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Buckskin86
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Vote for Dante Booker as POW
http://highschoolsports.cleveland.c...rmers-from-friday-night-game-balls-2013-poll/
Dante Booker, St. Vincent-St. Mary: Had nine tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks in the Irish's 41-0 win over Barberton.
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My goodness, we already have two of the 12 finalists in Booker and Berger, and if McMillan commits to us we'd have a quarter of the finalists. 
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Buckskin86
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Though his dad played at Auburn, St. Vincent-St. Mary LB Dante Booker 'wants to beat the SEC' at Ohio State: Buckeyes recruiting
St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dan Boarman St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dan Boarman discusses linebacker Dante Booker's recruitment, why the four-star linebacker is special and adds in his viewpoint on Ohio State defensive line coach Mike Vrabel. By Ari Wasserman, Northeast Ohio Media Group
on November 28, 2013
AKRON, Ohio – College football's trendy one-loss team this week is Auburn.
The Tigers face top-ranked Alabama on Saturday in the famous Iron Bowl rivalry game, and in some people’s minds there’s a chance, from the No. 4 spot in the BCS, that a win could mean Auburn controls its own destiny for a spot in the national title game.
“But we don’t talk about it at home,” said St. Vincent-St. Mary linebacker Dante Booker, an oral commitment in Ohio State’s 2014 recruiting class. “The focus is all on Ohio State.”
Booker’s father, Dante Booker Sr., is a former Auburn football player. But when the linebacker talks to his dad, there is no SEC trash talk and no suggestions about maybe taking a closer look at the Tigers.
It’s all about Ohio State.
“I want to beat those SEC teams instead of always talking about them,” Booker said. "My dad is all for me going to Ohio State. He was going to be supportive whatever decision I chose, and I was really grateful for that."
It's not that Auburn wasn't interested. The Tigers coaching staff reached out to Booker to create a relationship, but the four-star linebacker had already made up his mind in favor of Ohio State and decided not to pursue it further.
Rated by Rivals.com the No. 4 inside linebacker in the 2014 class, Booker had a scholarship offer from every top program in the Midwest. In all, Illinois, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, West Virginia and many others all hoped to land him.
Booker also had an offer from Tennessee and Auburn expressed real interest, but by the time the SEC could gain ground in his recruitment, it was over. It was Ohio State all the way, and it is because that was the program Booker grew up watching.
“I obviously rooted for Auburn and my dad when I was younger,” Booker said. “But being in Ohio and always watching Ohio State with the family and everything, I was always a fan. I’ll always root for my dad, but I was always an Ohio State fan.”
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/11/despite_having_a_father_who_pl.html
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HorseshoeFetish
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Nice article..Love knowing that kid wants to be a BUCKEYE!!!!
That video is must watch. 2:19 mark.....I don't care what it takes...SIGN VRABEL UP FOR LIFE!!!!!!
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Buckskin86
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Beacon Journal 2013 football player of year: Dante Booker Jr. of St. Vincent-St. Mary
By Michael Beaven
Beacon Journal sports writer
November 28, 2013
Dante Booker of the St. Vincent St. Mary High School football team is the Akron Beacon Journal Player of the Year. He is standing in front of photographs in the team locker room of St. Vincent St. Mary alumni who have been named to Ohio All-State teams. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
The quiet and shy kid of a couple of years ago is more chatty and outgoing these days as he roams the football field wearing No. 47 for St. Vincent-St. Mary.
Dante Booker Jr. has always been nice and pleasant, but St. V-M coach Dan Boarman is noticing a mature and more comfortable 18-year-old player who is a vital linebacker in a Fighting Irish defense full of speed and strength.
“The thing that I have wanted [Booker] to do is to become not just a player, but also a leader,” St. V-M defensive coordinator Marcus Wattley said. “He has earned captain the past two years. I think a lot of people respect the way he carries himself. He is not a very vocal person. He cares about his team and he cares about everybody in a way where he doesn’t put himself in front of other people.”
Booker displayed his skills quickly at St. V-M as an underclassman and attracted college scouts from all over the country.
Now, as a senior he is two wins away from helping St. V-M win a second consecutive Division III state championship and is looking forward to a bright future at Ohio State University on a football scholarship.
Booker’s talent has gotten him selected for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 4 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and it has earned him the title of 2013 Akron Beacon Journal Football Player of the Year. The Akron Beacon Journal high school sports staff that has covered nearly 50 games this season selected Booker and the 25-man all-star team.
“This senior season has been a real good season,” Booker said. “I feel like we have a real chance to top it off and it end it right with a second state championship. It has been a truly changing experience to spend this season with all of my brothers.
“I have built a really good relationship with these guys. Our whole team has been solid, and in particular the seniors. Parris Campbell Jr. is awesome, and my defensive teammates Newman Williams, the Adkins brothers [Aaron and Tony], Travonte Junius, Dr’ek Brumley and Vince Lockett have been great to play with.”
Booker accepted the player of the year honor but added that his friend Campbell is a worthy candidate.
“I know it was a hard decision for all of the guys to make with the player of the year thing, but I think Parris is equally deserving for this honor,” Booker said. “All these awards that I get, I think he should know that he is just as good. I am really looking forward to finishing this season right with Parris and all of my teammates.”
Boarman and Wattley smile when they talk about Booker’s unselfishness and growth.
“A lot of kids with the recognition and accolades that Dante has are often big-headed. Dante is one of the more humble kids you will find,” Wattley said. “He takes everything well and doesn’t brag about anything. He just smiles and says ‘That’s cool’ and goes on about his business.”
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http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-sch...ante-booker-jr-of-st-vincent-st-mary-1.448232
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