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Heard Around the ‘Shoe – 9/12/2016
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Welcome to your tri-weekly look at all things Ohio State recruiting. Let’s get started!
Nations Top Linebacker Sets Decision Date:
The Buckeyes have long been considered a long shot at best to land 5-star linebacker Dylan Moses who plays his football at the IMG Academy down in Bradenton, Florida. It looks like the Buckeyes are trending even further downward as Moses has set his decision date, and decided that one of his official visits will probably not happen. He spoke to the New Orleans Times-Picayune recently and had this to say:
“One of them is probably gonna change,” Moses said, before adding, “I’m starting to get interested in Houston and talking to the coaches, trying to set something up.”
It sounds like Tom Herman has made an impression on the #4 overall prospect in the nation and may end up getting another visit, this time an official to see the Cougars up close. He said this about Houston, “I met the rest of the staff and I visited, looked all over the campus and I really liked it, and being able to see everything that’s going on over there, it’s really a great tradition.”
Moses tweeted out yesterday that a decision date as been made, and LSU still remains the team to beat here.
Rain Rain Go Away:
The Buckeyes put away Tulsa on Saturday, although right around half time the game turned into a monsoon, and the poor weather forecast made for a slow recruiting weekend for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes did have one visitor on hand, and that was M.J. Griffin out of Belleville, Michigan. Griffin is a class of 2019 athlete with current offers from Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Iowa State, Toledo and Kentucky. He talked with 11W after his visit and had this to say.
“It was great,” Griffin told Eleven Warriors. “[The school] made a great impression. It’s always intense when I go there.”
“I’m starting to really like Ohio State,” he said. “They are showing possibilities [of offering], but coach [Kerry] Coombs said just keep doing what you’re doing and your chance will come.”
While the Buckeyes do not have a lot of offers out to 2019 kids yet, that will certainly change once the class of 2017 is wrapped up and the coaching staff can put more emphasis on the current high school sophomores.
Buckeye Commits in Action Friday:
Let’s take a look at what the Buckeye commitments for the class of 2017 and 2018 did over the weekend in their High School games.
Tate Martell, Haskell Garrett and Bishop Gorman took on Wyatt Davos and St. John Bosco in a battle of top 10 nationally ranked programs. Bosco came out and took a lead early, but Martell and company came back and took the game 35-20. Martell passed for 183 yards and 3 TD’s and had 113 rushing yards and another score, while Garrett and the defense held Bosco scoreless in the second half to earn the victory. Tyjon Lindsey again did not play due to injury/eligibility issues.
Shaun Wade made a some big plays in Trinity Christian’s win over University Christian with an tipped one handed interception (first video) and the touchdown catch (second video) where he makes some defenders look silly, fumbles, and then scampers the distance for the score.
Another highlight from Trinity's @shaunwade2017 on defense tonight. Tip drill to himself and a 1-handed INT. #ASJax pic.twitter.com/aqXZ0laonT
— Drew Copley (@DrewASJax) September 10, 2016
Chase Young pilled up two more sacks as his DeMatha Catholic won 35-7. Young now has six sacks in the last two games. He also had a pick-six in this game.
Danny Clark had a rough outing with only one touchdown and two interceptions, but former Buckeye commit Todd Sibley had a big day as he ran it 24 times for 214 yards and two touchdowns. Sibley received an invite to the Under Armor All-American Game Friday afternoon. He is now a Pitt Panther commit.
Emory Jones Heard County team lost 28-14 against Darlington, and Jones was held in check for most of the night only passing for 129 yards and rushing for 34 and a touchdown.
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Ben van Ooyen via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Welcome to your tri-weekly look at all things Ohio State recruiting. Let’s get started!
Nations Top Linebacker Sets Decision Date:
The Buckeyes have long been considered a long shot at best to land 5-star linebacker Dylan Moses who plays his football at the IMG Academy down in Bradenton, Florida. It looks like the Buckeyes are trending even further downward as Moses has set his decision date, and decided that one of his official visits will probably not happen. He spoke to the New Orleans Times-Picayune recently and had this to say:
“One of them is probably gonna change,” Moses said, before adding, “I’m starting to get interested in Houston and talking to the coaches, trying to set something up.”
It sounds like Tom Herman has made an impression on the #4 overall prospect in the nation and may end up getting another visit, this time an official to see the Cougars up close. He said this about Houston, “I met the rest of the staff and I visited, looked all over the campus and I really liked it, and being able to see everything that’s going on over there, it’s really a great tradition.”
Moses tweeted out yesterday that a decision date as been made, and LSU still remains the team to beat here.
Rain Rain Go Away:
The Buckeyes put away Tulsa on Saturday, although right around half time the game turned into a monsoon, and the poor weather forecast made for a slow recruiting weekend for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes did have one visitor on hand, and that was M.J. Griffin out of Belleville, Michigan. Griffin is a class of 2019 athlete with current offers from Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Iowa State, Toledo and Kentucky. He talked with 11W after his visit and had this to say.
“It was great,” Griffin told Eleven Warriors. “[The school] made a great impression. It’s always intense when I go there.”
“I’m starting to really like Ohio State,” he said. “They are showing possibilities [of offering], but coach [Kerry] Coombs said just keep doing what you’re doing and your chance will come.”
While the Buckeyes do not have a lot of offers out to 2019 kids yet, that will certainly change once the class of 2017 is wrapped up and the coaching staff can put more emphasis on the current high school sophomores.
Buckeye Commits in Action Friday:
Let’s take a look at what the Buckeye commitments for the class of 2017 and 2018 did over the weekend in their High School games.
Tate Martell, Haskell Garrett and Bishop Gorman took on Wyatt Davos and St. John Bosco in a battle of top 10 nationally ranked programs. Bosco came out and took a lead early, but Martell and company came back and took the game 35-20. Martell passed for 183 yards and 3 TD’s and had 113 rushing yards and another score, while Garrett and the defense held Bosco scoreless in the second half to earn the victory. Tyjon Lindsey again did not play due to injury/eligibility issues.
Shaun Wade made a some big plays in Trinity Christian’s win over University Christian with an tipped one handed interception (first video) and the touchdown catch (second video) where he makes some defenders look silly, fumbles, and then scampers the distance for the score.
Another highlight from Trinity's @shaunwade2017 on defense tonight. Tip drill to himself and a 1-handed INT. #ASJax pic.twitter.com/aqXZ0laonT
— Drew Copley (@DrewASJax) September 10, 2016
Chase Young pilled up two more sacks as his DeMatha Catholic won 35-7. Young now has six sacks in the last two games. He also had a pick-six in this game.
Danny Clark had a rough outing with only one touchdown and two interceptions, but former Buckeye commit Todd Sibley had a big day as he ran it 24 times for 214 yards and two touchdowns. Sibley received an invite to the Under Armor All-American Game Friday afternoon. He is now a Pitt Panther commit.
Emory Jones Heard County team lost 28-14 against Darlington, and Jones was held in check for most of the night only passing for 129 yards and rushing for 34 and a touchdown.
The post Heard Around the ‘Shoe – 9/12/2016 appeared first on The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary.
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