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OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (Official Thread)

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Which Buckeye had the greatest impact on the Ohio State history of the position he played?

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Monday, 09.09.13

Miami Dolphins’ Brian Hartline a home-wrecker for Cleveland Browns
Ohio native Brian Hartline hauled in nine passes, including one for the go-ahead touchdown.
By Tim Rogers
Special to the Miami Herald
CLEVELAND -- Wide receiver and Ohio native Brian Hartline had a brief pregame meeting Sunday with another Ohio native who once made his living catching passes for the Dolphins.

Hartline and Hall of Famer Paul Warfield, both graduates of Ohio State, spoke for just a short time before the Dolphins opened their season with a lackluster 23-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns in front of 71,513 fans in FirstEnergy Stadium.

Warfield, who caught 156 passes and scored 33 touchdowns for the Dolphins from 1970 to 1974 and caught 271 passes for 52 touchdowns in two stints with the Browns, served as Cleveland’s alumni captain for Sunday’s game.

“I asked him who he was going to root for,” Hartline said of Warfield, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. “He said it was going to be hard. He’s an Ohio guy, an Ohio State guy and I talk to him a lot.”

On Sunday, Hartline played a little like him. The fifth-year pro, who grew up about 60 miles from Cleveland in Canton, played a key role in the win.

Targeted 15 times by quarterback Ryan Tannehill, he caught nine passes for a game-best 114 yards. That included a 34-yard touchdown that gave the Dolphins the lead for good at 13-7 with 6:46 left in the third quarter.

“It’s always nice to come back to Cleveland and play some good football when it counts,” he said.

Hartline also had a big hand in Miami’s game-clinching, fourth-quarter drive that culminated with a 1-yard plunge by Daniel Thomas that put the Dolphins in front 20-10 with 6:48 to play.

Hartline, coming off a career year in which he caught 74 passes for 1,083 yards, hauled in three Tannehill passes for 33 yards on that drive, which started at the Miami 15 and consumed more than five minutes.

“I think it was just a situation where we knew we just needed to have it,” he said. “I wish we would have done it earlier in the game, but it was a situation where we needed to make some plays. It was coming down to crunch time. Ryan did good job of placing the ball, and the offensive line did a good job of protecting. We just started to jell.”

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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/09/3614922/miami-dolphins-brian-hartline.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Posted on Saturday, 09.28.13
Brian Hartline’s consistency for Miami Dolphins a product of hard work
By Matt Kelley
[email protected]


Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline is the kind of player who can easily go underappreciated.

The electricity of free agent acquisition Mike Wallace is undeniable, and the emergence of tight end Charles Clay has been a pleasant surprise, with each instrumental in the team’s 3-0 start. Yet it is Hartline, steady as clockwork and twice as reliable, who is Miami’s leading receiver after three games.

Backup quarterback Matt Moore, who’s in his third year working with Hartline, said the best way to describe the Ohio State product is “consistency.”

“He just does it right,” Moore said. “He’s professional about his job.”

Student of the game

Although Hartline has been a useful pass-catching option his whole career — finishing at least third in team receiving every year he has been in the league — the development of the former fourth-round draft pick has been gradual, no doubt a product of hard work and film study.

And although all NFL players study the game, for many it doesn’t come as naturally as it does for Hartline.

“I’ve always been a student of the game,” he said. “I love the game and its in and outs, and the different aspects of it. I kind of thrive that way, really understanding the offense quickly as a whole.”

Add the athleticism of a college track athlete, and the result was a breakout year in 2012 in the absence of departed receiver Brandon Marshall, now with the Bears. Hartline caught 74 passes and totaled 1,083 receiving yards in his first year as a primary target.

The fifth-year receiver is quickly climbing the ladder of the Dolphins’ all-time best receivers. Hartline’s 253-yard performance last year against Arizona was the highest single-game receiving output in team history. His 12 catches in the same game trail only a 15-catch explosion in 2004 by Chris Chambers.

Through three games, Hartline’s numbers are even better than last year’s career year. Although the volatility of football makes speculation unreliable, the fact remains that Hartline is on pace for a 96-catch, 1,269-yard season.

With those optimistic totals, he would end the season ranked seventh in Dolphins career receiving yards and ninth in receptions.

Considering the ink is still drying on Hartline’s $31 million extension — one that should keep him in South Florida through the 2017 season — all of Miami’s receiving records may be in jeopardy.
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/28/3655555/brian-hartlines-consistency-for.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Hartline, Vernon unlikely statistical leaders for Dolphins
Additions spark Vernon to lead team in sacks; Hartline getting it done on receiving corps
December 1, 2013|By Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Wide receiver Brian Hartline and defensive end Olivier Vernon weren't the guys you figured would lead the Dolphins in receiving and sacks, respectively, this late in the season.

But here they are. And in Sunday's 23-3 victory over the New York Jets both players gave commanding performances.

Vernon, the second-year player from the University of Miami, had 2.5 sacks and 10 tackles Sunday. He now leads the team with 10 sacks for the season.

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Hartline, who got a five-year contract extension during the summer after posting his first 1,000-yard season, had nine receptions for 127 yards and one touchdown. He now has a team-leading 62 receptions for a team-leading 804 yards and three touchdowns this season.

Most would have expected wide receiver Mike Wallace, the $60 million man, and defensive ends Dion Jordan, the No. 3 pick of the draft, and Cam Wake, the Pro Bowl selection who had 15 sacks a year ago, to be leading the Dolphins in receiving and sacks.

But Vernon and Hartline offered a tremendous boost on Sunday. Vernon sacked Jets quarterback Geno Smith on the first play from scrimmage, and sacked backup quarterback Matt Simms twice in the fourth quarter. Not bad for a guy who was supposed to be a backup to Jordan. Apparently that was a bit of motivation for Vernon.

"The offseason was big for me," said the third-round pick in 2012. "I was working on everything I needed to work on."

Hartline turned a short pass into a 31-yard touchdown in the third quarter for a 13-0 Dolphins lead.

"When your receivers are playing like that it makes playing quarterback easy," QB Ryan Tannehill said.
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http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...0131201_1_olivier-vernon-brian-hartline-sacks
 
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Miami Dolphins WR Brian Hartline got a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty for celebrating a 1-yard TD like this:

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As a golf fan I think it's a pretty creative celebration. He took his time with his putt, knocked it in with confidence, and was cheered on by his teammates.
What's not cool about the celebration? The ref throwing a flag.
Apparently it was ruled an orchestrated group celebration (you can't have your teammates watch you putt after a TD?) and the NFL frowns on those type of things.

Entire article: http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/brian-hartline-miami-dolphins-golf-td-celebration-092114
 
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Who is the oldest, active NFL player from the Buckeyes still playing today. I think Antione Winfield had 14 years total, he was drafted by the bills in 1999 and was released from the seahawks in 2013. Any body after that, I have no clue. Maybe its mangold from the Jets?
 
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kippy1040 said:
Who is the oldest, active NFL player from the Buckeyes still playing today. I think Antione Winfield had 14 years total, he was drafted by the bills in 1999 and was released from the seahawks in 2013. Any body after that, I have no clue. Maybe its mangold from the Jets?
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mangold or rob sims id imagine
 
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