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Nick O'Leary (TE Las Vegas Raiders)

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Free - Scout.com: Who was the best in Tampa?

Many of those and others had strong performances, but at the end of the event, two guys stood out more than the rest when talking about who were the top overall prospects there.

On offense, it was Nick O'Leary out of Dwyer High School and on defense, it was Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix out of Dr. Phillips High School.

O'Leary showed a lot of what he could do in an event like this on the first play of game one on Sunday when he took a quick pass the distance and then on the conversion, he leaped up over a defensive back and pulled a pass in.

He couldn't show his physical side too much in this event because there was no pads and no blocking really, but he can do that well too.

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A.C. Leonard, Nick O'Leary, Brandon Fulse making Florida the TE capital - ESPN

Like Leonard, O'Leary is a complete prospect at the position. He has perhaps the best set of hands of any player in the country, and his offer list, which includes schools from coast to coast, reflects that.

"He's got the best hands of any player I've seen in 20 years of coaching high school football," said Dwyer coach Jack Daniels, who also raved about O'Leary's work ethic and leadership skills.

It's not a surprise O'Leary works hard. He has athletics in his blood. His father played football at Georgia, and his grandfather is golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, who some forget won an NCAA golf championship at Ohio State. Not surprisingly, the Bulldogs and Buckeyes are two schools to watch in the recruitment of the 6-3, 256-pounder.
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wadc45;1661184; said:
Again, he ain't coming here...
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wadc45;1665731; said:
As I said before, no chance he comes here...
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wadc45;1666922; said:
...First I've heard of OSU offering but it doesn't matter...this kid isn't leaving the south...
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wadc45;1680270; said:
I'm not sure who moved it to this forum...but rest assured OSU has little/no chance here.
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That's why it was moved :tongue2:
 
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O'Leary's athleticism in his genes

If any one play embodied the talents of Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) tight end Nick O'Leary, it was one during the third quarter of the Panthers' Class 4A state championship against Niceville.

With the Panthers pinned inside their own 5 and facing a fourth-and-long, O'Leary fielded the snap and felt pressure coming from both sides before he could kick. So he faked the kick and faked a throw before tucking the ball and running through tackles to get the first down.
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of note:

O'Leary hasn't put together a definitive list of top schools yet, and says location will not be an issue for him when it comes to selecting schools. He is specific on at least one thing, however.

"I want to play offense in college, so the team I go to has to use the tight end a lot in the passing game," O'Leary said. "The school I select will be the place I feel most comfortable as a student and an athlete."
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Dwyer's O'Leary: Miami Hurricanes will be in the mix
Dwyer High tight end is Palm Beach County's top football prospect heading into the fall
June 02, 2010|By Steve Dorsey, Sun Sentinel correspondent

College coaches were swarming the state during spring football practices last month, and one of the more popular stops along the recruiting trail was Dwyer High.

"There were schools in here every day," said Dwyer tight end Nick O'Leary, the No. 1 prospect in the Sun Sentinel's top 25 spring recruiting rankings.

O'Leary, along with defensive end Curt Maggitt and quarterback Jacoby Brissett, are rated among the top prospects in the state entering their senior year. All three already have received scholarship offers from numerous Division I programs.

O'Leary has so many that he recently said he had lost count, adding that he "can't think of any" schools on his wish list that have not made him an offer. The number is around 30 by the latest count.

O'Leary possesses sound skills as a tight end -- he blocks well, runs solid routes, has excellent hands and good vertical leaping ability. The only knock about the 6-foot-4, 225-pound tight end is his height. But Mike Ditka, the first tight end inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988) was 6-3. Dave Casper, the most recent Hall of Fame inductee (2002) as a tight end, was 6-4.

O'Leary has family ties to Georgia (his father) and Ohio State (his grandfather, golfing legend Jack Nicklaus), and both of those schools are recruiting him hard.

O'Leary says he has no clear-cut favorite heading into summer workouts and camps, but he plans to narrow the list to 10 schools soon and decide on his five official visits by the time the 2010 season begins.

He recently told CaneSport.com, however, that "Miami will be in there" among his top five finalists because he likes the way the Hurricanes use their tight ends, plus it's close to home.

O'Leary also loves fishing and the beach, and he's already made two unofficial visits to the Coral Gables campus. Right now, my hunch is that the 'Canes will land him.
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Dwyer's O'Leary: Miami Hurricanes will be in the mix - Sun Sentinel
 
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Florida has been aggressively pursuing O?Leary, but does not seem to have any interest in Brissett. The Gators already have a commitment from Oviedo-Hagerty quarterback Jeff Driskel and would be unlikely to offer Brissett unless they thought it would help them get O?Leary.

Daniels said if he had to bet right now, he?d go with Florida State for O?Leary, which was a surprising answer. O?Leary has said very little about his recruitment, but people around him have been assuming he?d go to Miami (obviously the Hurricanes are still in this battle). Daniels also said Georgia is the in the mix, but Ohio State and Florida are afterthoughts right now.
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Florida Gators sports news, analysis, commentary - Gator Bytes, a PalmBeachPost.com blog ? Blog Archive ? For now, looks like Gators will get only one of Dwyer’s Big 3
 
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