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LB Jordan Whiting (transfer to Louisville)

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Trinity's Whiting an All-American

From C-J and special dispatches ? January 8, 2009

Trinity High School senior linebacker Jordan Whiting was named to the MaxPreps Football All-American first team yesterday.

The 6-foot-1, 235-pound three-year starter was one of five linebackers on the first team. He finished his high school career with 267 tackles and is expected to sign with Ohio State in February.
Male High School defensive back Justin Green, another Ohio State commitment, was named to the second team.
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BuckTwenty;1385642; said:
I like his attitude there. With an attiude like that, he will play, even if it's "just" special teams. I wouldn't want that missle coming at me.
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With JT's history of breaking in true frosh LBs on kick coverage teams, Jordan's chances of seeing PT this season are pretty good...
 
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The chatter on Jordan has been relatively low because he committed some time in the late 90's, but I am very, very excited about him. I'm not an expert on projecting kids to specific positions, but I've got to believe that his experience wrestling heavyweights will just make him a sick SAM in the future. I'd love to see him near the line in run situations with hands skills (from wrestling) and strength...
 
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[quote='BusNative;138967;8]The chatter on Jordan has been relatively low because he committed some time in the late 90's, but I am very, very excited about him. I'm not an expert on projecting kids to specific positions, but I've got to believe that his experience wrestling heavyweights will just make him a sick SAM in the future. I'd love to see him near the line in run situations with hands skills (from wrestling) and strength...[/quote]

I agree, if he ends up at middle backer his style would probably be similar to Schlegel's
 
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I think people forget about Jordan because he committed so early. He brings everything you need to be a standout LB. With his wrestling background and physical skills, he could be an outstanding LB at tOSU. He should be able to use his hands to keep linemen off of him and he has enough athleticism to seek and destroy ball carriers, and he has been well schooled in HS so the coaches should not have to break any bad habits, he very well could become the next underheralded LB to be a star at tOSU.
 
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wadc45;1400496; said:
Jordan is at Trinity...mahalo.
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I think Mili may have been referring to my faux pas, I posted without thinking, then stepped away from the PC and forgot that Green was at Male and Whiting at Trinity. When I got back and looked at my post, I saw my mistake and generically fixed it, but too late to have not been caught with my ineptitude :biggrin: Thank goodness, the Buckeye bus is big enough to allow fools and drunks to love the Bucks just like the elites :biggrin:
 
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Football: Jordan Whiting: All-Kentucky linebacker heads north to join Ohio State
Drew Sullivan
Issue date: 2/27/09

Even though the Buckeyes lost two premier linebackers to the NFL, they still have outstanding talent at that position.

The Buckeyes return veterans Ross Homan and Austin Spitler, who hope to fill the void left by James Laurinaitis and Marcus Freeman.

To go along with their returning talent at linebacker, OSU recruited four more guys who also will try to pick up right where those Buckeye greats left off.

Among them is Jordan Whiting, who led the Trinity Shamrocks to four state titles in Kentucky.

"It's one thing to be on the field - it's another thing to make a lot of tackles and make a lot of plays," said Steve Helwagen, managing editor for Bucknuts Media Network. "I think he's always around the ball. This is a guy that's got great instincts and can makes plays. We'll just have to wait and see how he kind of fits into the scheme."
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