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WE CAN TOO: OHIO STATE'S LOWEST-RATED 2018 SIGNEES ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR STARDOM IN COLUMBUS
The Buckeyes made a late offer to Pickerington North's Alex Williams, and it was too much for the then West Virginia commit to turn down. At 6-foot-7 and 250 pounds, his measurables are as good as anyone in the class, and Williams could end up at defensive end, offensive tackle, or even tight end.
Ohio State made the decision to offer in mid-December and the local standout made things official during the early signing period. It seems likely that he at least starts out on defense –especially given the need for pass rushers – but Williams should contribute somewhere down the road.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ave-the-potential-to-find-stardom-in-columbus
The Buckeyes made a late offer to Pickerington North's Alex Williams, and it was too much for the then West Virginia commit to turn down. At 6-foot-7 and 250 pounds, his measurables are as good as anyone in the class, and Williams could end up at defensive end, offensive tackle, or even tight end.
Ohio State made the decision to offer in mid-December and the local standout made things official during the early signing period. It seems likely that he at least starts out on defense –especially given the need for pass rushers – but Williams should contribute somewhere down the road.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ave-the-potential-to-find-stardom-in-columbus
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ScriptOhio
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SUPREME '18 SUMMER ENROLLEES START MATRICULATING AT OHIO STATE
ALEX WILLIAMS
Eight members of Ohio State's vaunted 2018 class, the Supreme 18, early enrolled back in January.
The rest of the reinforcements started arriving in Columbus Saturday with four-star defensive end Tyreke Smith, four-star safety Josh Proctor, and four-star linebacker K'Vaughan Pope marking the first wave of summer enrollees.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...r-enrollees-start-matriculating-at-ohio-state
ALEX WILLIAMS
Eight members of Ohio State's vaunted 2018 class, the Supreme 18, early enrolled back in January.
The rest of the reinforcements started arriving in Columbus Saturday with four-star defensive end Tyreke Smith, four-star safety Josh Proctor, and four-star linebacker K'Vaughan Pope marking the first wave of summer enrollees.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...r-enrollees-start-matriculating-at-ohio-state
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ScriptOhio
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BETTER KNOW A BUCKEYE: ALEX WILLIAMS FLIPPED FROM WVU WHEN OHIO STATE'S COACHES OFFERED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY JUST BEFORE THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD
We continue the Better Know a Buckeye series with its 20th installment in 2018. Here, we profile Alex Williams, a defensive end from Pickerington.
ALEX WILLIAMS
I retell this recruitment below. I offer a scouting report for a defensive end prospect short on technique but long on explosiveness and actual height. I suggest a redshirt would be best for Ohio State and Alex Williams and close with senior-year highlight film that best shows his long-term potential for the Buckeyes.
HIS RECRUITMENT
Ohio State fans may remember that Alex Williams was one of the last-minute additions to Ohio State's recruiting class during the early signing period. Williams, like Robert Landers, flipped from West Virginia to Ohio State in the eleventh hour of the class' recruiting cycle. They may not remember Ohio State is actually the third program to which he committed during his entire recruitment.
Williams first pledged to Iowa State as what would have been the first commitment in its 2018 recruiting class, resulting in this vague celebration from then-first year Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell.
The explanation here is fairly straightforward. Iowa State was one of Alex Williams' first major offers, which makes a program attractive for a recruit still early into the recruiting cycle. Further, there was a strong family connection between Pickerington North and Iowa State. Williams' high school coach at the time was the brother of Iowa State's then-director of player personnel. Both factors made Iowa State an easy pitch to Williams and made it easy for Williams to "buy" into the program.
This happened during Williams' sophomore year and his recruitment was far from over. Williams continued to take visits while he kept the Iowa State pledge as a proverbial bird in the hand. He visited Pittsburgh twice in the fall of 2016. He visited West Virginia for its junior day in March 2017 and left so impressed with the experience that he changed his pledge to the Mountaineers last May.
