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DT Johnathan "Big Hank" Hankins (Seattle Seahawks)

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Oh8ch;1636383; said:
Thanks for the catch.
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Somewhat ironic that you brought up Rowell (or perhaps not ironic, but coincidental...never sure about which one) but I have often compared Hankins to Rowell in my mind, but hopefully this time we get pleny of playing time from this big fella.
 
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Originally Published: January 6, 2010
Rose Bowl win influences DT
By Bill Kurelic
BuckNuts.com

Detroit Southeastern defensive lineman Johnathon Hankins announced a commitment to Ohio State over scholarship offers from Michigan, Florida and Virginia as well as others. Hankins made his announcement at halftime of the Southeastern vs. Detroit Pershing basketball game at Southeastern High School.

"Big Hank's" decision gives Ohio State coach Jim Tressel another recruiting victory over Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez. It also gave the Buckeyes their first defensive tackle in their 2010 recruiting class.

The Wolverines had put the full-court press on Hankins the past month, but in the end he said it was the Gators that gave OSU the most competition.

"It was Ohio State, then Florida," Hankins said. "Michigan was third."
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NCAA football recruit Johnathon Hankins picked the Ohio State Buckeyes days after their Rose Bowl win - ESPN
 
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Freep.com

Posted: 5:49 p.m. Jan. 5, 2010 | Updated: 9:51 p.m. Jan. 5, 2010
Detroit Southeastern DT Johnathon Hankins picks OSU over Michigan
FREE PRESS STAFF REPORTS


Detroit Southeastern's Darryl Pitts (1) celebrates
a touchdown with teammate Johnathon Hankins
while playing rival Cass Tech on Oct. 25, 2008.
(GARY MALERBA / Special to the DFP)

Detroit Southeastern defensive tackle Johnathon Hankins today made a verbal commitment to Ohio State for the recruiting class that will sign next month.

The 6-foot-3, 326-pounder is ranked at three stars (out of five) by rivals.com. He reportedly also had scholarship offers from Michigan, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, among others.

Verbal commitments are nonbinding until national letters of intent are signed.
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So Hankins chose OSU over Michigan because:

1.) OSU tendered a "fake" offer last summer and then when UM and OSU both extended "committable" offers this past December "the Hankins camp remembers Ohio State 'offering' back in the summer, so they feel obliged to be more receptive to OSU."

2.) Archie Collins...eventhough the author states "this is not a situation I have indepth details about or understanding of. I certainly understand how a football player would be close to his coach, view him as a father figure, listen closely to his advice, etc...but this goes beyond that, and I don't know how."

I hope people remember that just because you have a blog does not make you a viable media outlet...
 
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One quote from the above blog:

But in this case, this is one situation that Ohio State could never experience. A high school coach inside our own borders deliberately steering recruits away from Michigan. Has this ever happened in the state of Ohio, ever? Is there one single high school coach in Ohio that doesn't bow at the Temple of Tressel and dream of sending his players to play in Columbus?
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Apparently this yoyo has never been to a Catholic high school in Cincinnati. Coaches there "steer" their kids to Notre Dame all the freaking time. Same can be said, to a lesser extent, about St. Ignatius in Cleveland.

"Temple of Tressel?" :slappy: What a tool.
 
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wadc45 said:
So Hankins chose OSU over Michigan because:

1.) OSU tendered a "fake" offer last summer and then when UM and OSU both extended "committable" offers this past December "the Hankins camp remembers Ohio State 'offering' back in the summer, so they feel obliged to be more receptive to OSU."

2.) Archie Collins...eventhough the author states "this is not a situation I have indepth details about or understanding of. I certainly understand how a football player would be close to his coach, view him as a father figure, listen closely to his advice, etc...but this goes beyond that, and I don't know how."

I hope people remember that just because you have a blog does not make you a viable media outlet...
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Don't forget that Michigan didn't even want him.
 
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MaxBuck;1638593; said:
One quote from the above blog:

Apparently this yoyo has never been to a Catholic high school in Cincinnati. Coaches there "steer" their kids to Notre Dame all the freaking time. Same can be said, to a lesser extent, about St. Ignatius in Cleveland.

"Temple of Tressel?" :slappy: What a tool.
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It's also pretty hilarious that he is angry at the high school coach and not the coach that has completely trashed their program to an extent that would make people want to steer clear of it.
 
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Spartan;1640065; said:
MSU never offered. It will be interesting as to why the two in-state schools didn't want Hankins. but tOSU did.
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One of them did and recruited him rather vigorously down the stretch.

Below is a list of the National Champs from the past decade. Hankins received offers from 4 of these schools.

2000 Oklahoma
2001 Miami, Fla.
2002 Ohio State
2003 LSU, USC
2004 USC
2005 Texas
2006 Florida
2007 LSU
2008 Florida
2009 Alabama

Who knows why MSU didn't offer Hankins? There are 6 Ohioans committed to MSU that didn't receive offers from the Buckeyes. Are you as interested to know why that is for each of those recruits? Are you at all interested to find out why those same schools listed above have issued ZERO offers to those 6 Ohio recruits committed to MSU? I would be...
 
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