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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
LUKE WYPLER EXEMPLIFIES BOTH EAST COAST AND MIDWEST QUALITIES, COMING TO OHIO STATE WITH POTENTIAL TO BE ITS NEXT GREAT INTERIOR LINEMAN
The snap of Devin Willock’s left leg was one of those injuries that people still talked about hours, days afterward in the Paramus, N.J. area.
His injury’s grisliness was comparable to the leg breaks of Kevin Ware or Paul George, each which will show up on any top 10 list of worst injuries in basketball history.
On the opposing sideline, Luke Wypler took a knee with his St. Joseph Regional teammates, whispering with them while watching his fellow Jersey offensive lineman Willock – a 6-foot-6, 345-pound Georgia signee – lay in excruciating pain on the field, his leg sitting in a twisted, impossible angle during a first-round New Jersey high school playoff game on Nov. 16.
Willock had fractured his fibula, dislocated his ankle and would eventually undergo surgery to have nine screws, a plate and a binding piece of plastic inserted into his leg. Trainers placed a towel over Willock’s injury, but not in time for Wypler to avoid catching a glimpse.
“It was very gruesome,” Wypler said. “(Me and my teammates) were all just talking about how gruesome the injury was and how awful it was.”
It happened on the last drive in the last game of the season and with St. Joseph leading Paramus Catholic, 37-0, most of each team's starters had been pulled from the game.
Not Willock. The senior wanted to keep playing, soaking up every minute of high school football he had left.
“That made (the injury) even worse,” Wypler says of the game clock situation and score.
So Wypler and his teammates watched during a 15-minute break in action as training staff members, emergency medical service technicians and members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department aided Willock, putting his leg in an air cast and placing him on a stretcher as Willock’s family smothered him with hugs and encouraging words.
As the paramedics started to load up Willock and wheel him out, Willock’s teammates and cheerleaders lined up to give him hugs, dabbing him up and wishing him well. Wypler’s teammates, meanwhile, started to walk away, but Wypler stopped them.
The 6-foot-3, 280-pound offensive lineman is his team’s on-field leader, and it showed in this moment. He instructed his teammates and his team’s cheerleaders to organize a single-file line on each side, forming a tunnel-like escort for Willock, and each St. Joseph opponent either slapped his hand or back in support as he left the field.
That act was caught on video by Rivals reporter Ryan Patti, and the story of Wypler’s act of sportsmanship was picked up by other media outlets in the area.
Wypler and Willock aren’t best friends, but the two had come to know each other very well over the last two years, both from playing against each other (Wypler’s Green Knights are 4-0 over Willock’s Paladins during that span) and seeing one another at camps on the recruiting circuit (Willock is a three-star offensive tackle who had been committed to Penn State up until a week before the early signing period).
Wypler respected the way Willock has played throughout his career, but, really, that’s not the reason for why he chose to step up in the manner in which he did.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ooked-gem-in-the-2020-class-who-has-potential
The snap of Devin Willock’s left leg was one of those injuries that people still talked about hours, days afterward in the Paramus, N.J. area.
His injury’s grisliness was comparable to the leg breaks of Kevin Ware or Paul George, each which will show up on any top 10 list of worst injuries in basketball history.
On the opposing sideline, Luke Wypler took a knee with his St. Joseph Regional teammates, whispering with them while watching his fellow Jersey offensive lineman Willock – a 6-foot-6, 345-pound Georgia signee – lay in excruciating pain on the field, his leg sitting in a twisted, impossible angle during a first-round New Jersey high school playoff game on Nov. 16.
Willock had fractured his fibula, dislocated his ankle and would eventually undergo surgery to have nine screws, a plate and a binding piece of plastic inserted into his leg. Trainers placed a towel over Willock’s injury, but not in time for Wypler to avoid catching a glimpse.
“It was very gruesome,” Wypler said. “(Me and my teammates) were all just talking about how gruesome the injury was and how awful it was.”
It happened on the last drive in the last game of the season and with St. Joseph leading Paramus Catholic, 37-0, most of each team's starters had been pulled from the game.
Not Willock. The senior wanted to keep playing, soaking up every minute of high school football he had left.
“That made (the injury) even worse,” Wypler says of the game clock situation and score.
So Wypler and his teammates watched during a 15-minute break in action as training staff members, emergency medical service technicians and members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department aided Willock, putting his leg in an air cast and placing him on a stretcher as Willock’s family smothered him with hugs and encouraging words.
