LB Jordan Whiting (transfer to Louisville)

[shiznit7]

Once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye. Best of luck to Jordan at Louisville, they have a solid foundation to be at the top of the BE for a while.

 

[BearBuck27]

Best of luck Jordan.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Well in this case it makes no differeence, because OSU is the choice of school, and everybody knows that UK is a bottom feeder in the SEC, however I still support them.

I see went from a newbie to a recruit, hopefully one day I can be in the same league as the rest of you. GO BUCKS

Neither... :(

Good luck young man! I'll be rooting for ya!

 

[MD Buckeye]

Best of luck, Jordan.

 

[Bestbuck36]

I hope he goes down there and tears it up!

 

[Buckskin86]

Whiting said his violation came as a result of accepting a discount on a tattoo, and said he did not realize he was receiving a discount at the time.

?Someone told me it was a certain price, and I said OK,? Whiting told The Lantern in January. ?I think the only thing that I probably could have done differently is ? after I had got my tattoos, maybe ask, ?Well, is that shop minimum?? or ?Do you offer this to anybody else???

Whiting said he believes most other players in his situation would have made the same decision he did.

?Going through that whole situation, being part of something that was so big, it was hard,? Whiting said. ?It definitely was, because you have to go through the situation where you don?t want to be seen in public, only thing you want to do is stay inside ? That was hard to deal with, very hard to deal with.?

Whiting believes people have misconceptions about the players? sanctions.

?Honestly, I don?t agree with the whole situation or how it went down,? Whiting said. ?I honestly feel like, had a lot of the athletes had an opportunity to vocalize their story, I feel like it would be totally different. I think a lot of people would feel differently.?

?I haven?t personally been bluntly offered something like, ?Hey, do you want this?? ? I?ve known guys that have been offered things that have denied them,? Whiting said. ?It?s really a hard thing to do, especially when you?re coming from situations where when you?re younger, you didn?t have anything. When you?re growing up and you don?t have anything, you don?t have the luxuries of things, you tend to want to do that (accept benefits).?

Although he said getting a scholarship to pay for his education was a ?blessing,? he was not able to take full advantage of his academic opportunity while still playing football at OSU.

?In some situations, athletes are not able to pursue their academic dreams because of the game that they play,? Whiting said. ?For instance, I wanted to do architecture. Unfortunately I could not pursue my architecture dreams at that moment ? because football takes a lot of time, (and) so does taking the major of architecture.?

Whiting left the OSU football team prior to last season. He transferred to Louisville but did not play last season and is no longer on its roster. He is working on completing his degree in marketing and is currently enrolled to begin classes at OSU again in June.

http://www.thelantern.com/campus/ta...io-state-2-years-later-1.3025262#.UWanxVexu3M

 

[Buckskin86]

Former Ohio State linebacker Jordan Whiting still chasing NFL dreams
By Dan Hope
[email protected]
Published: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Jordan Whiting could be playing for an Ohio State football team that won all 12 of its games last season, or playing for a Louisville team that upset Florida in the Sugar Bowl.

Formerly an OSU linebacker, Whiting transferred to Louisville prior to the 2012 season. He was not eligible to play for the Cardinals last season, due to NCAA rules requiring players who transfer between Football Bowl Subdivision schools to sit out one year before playing for their new school.

His career at Louisville, however, ended before it even began because of a failed drug test.

?When I first got here, I was hanging out with a buddy of mine, and unfortunately, hanging out with him, not really thinking too clearly, I decided to take a few hits of marijuana,? Whiting told The Lantern in January. ?I failed my first drug test of my college career.?

This wasn?t the first time Whiting made a mistake that affected his college football career. On Dec. 23, 2010, Whiting received a one-game ban as one of six OSU football players suspended for receiving improper benefits from Eddie Rife, owner of Fine Line Ink tattoo parlor. Those violations, dubbed ?Tattoo-Gate? by many, eventually resulted in the Buckeyes vacating the results of their 2010 season, being banned from postseason play in 2012 and losing nine scholarships over a three-year period.

Whiting said his violation came as a result of accepting a discount on a tattoo and said he did not realize he was receiving a discount at the time. ?It?s a learning experience and unfortunately some rules, even though we don?t necessarily agree with them, they still are rules,? Whiting said.

Whiting said the hardest part of the situation was dealing with the criticism he and his suspended teammates received.

?I learned that some people can be very cruel,? Whiting said. ?A lot of the guys, not necessarily me, but some guys were getting death wishes via email.

?None of those athletes, including myself, ever would bring harm to any other person out here,? Whiting added.

Whiting has tattoos on both of his arms, his chest and his back, which he said ?mean everything? to him.

?My tattoos are all religion and family,? Whiting said. ?I don?t have one tattoo that you could look at and be like, ?What does that mean?? or ?Why would you get that tatted on you?? or anything like that.

?I love tattoos,? Whiting added. ?I guess you could say it?s somewhat of an addiction.?

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http://www.thelantern.com/sports/fo...ill-chasing-nfl-dreams-1.3029389#.UW6T3sqxu3M