to swarm to the football. If we're playing the game we want to play and he's getting the ball, we've got to be able to run and tackle this kid and swarm to him. It's going to take a lot of guys to get this kid down," Botta said of Shell, who ran for 195 yards and three scores, as Hopewell defeated Parkway Conference rival West Allegheny, 34-31, in overtime as part of FSN Pittsburgh's Game of the Week last week.

"He's one of the top backs in the country, if not the top back. One guy can change a game. There's no doubt about it. He is a game changer. We've got our work cut out for us."

Shell was the second-leading rusher in the WPIAL this season, with 2,102 yards and 22 touchdowns, coming in just behind Steel Valley's Delrece Williams, who tallied 2,149 yards to break the WPIAL's single-season record.

The Hopewell junior seems destined to shatter the WPIAL's career-rushing record, as he enters this week's game with 6,358 career yards and is third on the District 7 all-time list, behind Penn-Trafford's Matt Gavrish (6,512) and Fort Cherry's Mike Vernillo (7,646).
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Game of the week: Hopewell 24, Franklin Regional 14
Vikings' Shell gains 'only' 133 yards, scores 3 touchdowns in 24-14 victory
Saturday, November 06, 2010
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On a night when Rushel Shell nudged his way into company with none other than Emmitt Smith, his team pushed forward in the WPIAL playoffs on the strength of its defense.
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Shell, Hopewell's star running back, said, "This was a total team win."

Shell had "only" 135 yards on 33 carries and scored three touchdowns, one on a reception. That is not a big night for the third-leading rusher in WPIAL history (6,493 yards). Shell lost 35 yards rushing on one play when a bad punt snap sailed over his head. Shell, the team's punter, picked up the ball and tried to run, but ended up losing 35.

While Franklin Regional did an excellent job defensively -- by Shell's standards -- the sensational Hopewell junior still got his 28th consecutive 100-yard rushing game. According to the National Federation of State High School Association record book, Shell is tied for third on the alltime list for consecutive 100-yard games. Emmitt Smith, the NFL's alltime leading rusher, had 28 in a row at Pensacola Escambia (Fla.) from 1984-86. Steve Worster of Bridge City, Texas, also had 28 in a row from 1965-66.

The national record for consecutive 100-yard games is 38 by Billy Sims of Hooks, Texas, from 1972-75.

"This was a tough game," said Shell, who is 19 yards away from second place on the WPIAL all-time rushing list. "That's a great team [Franklin Regional]. They hit me hard, and I felt it every time they hit me."
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Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10310/1101270-365.stm#ixzz14VVa3qoP
 
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Add 35 more yards to Shell's total; now second in WPIAL history
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Written by Mike White

Add 35 more yards to Rushel Shell's game, season and career rushing totals. That means he is now the second-leading rusher in WPIAL history.

Here's the lowdown on this change: During Friday night's Hopewell-Franklin Regional game, Shell went back in punt formation (he is Hopewell's punter). The snap from center sailed well over his head. Shell raced after it, picked it up and tried to gain yardage. But the play ended up losing 35 yards.

I wasn't quite sure what the statistical ruling should be on the play. Does Shell get minus-35 yards? High school and college statistics are done the same way. I thought possibly the play should just go under Hopewell's "team rushing."

No reporter or other person in the press box was sure what the ruling should be. Hopewell's statistician decided Shell would get minus-35 yards. So we all took it away from him.

Well, after checking with some college sports information people and reading the NCAA football statisticians manual, Shell should NOT have been given minus yardage. Those 35 yards lost should've simply come off "team rushing."

Here is the rule from the NCAA football statisticians manual. It is in Section 15 under "wild pass from center." Remember, high school statistics are kept the same way as college. Pro statistics are done in a different way.

Any loss resulting from an obvious wild pass from center is charged to ?Center Pass? and not to any individual player. Team A is charged with a team rush, the loss and with a fumble. Any gain resulting from a wild pass from center is recorded as though the wild pass had not occurred.

So, there you have it. Instead of rushing for 135 yards against Franklin Regional, Shell should've been credited with 170. That means he passed Penn-Trafford's Matt Gavrish (6,512) and moved into second place in WPIAL history with 6,528 yards for his career.
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http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com...s-to-shells-total-now-second-in-wpial-history

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV1dDsPPRss"]YouTube - Rushel Shell makes history again[/ame]
 
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Credit to Jwins...
 
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I actually anticipate Rushel committing to Ohio State, then having one or two tailbacks currently on the roster transferring. The latter part is unfortunate, but we have an incredible array of talent at the position at the moment.
 
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MaxBuck;1823308; said:
I actually anticipate Rushel committing to Ohio State, then having one or two tailbacks currently on the roster transferring. The latter part is unfortunate, but we have an incredible array of talent at the position at the moment.
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Agreed. Get the big boys in here to open up the holes and let the talent sort itself out. Shell is just too talented to pass on. Plenty of teams utilize 3 backs (Wisconsin comes to mind) and I think all of Ball, Shell and Dunn would bring a different element to the table...not to mention, that would easily be the best RB class in the country. Even if we have a transfer eventually, its well worth it imo.
 
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