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LB Ryan Shazier (All B1G, All-American, 2017 Pro Bowl)

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Ohio State football: Shazier flashes his potential
Freshman linebacker turns in impressive games late in season
By Bill Rabinowitz
The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday December 28, 2011

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Kyle Robertson | Dispatch Freshman linebacker Ryan Shazier (10) suffered a sprained knee ligament early in the Michigan game, but played through the pain.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? On one sideline or the other, Ryan Shazier was destined to play in the 2012 Gator Bowl.

That he will do so wearing the scarlet and gray of Ohio State instead of the blue and orange of Florida is something for which Buckeyes fans are grateful. In a disappointing season for Ohio State?s defense, Shazier stood out as a potential star, even if it was doled out in glimpses.

The freshman didn?t start until the Penn State game on Nov. 19, in which he made 15 tackles to earn Big Ten freshman of the week honors.

After showing his ability against the Nittany Lions, Shazier showed his heart against Michigan the next week. Early in the game, he suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. With fellow linebacker Andrew Sweat out because of a dislocated elbow, Shazier gutted it out, even though he limped noticeably.

?It was hurting pretty bad, but I wanted to stick through it and help the team out,? Shazier said after arriving here today along with the rest of the Buckeyes players for Monday?s game.

He is wearing a knee brace in practice, but said he is about 85 to 90 percent healed.

?My leg is feeling a lot better,? said Shazier, who will play weak-side linebacker next to Sweat at middle linebacker.

The Florida game is one Shazier would not want to miss, in part because he almost was a Gator. A native of Plantation, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale, Shazier committed to Florida but changed his mind after Urban Meyer announced his retirement as coach. Shazier visited LSU, but decided to enroll at Ohio State after being recruited by Luke Fickell.

He has no regrets, especially since Meyer has been hired as OSU?s coach and Fickell will coach him in the Gator Bowl before returning to being an assistant.

?I?m happy about it because we get to keep coach Fickell and (get) coach Meyer,? Shazier said. ?Coach Meyer is the reason I (committed) there and coach Fickell is the reason I came here.?

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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/28/shazier-flashes-his-potential.html
 
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Feeling the pain

Freshman linebacker Ryan Shazier, who suffered a left knee injury in the loss at Michigan, played with a brace. At the start, he figured the knee was at ?about 90 percent. And then when I got hit on that first (Florida) fumble, trying to pick it up, it got back down to about 70.

?I did all I could to try to help out the team.?

That included taking part in some of the lively banter between the teams.

?There was a lot of trash talk,? Shazier said.
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2012/01/03/millers-misfires-might-fade-away.html
 
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RB07OSU;2130891; said:
:yow2::yow2: All Shazier was missing was some more muscle mass...safe to say he is well on his way. Can't wait to see the terror he wreaks this year with experience (and some more pounds) under his belt.
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Marotti specifically mentioned wanting to get Shazier up to 226 by the end of the winter... so I would guess that is about where he is at in that picture.
 
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