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'09 OH OL George Makridis

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6'2, 255 pounds
Warren G. Harding High School
Class of 2009

The younger brother of departing Ohio State senior long snapper Dimitrios Makridis, George Makridis is proof that size doesn't always matter. I wouldn't call him small, but he doesn't automatically jump at you just by looking at him. With that being said, he has experience on his side as he has been starting since his sophomore season in 2006, which was the senior season for Warren Harding alumni current NCAA players TB Dan "Boom" Herron (Ohio State), CB Chris L. Rucker (Michigan State), SS Sidney Glover (West Virginia), OL Chris Anzevino (Kent State), and DE Marlin Parker (Toledo). Makridis has done more than hold his own in his two years on varsity, and against some of the best competition that Ohio has to offer (Cleveland Glenville, Massillon Washington, Cleveland St. Ignatius, Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, etc.).

This will be a very interesting offseason for Makridis. He has a nice frame that could easily hold another 20-30 pounds, so the potential is there for him to get bigger. That will be important recruiting wise, but he will make big contributions on the field regardless. I'm not saying that Ohio State will come calling, but Makridis will be a third year starter this fall. There haven't been too many players from Harding that have made that claim and failed to make it into college. Makridis has progress to make, but he is equipped for the long haul. If he can build himself up enough, he'll have a chance to find himself a new home for 4 years after high school.

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Scoutingohio.com George Makridis Warren Harding
 
Backyard challenge puts Dimitrios and George Makridis on path to Ohio State
Published: Saturday, September 24, 2011
By Tom Reed, The Plain Dealer

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Mike Munden, Special to PD
Brothers Dimitrios, left, and George Makridis at Ohio State's practice facility this week. George is the team's current long snapper. Dimitrios handled the same duties there before him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Dimitrios and George Makridis settled their squabble in the backyard, a place where football-playing siblings have competed since kids began choosing up sides and stiff-arming each other amid the autumn leaves.

It was fall 2001, and Dimitrios, then a junior in high school, had heard enough snarky remarks from his younger brother about long snapping. Dimitrios saw it as an important, albeit arcane, duty. George thought the motion looked silly.

What's with the head between the knees and the arms extended through the legs? Was he heaving a football or hurling his lunch?

Dimitrios put 15 yards of space between them, bent over the ball and launched it toward his 11-year-old brother.

"You know how it is when you are a kid," George said. "The ball looked like it was coming 100 miles per hour at me."

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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/09/backyard_spat_puts_dimitrios_a.html
 
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Meet a Buckeye: Long snapper George Makridis
By Bill Rabinowitz
The Columbus Dispatch Friday October 7, 2011

LONG SNAPPER /// GEORGE MAKRIDIS

Age: 20

Year: Redshirt sophomore

Vitals: 6-2, 230

Hometown: Warren, Ohio (Warren G. Harding High School)

Major: Political science
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BROOKE LaVALLEY | Dispatch

Long-snapping runs in the Makridis family. His brother Demitrios played for the Buckeyes from 2003-2007. The son of Greek immigrants, Makridis first started playing football because his father wanted to toughen up his sons. This year, Makridis, a walk-on, fended off a challenge from scholarship freshman Bryce Haynes to keep his job.


Q: Most players get headlines when they do well. It?s kind of the opposite for a long-snapper, right. He only gets publicity when he messes up, right?

A: Of course, a long-snapper wants to be anonymous. If you?re a famous long-snapper, you?re not doing your job right. One mistake and you can be all over ESPN.


Q: Were you always a long-snapper?

A: When I was younger, my dad wanted me to play the offensive and defensive line in middle school so that I could, as he put it, get a little heart, so I could be more of a ?manly man.? Basically, he wanted me and my brother to get a little tougher. So we did play the offensive line. I stuck with it through high school.

Q: Were you a natural as a long-snapper?

A: I actually picked it up fairly quick. My brother was very good, actually. I developed a very good relationship with my high school coach, who was very experienced in the long-snapping department.


Q: What?s the most important thing about being good long snapper?

A: Being consistent. There?s not really any set fundamentals for long-snapping. However you can get it there, you get it there.

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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/10/07/gameday/meet-a-buckeye.html
 
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