LS Bryce Haynes (Official Thread)

[BengalsAndBucks]

Yep and the therein could lie the problem. From what I hear, Bryce is unlikely to start next year...he will certainly compete, but if he doesn't get the starting spot, we could have 2 long snappers on scholarship.

Only if Tressel decides to put the other long snapper on scholarship. The starting long snapper under Tressel has been given a scholarship based on there being one available because we weren't at the 85 limit. So if there isn't room, Tressel wont put the other long snapper on scholarship.

Now that doesn't really take into account the potential morale effects of having the starting long snapper with no scholarship and the back-up being on scholarship, but its something I imagine Tressel can handle.

 

[matcar]

Some of the notes from the Ozone:

* Tressel said the video spread like wildfire once it got to Ohio State. They saw him in person and realized they needed to find a spot for him in the class.
* Doc said the snap hits right in the numbers every time.
* Doc Tressel said that Haynes is already 0.2 seconds faster on his snaps than what Ohio State tells it?s long snappers to aim for.

I find the first note amusing, but still cool. Can you imagine a long snapper video catching on like "wildfire"?

The last bit about Haynes already being faster than what tOSU tells snappers to aim for, well that's impressive.

 

[EasternBuck]

Some of the notes from the Ozone:


I find the first note amusing, but still cool. Can you imagine a long snapper video catching on like "wildfire"?

The last bit about Haynes already being faster than what tOSU tells snappers to aim for, well that's impressive.

Yes I can. Tress and company put extra value on special teams and he plays into that concept. It would have caught on the same way at Va. Tech and other schools that focus on technique and execution of "the most important play in football."

 

[Buckskin86]

Unusual path leads Haynes to Ohio State
February 8, 2011
By Jared Putnam

Pinecrest Academy's Bryce Haynes, center, is surrounded by friends during a celebration of his football scholarship with Ohio State on national signing day.
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Like many high school athletes, Bryce Haynes wanted to land a Division I college football scholarship.

The problem, as he realized, was that he would never be good enough to earn one at the positions he played.

That self-critique started Haynes on a path that sent his recruiting stock spiraling upward almost as fast as the spirals he now delivers on special teams.

In less than a year, Haynes has gone from being an unknown player learning an under-appreciated position ? to the most heavily recruited long snapper in the nation.

The specialist made history when he chose Ohio State last week, accepting the first scholarship the Big Ten powerhouse had offered to a high school long snapper.

?It?s been an amazing process,? Haynes said.

?I definitely think it turned a lot of heads when people figured out that Ohio State had offered a long snapper.?

Haynes received rock star treatment at Pinecrest Academy on national signing day Wednesday, when he became the first Paladin to sign with a football program above Division III.

He said he hopes the national publicity he?s received will benefit other long snappers, a position Division I schools often fill through a walk-on role.

Just don?t expect Haynes? particular story to be duplicated anytime soon.

Cont...

http://sports.forsythnews.com/prep-sports/article/1565/

 

[Muck]

I have no problem having 2 scholarships spent on long snappers next season. It's not like there's never been a scholarship tied up for four years by another position that hasn't produced. If we have to depend on that 85th guy next season, we have bigger problems than worring about that guy being a long snapper.

Agreed.

 

[RB07OSU]

Only if Tressel decides to put the other long snapper on scholarship. The starting long snapper under Tressel has been given a scholarship based on there being one available because we weren't at the 85 limit. So if there isn't room, Tressel wont put the other long snapper on scholarship.

Now that doesn't really take into account the potential morale effects of having the starting long snapper with no scholarship and the back-up being on scholarship, but its something I imagine Tressel can handle.

That is the issue though, the LS on the team already was assumed to have a scholarship on the way next year,

 

[Diego-Bucks]

That is the issue though, the LS on the team already was assumed to have a scholarship on the way next year,

Well, the LS you are speaking of (who it is I don't know) is not yet the starting LS. I wouldn't know what the staff has told him or hinted at in terms of a scholarship, but my opinion is that if he is not currently the starting LS then the assumption he makes as to being rewarded with a scholarship was not based in reality but strictly by a perceived precedent.

However, Haynes has already broken precedent by being the first high-school LS to be offered a LOI by the Buckeyes. So... obviously the staff is convinced they made a good choice and so am I.

 

[MaxBuck]

That is the issue though, the LS on the team already was assumed to have a scholarship on the way next year,

Assumptions can be dangerous. Firm commitments are one thing; assumptions quite something else.

 

[TDunk]

Assumptions can be dangerous. Firm commitments are one thing; assumptions quite something else.

And when you assume, you make an ass of me and Uma Thruman.

 

[Buckskin86]

Future Buckeye long snapper Bryce Haynes finds niche, lands role on Ohio State football team
By Michael Periatt
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Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011

Ohio State football recruit Bryce Haynes stepped into a role that landed him what could be a four year starting job with the Buckeyes.

Haynes is a long snapper ? he's the guy who lines up in the center position for punts and field goals and snaps the ball.

Haynes, who attends Pinecrest Academy in Cummings, Ga., is the first incoming freshman in OSU football history to be offered a scholarship for long snapping.

But for most of his career, long snapping was just something he did, not his main focus.

"I started at receiver as a sophomore and started at receiver and defensive end both junior and senior year," Haynes said. "I was just a back-up (long snapper) my freshman and sophomore years, so I hadn't really gotten into it or really practiced that much."

During his junior season, Haynes beat out a senior for the starting long snapping job on punts, but not for field goals. Instead, he focused on playing defensive end and wide receiver.

That all changed after his junior season.

"I knew I definitely wanted to go somewhere to play football in college, but I realized it would kind of be a long shot to play receiver or defensive end at a bigger school or one of the schools I wanted to go to," Haynes said. "I was already pretty good at (long snapping), and I didn't have any teaching or anything, so I figured I'd try it out."

Haynes started working on long snapping and in December following his junior year, he attended a special-teams camp in Georgia led by the country's premier long snapping instructor, Chris Rubio.

"That's how I really learned the great technique," Haynes said. "It took a lot of effort, but once I learned what I was doing wrong, I got better a lot faster."

Cont...

http://www.thelantern.com/sports/fu...ds-role-on-ohio-state-football-team-1.2238042

 

[BB73]

He says he weighs 195, and wants to get bigger.

In 8th grade, his coach just said "You, long snapper." and that started his future at the position.

Ozone.video

 

[MaxBuck]

Haynes impressed me by several times leading the punt defense team downfield to the punt return man, after first delivering a perfect snap to Buchanan. Kid is an athlete!

 

[BIATCHabutuka]

snapper / gunner no doubt

very solid start here

 

[BuckWrestler141]

Haynes impressed me by several times leading the punt defense team downfield to the punt return man, after first delivering a perfect snap to Buchanan. Kid is an athlete!

I thought I read complaints that he is a pretty small guy, do we really want him running down the field? Doesn't seem like it'd be worth getting hurt.

 

[jwinslow]

I thought I read complaints that he is a pretty small guy

Was.

do we really want him running down the field?

No, we want him snapping it then running for the sidelines

They can't hit the LS after the snap, so he typically gets a free release to the returner. Being a good athlete really pays off here.

Doesn't seem like it'd be worth getting hurt.

He's 6'4 220 and probably a solid 20-30 lbs heavier than he was a year ago.

Jake McQuaide was 6'3 232 and is still on the Rams roster.