LBs -All 21st Century Team

[Muck]

The Buckeye Planet All-Buckeye 2000-2005 team...​

Linebackers

Nominees:

Inside Linebacker -

Mike D'Andrea – 44 Tackles, 25 Solo, 6.5 TFL, 1 Sack

Fred Pagac Jr – 70 Tackles, 22 Solo, 3 TFL, 1 Sack

Anthony Schlegel – 2 year starter, 166 Tackles, 87 Solo, 17.5 TFL, 5.5 Sacks

Matt Willhelm – 3 year starter, 266 Tackles, 180 Solo, 43.5 TFL (6<SUP>th</SUP>), 8 Sacks, 3 INT

Outside Linebacker -


Courtland Bullard – 3 year starter, 134 Tackles, 95 Solo, 23 TFL, 11 Sacks, 1 INT

Bobby Carpenter – 2 year starter, 191 Tackles, 111 Solo, 23.5 TFL, 14.5 Sacks (tied 12<SUP>th</SUP>), 3 INT

Joe Cooper – 2 year starter, 223 Tackles, 153 Solo, 22 TFL, 6 Sacks, 3 INT

Cie Grant – 2 year starter (1 at LB), 146 Tackles, 111 Solo, 14 TFL, 4 Sacks, 4 INT

A. J. Hawk – 3 year starter, 394 Tackles (5<SUP>th</SUP>), 186 Solo, 31 TFL, 15 Sacks (tied 10<SUP>th</SUP>), 7 INT

Robert Reynolds – 2 year starter, 166 Tackles, 98 Solo, 15.5 TFL, 5 Sacks, 2 INT


Vote for one inside linebacker and two outside linebackers.

3 votes total


*Numbers in parenthesis are place on Buckeye career list

 

[Oneshot]

Wilhelm, Grant, and Hawk.

It was hard to not choose Bobby, but Grant locked up the national championship. That is something that is pure magic.

Also, he sings a mean Carmen Ohio.

 

[tedginn05]

This is actually a very tough decision. Any three would be great choices.

I'm going to take Wilhelm on the inside, Hawk and Carp on the outsides.

It was a very tough choice over Cie Grant and Carp

Can't we run a 3-4 Defense so we can have Carp, Hawk, Wilhelm, and Grant?

God imagine that!

 

[NFBuck]

Hawk-Wilhelm-Carp

 

[jwinslow]

grant does sing a mean carmen ohio. Despite that intangible and his production during the NC season, I do not think he would start over Carp.

Carpenter was his own rush end on many plays. Imagine what Carp would have done if there was a true DE (and a dominant one at that) playing in front of him.

 

[7 45 33 48]

This one is easy to me. Wilhelm, Hawk, and Carpenter. Grant was a WLB and there is no way he is starting over Hawk.

 

[bucknut11]

This was a tough one, but I gotta go with Bobby over Cie.


I vote for the first person to not vote for AJ to be banned permanently from the boards...

 

[martinss01]

schlegs carp and hawk. easiest poll for me thus far. alot of people will likely disagree with me on schlegs vrs. wilhelm. but imo schlegs as a senior vrs. wilhelm as a senior, schlegs starts. wilhelm's stats look a lot better. but i think schlegs was a better mlb. imho schlegs was a very good lb that wasn't nearly as appriciated or as ultilized as he would normally have been had he not been so completely overshadowed by carp and hawk.

 

[7 45 33 48]

schlegs carp and hawk. easiest poll for me thus far. alot of people will likely disagree with me on schlegs vrs. wilhelm. but imo schlegs as a senior vrs. wilhelm as a senior, schlegs starts. wilhelm's stats look a lot better. but i think schlegs was a better mlb. imho schlegs was a very good lb that wasn't nearly as appriciated or as ultilized as he would normally have been had he not been so completely overshadowed by carp and hawk.

Wilhelm was faster and better in coverage and was great at filling the hole. Schlegel was late to the ball a few times this season because he is not the fastest linebackers that's for sure.

 

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

Wilhelm, Hawk, and Capenter.

 

[V.O.R]

Wilhelm inside: Surprisingly, it seems to me that he is a little underrated in Buckeye lore. He was a great player and All-American the NC year, and OSU would probably won at least 2-3 more games the year before had he not gotten hurt.

Hawk: given

Carpenter: Gets my nod over Grant because he could have more impact on a game and was so versatile, but Cie is still one of my alltime favorite Bucks for his willingness to be a great team player and the blitz on Dorsey in the NC game is a classic.

 

[OhioState49]

I had to go with AJ HAWK!

 

[Muck]

I vote for the first person to not vote for AJ to be banned permanently from the boards...

That would be HabeneroBuck who voted for Cooper & Reynolds.

 

[bucknut11]

That would be HabeneroBuck who voted for Cooper & Reynolds.

 

[Kueller]

I went with Hawk/Will/Carp but with those 3 together I'd worry their stat lines wouldn't look nearly as good....When all the opponent can muster is repeated 3 and outs and then your offense takes 5-6 minutes to drive the other way you're only looking at 30-40 chances to tackle/sack/intercept per game.