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Welcome aboard Garrett! Get all the Stovers we can please. Kind of like the Bosa brothers, just different position...animal on the field, very excited about this one.
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Q: Starting with the obvious one, what made you feel comfortable enough to pull the trigger and commit this early in your junior season?
Garrett Stover: I grew up watching the Buckeyes. It was my dream to play there and be a Buckeye. As the recruiting process was dying down and college teams were in season, I just thought I was ready. I knew what I wanted, and Ohio State had everything that I wanted. The most important thing was I wanted to be close to home too. I love Ohio State, everything about it, and I knew I was ready now, so let’s do it and get the thing done. I’m really excited.”
Q: When did you tell Ohio State that you were in?
Stover: On (Monday night). I called coach (Matt) Guerrieri, and he put coach Knowles and coach Day on the phone. It was great. The whole place went crazy. It was an unbelievable moment for me and my family. It made me feel so good because being an Ohio kid, picking up an offer in June at the camp and being to almost every home game this season, they probably wondered when I was pulling the trigger. It was great to tell them and see that they were happy because it tells you that they want you and they’re serious about you. They’re excited to get things rolling.
Q: It seemed like you needed to visit Notre Dame in November before you were fully ready to commit. At what point after the visit did you have a moment of ‘I’ve seen what I needed to see. I’m ready?’
Stover: I would say I’ve always wanted to go to Ohio State. But Notre Dame is always a school that I really liked too. So I went back and forth between those schools for a while. I just wanted to get up there and really see the coaches again and see a great game. Then really get a feel for the gameday experience there and what it would be like. Either way, I couldn’t have made a wrong choice, but I’m really happy to be a Buckeye.
Q: When did you tell Cade that you were in?
Stover: Well, I actually told him about a month or so ago. I just kind of told him what my plan was and why I wanted to go there and everything. From the jump, he was all in. Then Sunday, I talked to him and said, ‘Hey, I’m going to make the decision tomorrow.’ He said, ‘Ohio State?’ I told him yes, and he was really excited and everything.
Q: I know Cade won’t be there when you arrive on campus, but what will it be like for you to have him as a resource to lean on him and ask him about his experiences when certain situations come up?
Stover: I think that’ll be very beneficial having him, somebody who has gone through everything there. I think anything I have questions about, I can call on him. But really, I just got to go in there, put my head down and put in the work. Everything else will take care of itself if I’m prepared. I think I’m ready to be in a big program like that. But having Cade as a resource will definitely be very helpful.
Q: We’ve talked before that Jim Knowles has envisioned you possibly playing a hybrid role in his defense at safety and linebacker, similar to Ronnie Hickman now. You’ve played both safety and linebacker in high school, so how excited would you be to play a role that fits both of your skillsets?
Stover: I think it just comes down to a mindset of ‘Just put me anywhere on defense.’ Being a hybrid player that can do multiple things would be beneficial for me in the future, and I think that it could help me out a lot down the road. But whether they want me at safety or linebacker, I’ll give that 100 percent. So from here on out, I’ll focus on touching those up if I need to and working hard. If they need me to play that role, I’m certainly capable of doing that.
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Q & A continued
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2022 Division II All-Ohio Football Teams
First Team Defense
LB: Gavin Ehrhardt, Avon, 5-11, 215, sr.; Cody Schuberg, Toledo Central Catholic, 6-1, 225, sr.; Garrett Stover, Big Walnut, 6-2, 215, jr.; Quan Rhodes-McKee, Westerville South, 6-1, 220, jr.; Sam Schmiesing, Piqua, 6-2, 233, sr.; Bryson Bastin, Hamilton Ross, 5-10, 225, sr.; Dorian Pringle, Massillon Washington, 5-11, 220, jr.; Evan Brady, Uniontown Lake, 5-11, 215, jr.
First Team Defense
LB: Gavin Ehrhardt, Avon, 5-11, 215, sr.; Cody Schuberg, Toledo Central Catholic, 6-1, 225, sr.; Garrett Stover, Big Walnut, 6-2, 215, jr.; Quan Rhodes-McKee, Westerville South, 6-1, 220, jr.; Sam Schmiesing, Piqua, 6-2, 233, sr.; Bryson Bastin, Hamilton Ross, 5-10, 225, sr.; Dorian Pringle, Massillon Washington, 5-11, 220, jr.; Evan Brady, Uniontown Lake, 5-11, 215, jr.
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Now listed as a LB on 247 so his title has changed as well. Birm is predicting 3 LBs in this class now. I can see the Powers offer as the S offer to replace Stover as a DB recruit.
I see him playing a hybrid role for us vs being pegged at one position. Heck, Cade has played how many positions? Lol runs in the Stover family
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Idk,I think he can put on 20-25lbs in the next 3yRS, and play SAM at 230 easily. Rivals has his listed at 205lbs now as a HSjnr. It’s realistic to say he hits OSU campus at 215lbs. Steele Chambers is 230
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That would make sense. Garrett has the frame and play style to end up at LB. As you said, a lot of our LBs are playing around 230 and that is realistic for Garrett and there is a lot of time for growth before he gets to OSU.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...state-2024-defense-at-linebacker/70199742007/
Hard not to root for the kid. Not just being from OH, but a very high character guy
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Love this kid, wouldn't expect anything less from a Stover but that is cool to read. "Best team in the nation right in your backyard" is a great quote. Pretty sure Scott and West will be joining him in Columbus, I love that we have such great talent in Ohio for the '24 class. I will always want the top talent regardless of where it comes from, but when it is an Ohio kid admittedly it is extra exciting.
As for the LB class, I am thinking there will be one more but then we are probably capped with the Knowles scheme. If I had it my way, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa joins Stover and Pierce to call it an amazing '24 LB class. To me it seems Stover at LB is a foregone conclusion, incredibly athletic but is likely outgrowing the safety position...good thing is that usually is a recipe for success at LB now with the advanced coverage skills.
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