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Is Kirk Barton a Fake Buckeye?

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He was drafted in the seventh round by Chicago in 2008. Waived after making the opening-week roster, he bounced to San Francisco, Miami and Cincinnati. He was on the Detroit practice squad in 2009, then was cut by Denver in 2010 preseason camp. The NFL is no fun for a player on the fringe, and he had been a draft pick.

"As a free-agent lineman, you've got to be able to play several positions, be a swing guy," said Barton, now a quality-control coach for the Buckeyes while he pursues his master's in business administration. "You don't have the luxury of learning to play just left tackle, so to speak. And you have no room for error, because there's a hundred other guys just like you out there. Why would they wait on you?"
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...ler-opts-to-put-game-in-his-past.html?sid=101
 
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Tressel referred to a conversation he had with former player Kirk Barton on the drive from Columbus to Canton. Barton, a Massillon Perry product, is now a quality control coach at Ohio State and is working on his master?s degree in business administration.

?Our young people have so many more challenges than they had seven or eight years ago,? Tressel said. ?The interest in what they?re doing, the interest in their recruiting, the number of people who are talking to them and touching them and telling them how wonderful they are, it?s made it a lot more challenging for our young people.?
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http://marla.ohio.com/2011/03/tressel-makes-1st-public-appearance/
 
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In the most recent Rivals update, Alex Kozan mentions graduate assistant Kirk Barton as someone he spent some time with on the Friday night of his official visit...
 
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