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DL Nader Abdallah (official thread)

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Great to see. I think a combination of being so far from home and Hurricane Katrina devastating his hometown put him in a funk. I think he has the tools to be a good one. Now it looks like he's getting the mental part of it together.

"The Iron Sheik"
 
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For seldom-used veterans, it's now or never
Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:48 AM
By Ken Gordon

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Nader Abdallah was fat and unhappy.

Ohio State had just lost to Florida in the national championship game, but that wasn't the only reason for the defensive tackle's despair.

After three seasons at Ohio State, Abdallah had been on the field for 23 minutes. Time was marching on, and he wasn't in the parade.

"I was like, 'I've been on the bench for a while now, I need to step my game up,' " Abdallah said.

Before he could step up, he had to slim down. He weighed somewhere north of 330 pounds. Abdallah cut out fried foods, un-super-sized his portions, drank more water and worked out like a fiend. He reported to spring practice nearly 40 pounds lighter, at 295.

"Surprising," defensive coordinator Jim Heacock said. "He's a new man."

Once a perennial disappointment, Abdallah now is solidly in the tackle rotation and should see significant playing time this fall. His case could provide hope to other players who have been at Ohio State for a few years and haven't done much. Preseason camp provides another chance for underachievers to get on the bus or be left behind.
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The Columbus Dispatch : For seldom-used veterans, it's now or never
 
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Career start No. 1
Last week at Minnesota, defensive tackle Nader Abdallah made his first career start. He took over for Doug Worthington, who said he was nursing a slight hamstring injury, although he also played.

Abdallah, a junior, appeared in only nine games in his first two seasons for a total of 23 minutes. But he has been solidly in the four-man tackle rotation this season and has six tackles.

"Nader had a great week of practice, as he usually does, and (the coaches) thought it was best for him to start off, and he played well when he was in there," Worthington said.

Abdallah later left with what Worthington said was a bruised shin.
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : OSU notebook: Back from surgery, Saine is practicing
 
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Forty Pounds: The defensive line was a question mark position coming into the season, but it is rapidly becoming apparent that not only do the Buckeyes have capable defensive linemen, but they also have depth.

Last weekend against Purdue starter Todd Denlinger was unable to play and fellow starter Vernon Gholston was hobbled as well. OSU defensive line coach Jim Heacock simply plugged in a couple of more players and the Buckeye defense went on to dominate the Boilermaker offense.

"Dexter (Larimore) and Doug (Worthington) and Nader (Abdallah), all three kind of filled in there and rolled through. I thought they played well. I thought they were real unselfish and did a nice job inside," said Heacock.
"One of the great things about playing eight guys early is you know about half way through the season you're going to start getting some guys banged up.

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Abdallah in particular has been a pleasant surprise this season, and according to Heacock, that is no accident.

"You talk about the light coming on for somebody that's not playing, he's a great example of a guy like that," said Heacock.

"All of a sudden he comes in and says 'I'm going to come in here every morning at 6:00 AM and I'm going to show you and I'm going to get this done.'

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scarletngray;957174; said:
Nadar is starting to be a disruptive force in the middle. Kudos for working so hard in the Spring and Summer to put himself in a position to contribute significantly on the DL.

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Especially when our defense needed him to contribute this year badly. Excellent year so far.
 
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Ohio State's Abdallah revives career with brother's help


Thursday, October 18, 2007Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- His baby brother was vanishing, an aching heart and wasted potential ruining a football career that was lucky it ever began. Mazen Abdallah couldn't let that happen.
Mazen had lived through the deaths of two of his older brothers, had seen his parents' home and business in New Orleans wiped out by Hurricane Katrina, had felt his own football dreams wiped away by a father who so valued academics that athletics were forbidden. By the time Nader, the youngest of five brothers and one sister, reached high school, Mazen saw his brother's natural size and strength and made the decision himself.
This brother would play football.




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Article published Friday, December 14, 2007
Lots to be proud of for OSU's Abdallah
Family has scattered, but Buckeyes tackle returning home to face LSU


COLUMBUS - If home is where the heart is, then Ohio State defensive tackle Nader Abdallah will soon be going home to play in the BCS national championship game.

The heart is there. The home, the family, the family business, well, all was washed away when Hurricane Katrina blew through in late August, 2005, and the levees collapsed and New Orleans ceased to exist for so many.

Like the Abdallahs.

The store was named the LaSalle Market, but everybody called it Julio's, and it was on the corner of Sixth and LaSalle in the Magnolia Projects. It wasn't on the tour maps. It is in the Third Ward, uptown New Orleans, away from the hubbub of the French Quarter, not far from the Superdome. No, it was not a place for tourists or for the faint of heart.

But it was the place Abdallah's parents, Palestinian immigrants Younes and Izzieh, found their version of the American dream. It was the place their youngest son was born. It was the place the family found a bit of prosperity, even more respect.

"The projects were a terrible place, but we never got robbed once in 25 years," Nader said yesterday. "People loved my family. There was that kind of respect for my parents. They came for their groceries. They came for take-out, the Po' Boys and gumbo and jambalaya. It was a busy place. The store provided for our family."
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"It will be the greatest experience of my life," Nader Abdallah said. "I'm going home to play for the national championship. I'm representing Palestine, New Orleans, Ohio, so many people. And I want to make it my slice of the American dream.

"My family is proud. But think of what my father did coming to this country. Think what our family has survived. This game is a small story with my family."
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toledoblade.com -- Lots to be proud of for OSU's Abdallah
 
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