It could conceivably have ended there, but Ohio State came calling. Ohio State identified major depth issues on the defensive line that were going to hit the defensive line hard in 2018 and 2019. It had addressed the more pressing concerns at defensive tackle by hauling in Antwuan Jackson, Tommy Togiai, and Taron Vincent. However, the Buckeyes had no defensive end commitments to that point and it was running out of time to find them.
The Buckeyes floated an offer to Alex Williams in the middle of December to leverage its in-state prestige over his standing commitment to WVU and the eleventh hour nature of the offer. Williams mulled it over a few days before making a decision before the early signing period.
HIS COMMITMENT
Alex Williams flipped from WVU to Ohio State on Dec. 19, 2017 as the 20th member of what would become Ohio State's full 2018 recruiting class.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...from-wvu-when-ohio-states-coaches-offered-him
We continue the Better Know a Buckeye series with its 20th installment in 2018. Here, we profile Alex Williams, a defensive end from Pickerington.
ALEX WILLIAMS
- Size: 6-7/250
- Position: DE
- Hometown: Pickerington, OH
- School: Pickerington North
- 247 Composite: ★★★
- National Ranking: 617
- Position Ranking: 34 (WDE)
- State Ranking: 26 (OH)
I retell this recruitment below. I offer a scouting report for a defensive end prospect short on technique but long on explosiveness and actual height. I suggest a redshirt would be best for Ohio State and Alex Williams and close with senior-year highlight film that best shows his long-term potential for the Buckeyes.
HIS RECRUITMENT
Ohio State fans may remember that Alex Williams was one of the last-minute additions to Ohio State's recruiting class during the early signing period. Williams, like Robert Landers, flipped from West Virginia to Ohio State in the eleventh hour of the class' recruiting cycle. They may not remember Ohio State is actually the third program to which he committed during his entire recruitment.
Williams first pledged to Iowa State as what would have been the first commitment in its 2018 recruiting class, resulting in this vague celebration from then-first year Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell.
The explanation here is fairly straightforward. Iowa State was one of Alex Williams' first major offers, which makes a program attractive for a recruit still early into the recruiting cycle. Further, there was a strong family connection between Pickerington North and Iowa State. Williams' high school coach at the time was the brother of Iowa State's then-director of player personnel. Both factors made Iowa State an easy pitch to Williams and made it easy for Williams to "buy" into the program.
This happened during Williams' sophomore year and his recruitment was far from over. Williams continued to take visits while he kept the Iowa State pledge as a proverbial bird in the hand. He visited Pittsburgh twice in the fall of 2016. He visited West Virginia for its junior day in March 2017 and left so impressed with the experience that he changed his pledge to the Mountaineers last May.
It could conceivably have ended there, but Ohio State came calling. Ohio State identified major depth issues on the defensive line that were going to hit the defensive line hard in 2018 and 2019. It had addressed the more pressing concerns at defensive tackle by hauling in Antwuan Jackson, Tommy Togiai, and Taron Vincent. However, the Buckeyes had no defensive end commitments to that point and it was running out of time to find them.
The Buckeyes floated an offer to Alex Williams in the middle of December to leverage its in-state prestige over his standing commitment to WVU and the eleventh hour nature of the offer. Williams mulled it over a few days before making a decision before the early signing period.
HIS COMMITMENT
Alex Williams flipped from WVU to Ohio State on Dec. 19, 2017 as the 20th member of what would become Ohio State's full 2018 recruiting class.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...from-wvu-when-ohio-states-coaches-offered-him
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The part of college football I hate most. Some how that 89 number has to get down to 85. It happens at every school I just hate that it happens here too. And unfortunately, most years, you can go through the roster and almost predict it. Hate to speculate ever, but does not surprise me based on time spent in the program and lack of PT.
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Agree. I like to think that when a guy commits to OSU that OSU commits to him/her. Especially an Ohioan. But the fact of the matter is that’s not the reality. It’s a shame
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