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OL Jack Mewhort (All-American)

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I think Jack always played guard because the tackle position was in good shape with Shugarts/Adams and he was one of our top 5, so he played guard. Jack has always had the feet and build to play tackle...I think he is more of a RT/LG type NFL prospect, but I think he will perform well at LT for us at the collegiate level.
 
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Published: 4/10/2012 - Updated: 6 minutes ago
OSU's Mewhort makes progress in new role
St. John's grad adjusting at left tackle
BY DAVID BRIGGS
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS -- It was a hair-raising assignment for any offensive lineman -- much less one in his first week at a new position.

Positioned at left tackle opposite Ohio State's most disruptive pass-rusher during a recent practice, Jack Mewhort received a not-so-friendly welcome to life on the edge. All-Big Ten senior John Simon forced the St. John's graduate off balance then shoved him to the turf en route to the quarterback.

"I was thinking, 'Wow, I've got to get a lot better at this if I'm going to be doing this in the Big Ten,' " Mewhort said.

In truth, however, he is navigating the move to the line's most critical position just fine.

Despite the early humbling, OSU coach Urban Meyer calls the fourth-year junior "probably our best, most consistent lineman."

Mewhort, who started at left and right guard last season, is the anchor of an OSU front scrambling to learn new roles and a new no-huddle spread offense.

Of the Buckeyes' first-team offensive linemen this spring, only junior left guard Andrew Norwell is manning the same position as last season. Junior right guard Marcus Hall and junior center Corey Linsley have made a combined six career starts, while senior Reid Fragel is a converted tight end serving as a stopgap at right tackle.

Asked to explain the shift of Mewhort and Fragel to the edge, Meyer offered a simple answer.

"We have no tackles," he said, later calling the team's depth on the offensive line "a problem."

Meyer, though, is encouraged by his patchwork starting line. He calls the unit "adequate," which passes as praise during a spring where few have been immune from criticism.

"Obviously they have to be better than adequate," he said. "But they're getting better."

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http://www.toledoblade.com/Ohio-State/2012/04/10/OSU-s-Mewhort-makes-progress-in-new-role.html
 
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http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2012/06/ohio_state_football_players_ja.html
Ohio State football players Jake Stoneburner, Jack Mewhort lose scholarships for summer, could be back for season

COLUMBUS - Ohio State football players Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort have lost their scholarships for the summer, will pay their own way for summer school and will have a chance to return to the football team, and to their scholarships, after the summer session.

Ohio State released a statement from coach Urban Meyer about those plans to the Plain Dealer on Friday night after the players had their court case settled. The players entered guilty pleas Friday to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct, according to the Delaware Municipal Court website, after they originally were charged by Shawnee Hills police with obstructing official business on June 2. Police believed the players were urinating on a building and the players initially ran when confronted by officers early that Saturday morning.

Meyer had announced on June 4 that they were suspended indefinitely. Stoneburner, a senior tight end, and Mewhort, a junior left tackle, are both key starters for the OSU offense.

"We are disappointed with the decisions made recently by two of our football players," Meyer said in the statement Friday. "Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort will each be removed from athletic scholarship beginning with the summer term, and they will continue to be suspended from team activities until stipulations are successfully met. They will have an opportunity to return to the team in good standing following the summer session."

According to Ohio State, both Stoneburner and Mewhort will be allowed to work out at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, but they will not be working out with any other Buckeyes. Stoneburner, for one, talked after spring football about looking forward to throwing often with quarterback Braxton Miller this summer. Now that won't happen, at least at the WHAC.

The players initially entered not guilty pleas for their scheduled arraignments this past Monday. The Delaware Municipal Court website now shows those guilty pleas to disorderly conduct, with the status of the cases indicating that they are finished. Both players are listed as owing $299 in fines and court costs.
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Somebody enlighten me on "summer scholarships". I did my college work via night school during my time in the Air Force, and IIRC when my two daughters went to UH (Hawaii) they had a good chunk of the summer off, so it seems this might not be as bad as it is being painted. For just how much school are Stoney and Mewhort going to have to pay?
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2167414; said:
Somebody enlighten me on "summer scholarships". I did my college work via night school during my time in the Air Force, and IIRC when my two daughters went to UH (Hawaii) they had a good chunk of the summer off, so it seems this might not be as bad as it is being painted. For just how much school are Stoney and Mewhort going to have to pay?
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Were they........even attending summer school?

This may be a real fancy way of punishing them without punishing them.
 
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I like it. It's clear that UM is not making distinctions between starters and bench warmers when it comes to handing out discipline.

Had they taken the ticket for peeing in public, they would have kept their scholarships and none of this would have happened.
 
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