As the paramedics started to load up Willock and wheel him out, Willock’s teammates and cheerleaders lined up to give him hugs, dabbing him up and wishing him well. Wypler’s teammates, meanwhile, started to walk away, but Wypler stopped them.
The 6-foot-3, 280-pound offensive lineman is his team’s on-field leader, and it showed in this moment. He instructed his teammates and his team’s cheerleaders to organize a single-file line on each side, forming a tunnel-like escort for Willock, and each St. Joseph opponent either slapped his hand or back in support as he left the field.
That act was caught on video by Rivals reporter Ryan Patti, and the story of Wypler’s act of sportsmanship was picked up by other media outlets in the area.
Wypler and Willock aren’t best friends, but the two had come to know each other very well over the last two years, both from playing against each other (Wypler’s Green Knights are 4-0 over Willock’s Paladins during that span) and seeing one another at camps on the recruiting circuit (Willock is a three-star offensive tackle who had been committed to Penn State up until a week before the early signing period).
Wypler respected the way Willock has played throughout his career, but, really, that’s not the reason for why he chose to step up in the manner in which he did.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ooked-gem-in-the-2020-class-who-has-potential
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scarletngray
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Interesting to hear how after Schiano took the Rutgers job that he tried to poach Wypler away from tOSU. I wonder how many other Buckeye commits he also contacted.
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scarletngray
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https://lettermenrow.com/ohio-state...s-football-offensive-lineman-scouting-report/
First couple minutes of interview.
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honestly if he didn’t i think its borderline negligence...
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
LUKE WYPLER LOOKING TO “GET ONE PERCENT BETTER EVERY DAY” AS HE BEGINS OHIO STATE CAREER
Luke Wypler is willing to play any position for Ohio State. Even if it’s not on the offensive line.
"Whatever they need me to play. If they need me to kick return, punt, play quarterback, whatever they need me to do, I'm willing to do,” Wypler joked during his first interview session as a Buckeye in February.
In all seriousness, though, Wypler says he isn’t expecting to play any specific spot up front for the Buckeyes. While he was ranked as the No. 2 center in the recruiting class of 2020, and certainly has the potential to be next in a long line of Ohio State greats at the position, he says his approach is simply to do whatever he can to contribute.
“When I committed, I told them I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get on the field, and wherever they put me, whatever they want to do with me, I'm gonna give 110 percent and let the chips fall where they fall,” Wypler said.
A native of New Jersey who comes to Ohio State with strong credentials both on the field and in the classroom, Wypler followed the lead of Harry Miller – the No. 2-ranked center in the 2019 recruiting class – by committing to the Buckeyes over Stanford.
Wypler was sold on Ohio State for two reasons: The academic standing of the Fisher College of Business, where Wypler plans to specialize in marketing, and the winning culture of the football program.
“Winning at the end of the day is anything and everything that matters,” Wypler said. “Being able to help my team and help my team win is my only goal.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...tter-every-day-as-he-begins-ohio-state-career
Luke Wypler is willing to play any position for Ohio State. Even if it’s not on the offensive line.
"Whatever they need me to play. If they need me to kick return, punt, play quarterback, whatever they need me to do, I'm willing to do,” Wypler joked during his first interview session as a Buckeye in February.
In all seriousness, though, Wypler says he isn’t expecting to play any specific spot up front for the Buckeyes. While he was ranked as the No. 2 center in the recruiting class of 2020, and certainly has the potential to be next in a long line of Ohio State greats at the position, he says his approach is simply to do whatever he can to contribute.
“When I committed, I told them I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get on the field, and wherever they put me, whatever they want to do with me, I'm gonna give 110 percent and let the chips fall where they fall,” Wypler said.
A native of New Jersey who comes to Ohio State with strong credentials both on the field and in the classroom, Wypler followed the lead of Harry Miller – the No. 2-ranked center in the 2019 recruiting class – by committing to the Buckeyes over Stanford.
Wypler was sold on Ohio State for two reasons: The academic standing of the Fisher College of Business, where Wypler plans to specialize in marketing, and the winning culture of the football program.
“Winning at the end of the day is anything and everything that matters,” Wypler said. “Being able to help my team and help my team win is my only goal.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...tter-every-day-as-he-begins-ohio-state-career
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