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2023 FL DT John Walker (Central Florida Verbal)

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When a guy moves his announcement date up immediately after visiting Ohio State ...

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buckeyemania11 said:
It's a whole new era of recruiting. I'd say now you really can't count of anything more than ever until the ink is put down on NSD.
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I'm not sure we will see as many flips as usual.
Seems to me most of the guys we go after have some sort of NIL deal.
I'm assuming they are contractually obligated to fulfill their end of the deal.
I'm sure it can be broken but seems like it will be more of a hassle.
 
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Well, recruiting on the defensive side of the ball took a bit of a recent downturn. Moore was a heck of a pickup at DT though and Smith Jr is probably better than he is being ranked, so at least at DT I think we are going to be alright, although we want one more guy for sure. And Kanu in '22 was a huge get and I see Curry ending up at DT (or at least occasionally), so not as concerned on missing Walker as I might have been in the past. Uiagalelei seems to be an option but may end up a DE. With Walker seeming to be off the board, not sure what is there but we need to be kicking the tires on LB recruits, that is my biggest concern for the moment. All that being said, Walker was definitely a guy I wanted in this class and seemed like he was in, but if he picks UCF you know exactly why he didn't end up in Columbus.
 
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RB07OSU said:
Well, recruiting on the defensive side of the ball took a bit of a recent downturn. Moore was a heck of a pickup at DT though and Smith Jr is probably better than he is being ranked, so at least at DT I think we are going to be alright, although we want one more guy for sure. And Kanu in '22 was a huge get and I see Curry ending up at DT (or at least occasionally), so not as concerned on missing Walker as I might have been in the past. Uiagalelei seems to be an option but may end up a DE. With Walker seeming to be off the board, not sure what is there but we need to be kicking the tires on LB recruits, that is my biggest concern for the moment. All that being said, Walker was definitely a guy I wanted in this class and seemed like he was in, but if he picks UCF you know exactly why he didn't end up in Columbus.
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Curry at DT? That would shock me
 
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Nothing or everything could shock me.....if a kid's body develops under Coach Mick's tutalege, and 'good weight' is added, voila, one has a DT. If can add weight and keep that 'first step', then stay a DE? Also, if a kid sees alot of cordwood stacked against him at DE, he might say he wants to play inside to get on the field sooner. And you know LJ tries to bring in one or two 5* DEs annually. That being said, Tyleke, Hall and a couple more are being 'kept warm' on the sidelines to go inside at DT. This Covid thing is stringing out player eligibility for several that should really have gone on, so game minutes are hard to come by. If Caden goes inside, would you really be surprised Oregon? Maybe for a while, but if he does well in some body bag games, and gains minutes in some of the bigger games, then yay! LJ has done it again.
 
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calibuck said:
Nothing or everything could shock me.....if a kid's body develops under Coach Mick's tutalege, and 'good weight' is added, voila, one has a DT. If can add weight and keep that 'first step', then stay a DE? Also, if a kid sees alot of cordwood stacked against him at DE, he might say he wants to play inside to get on the field sooner. And you know LJ tries to bring in one or two 5* DEs annually. That being said, Tyleke, Hall and a couple more are being 'kept warm' on the sidelines to go inside at DT. This Covid thing is stringing out player eligibility for several that should really have gone on, so game minutes are hard to come by. If Caden goes inside, would you really be surprised Oregon? Maybe for a while, but if he does well in some body bag games, and gains minutes in some of the bigger games, then yay! LJ has done it again.
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Considering Day thinks he's on the smaller side for even DE, yes I would be surprised if Curry ever plays inside for a substantial amount of time.
 
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