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DE Mike Vrabel (All B1G, All American, Pro Bowl, All Pro, Super Bowl Champion)

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Found this on the scout. Fricken awesome

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Vrabel a team player
Still has special connection
Karen Guregian By Karen Guregian / Patriots Notebook
Sunday, April 29, 2012

FOXBORO ? If you are trying to make some sense of sixth-round pick Nate Ebner of Ohio State, who was a walk-on for the Buckeyes, and whose claim to fame is rugby and special teams, look no further than former Patriots [team stats] great Mike Vrabel.

The latter is an assistant coach with Ohio State, and was instrumental in helping Ebner make the transition from rugby to football. It?s not outlandish to think Vrabel may have been a go-between with the Pats. At the very least, he helped Ebner have a great pro day.

?Man, I can?t say enough about coach Mike Vrabel,?? Ebner said via conference call yesterday. ?Obviously, what he did as a player and as a coach, I learned so much from him. That?s not even to say what type of person he is. What an amazing guy. I can?t thank him enough for the help he?s given me, the attention he?s given me. We have such a good relationship. I?m lucky, the one year I got with him.??

Ebner said Vrabel really stressed the importance of special teams play, and how it could be a ticket to the pros.

?He understood it was just as an important part of the game as anything else. He understood how important I took my role as a special teams player. . . . He made it clear to me, the things you do every day at Ohio State, you can play in the NFL for years doing that. He knew the importance of special teams. We tried to spread that throughout the team.??
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http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/...connection/srvc=sports&position=recent_bullet
 
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The Man Selling Ketchup Popsicles
Why Mike Vrabel is Already Breaking the Mold at Ohio State
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? A year ago Mike Vrabel wasn?t sure he wanted to be a coach.

Six months ago Urban Meyer wasn?t sure he wanted him on his staff at Ohio State.

Now the two have formed what has developed into one of the more dangerous recruiting combinations in the country.

With the help of his 36-year old defensive line coach, Meyer has landed some of the biggest names in recruiting since taking over the program after last season. He also may have discovered one of the brightest young recruiters in the game.

?Basically, he went out on a two-week mission to show me he could go recruit,? Meyer said of Vrabel, who enters his second season on the coaching staff at Ohio State.

?I would have to say, with all due respect to the other eight coaches on the staff, if he?s not the best, he?s one of the best recruiters I have on staff. That tells you what kind of future this young guy has in college football.?

It also says a lot about how far Vrabel has come in just one year, though he isn?t taking all the credit.

?It's easy to sell Ohio State,? Vrabel said of his alma mater.

?It's not a very hard sell job. So it's our players, it's the people that are here. It's easy for me because I experienced it. That's not a real tough sell job. It's not like I'm trying to sell ketchup popsicles to a woman in white gloves. It's pretty easy.?

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http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2012/offseason/vrabelrecruiter.html

Givler Talks Vrabel and Recruiting
 
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2012 Ohio State Hall of Fame....

Mike Vrabel
Football, 1993-96
Current Ohio State defensive line coach Mike Vrabel was one of the great defensive linemen not only at Ohio State, but in the history of the Big Ten Conference. He earned two Big Ten Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year honors (1995 and 1996) and was the first to win the award two times. He also earned back-to-back All-America honors those same seasons.

Vrabel twice set the Ohio State single-season record for sacks and tackles for loss (TFL) and he still holds school records for career sacks (36) and single season and career TFLs (26 in 1995 and 66). He ranks third all-time in the Big Ten in sacks and sixth in TFLs.

Vrabel had a distinguished NFL career with three teams following his Ohio State playing days. It was a professional career that saw him a part of the New England Patriots? dynamic run of three Super Bowls in four years (2001, 2003, 2004). In 2007, as a member of the Patriots, he was named to the Pro Bowl and a month later was named All-Pro. On top of these accomplishments, Vrabel?s professional career included 206 games played with Pittsburgh, New England and Kansas City, 140 starts and enough impressive statistics ? 57 sacks, 11 interceptions, 17 forced fumbles and 11 touchdowns receiving (as a tight end), including two in Super Bowls ? that one has to conclude he is one of the great performers in a team sport that Ohio State has ever produced.
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http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/genrel/071912aad.html
 
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