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2012 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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Colvinnl;2096190; said:
Preferred walk on?
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I doubt someone would want to walk on at a school halfway around the country, and pay out of state tuition.

This could just be a case of us being way under the number of Official Visits allowed, and having some to spare. Giving this kid an OV would be a good show of faith to the school, may endear us more to Davonte, and might also get the kid some looks at other schools.
 
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Merih;2096196; said:
This could just be a case of us being way under the number of Official Visits allowed, and having some to spare. Giving this kid an OV would be a good show of faith to the school, may endear us more to Davonte, and might also get the kid some looks at other schools.
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Kind of the way I'm leaning on this one too Merih...
 
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Colvinnl;2096190; said:
Preferred walk on?
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Just a question from my ignorance, but if an athlete is recruited by and also takes an official visit to an institution, i.s. school pays for transportation, housing, meals, etc. . .

can he later become a walk-on at that same school?
 
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gracelhink;2096203; said:
Just a question from my ignorance, but if an athlete is recruited by and also takes an official visit to an institution, i.s. school pays for transportation, housing, meals, etc. . .

can he later become a walk-on at that same school?
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If he plays in his first two years he must go on scholarship, otherwise he can remain a walk-on...the same thing that happened with Thoma.
 
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Okay, color me confused. The kid's "interest" list is pretty much a who's-who of the top teams in the country. Now, a kid can list whoever he wants as an interest, but Rivals does list his recruiters from a good number of the schools, which implies that the interest is mutual. And it's not like he's new to the scene, because he has articles about visits dating back a year. But not a single school in the country has offered him, so... what gives? How can the kid have real interest from OSU, Bama, USC, Oregon, Stanford, etc, and not have even a mid-major offer yet?
 
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OSUBucks22;2096185; said:
Won't start a thread for him yet, but thought this was interesting:



No offers listed on his Scout profile...
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Definitely a better OT than a DT from what I saw in his highlight reel. He has long arms but as a DT was consistently getting pushed back.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPdjRjHshME"]Alex Dickman Junior Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

As an OT, he was a little grabby, but he consistently pancaked if not threw people off balance.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py3cZ3z3Q74"]Alex Dickman Senior Highlights - YouTube[/ame]
 
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MaxBuck;2096230; said:
Link? This has been said many times, yet I can find nothing in the NCAA rulebook to confirm, and I do not believe any such rule exists.
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This link addresses the issue:

http://alabama.scout.com/2/45826.html

Specifically this:

What North means is that from the NCAA?s point of view, there is no difference between an athlete placed immediately on scholarship in the fall and a walk-on officially ?recruited? by the coaching staff. ?If they are classified as a recruited walk-on, then they have to count against you if they play in a game,? North said. ?And they would also have to go back and retroactively count against the initial limit (for the year they entered school), if they play before two years.?
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I read that to say that once a player is defined as a "recruited walk on" if they ever play they have to go on schollie - even outside the two years. But if they play within two years they also count retroactively and could create an after the fact violation.
 
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