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OL Reid Fragel (Official Thread)

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I'm no expert, but I will be concerned if our starting LT is a TE who converted in the offseason.
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I think we are all concerned about the oline....and I think Reid switches and plays tackle. I am concerned about every spot on the oline. Hope we get an amazing oline coach....we will need it. We have one good tackle in Norwell....and he is a RT. I think he will be very good and really good his senior year.....but absolutely nothing after that unless Hall, Carter or Mewhorts does some serious developing. Not sure any recruits we have coming in could start at LT unless it is the kid from Florida and he seems solid in his commitment. I look for some of those big DL we recruited to switch. Baldwin, Faris or Hale, etc. Go Bucks
 
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Reid is a terrific blocker on the edge and he moves well so a transition to RT would not be that big a deal. Besides his future could look much more promising if he were a tackle. Even a RT. And a little versatility could help him get a look in the NFL.
 
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The majority of the teams recruiting Fragel were looking at him as a Tackle coming out of HS. We were one of the few that was recruiting him as a TE and that supposedly carried quite a bit of weight with him coming to Ohio State. He's a heck of a blocker for a TE. Interesting to see it potentially come full circle here, but if he can make the switch, he could be quite good moving inside one position.
 
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Published: 12/29/2011
OSU's Fragel still in awe of legendary grandfather
Former Rossford coach Stalma is Buckeye's 'hero'
BY MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

JACKSONVILLE -- Reid Fragel doesn't remember how old he was at the time he found out his grandpa was a pretty big guy.

Not just physically big, but legend, icon big.

Huge.

Fragel's grandpa, Joe Stalma, won 288 games in nearly two decades as the head basketball coach at Rossford. That's large, even to Fragel, the 6-foot-8 junior tight end for Ohio State's football team.

Stalma's teams won nine Northern Lakes League titles, 12 sectional championships, six district crowns, two regional titles, and went a stunning 30-11 against teams from the City League. His 1969-70 team was Class AA state runner-up.

That's grandiose.

"I didn't have any knowledge of it at all, really, and I was just going along thinking he was just my grandfather, until that night they named the basketball court after him," Fragel said after he and the rest of the Buckeyes concluded Wednesday's practice session at the University of North Florida in preparation for Monday's Gator Bowl matchup with Florida.

"But at that ceremony in Rossford, I realized how special a guy he was. It kind of blew me away to see him out there getting that honor and how much all the people loved him. I was really surprised, but really proud once I realized what it all meant."

The Joe Stalma Court in the storied Wolfe Field House, where Stalma's teams once put together a 47-game winning streak, is just one of the testaments to Stalma's hall of fame career. Fragel said he has used his grandfather as a source of inspiration throughout his own athletic endeavors.

"He's one of my heroes," Fragel said. "He's been through a lot with cancer and all, but he's always been strong, a fighter."

When Ohio State completed its pre-bowl practices in Columbus just before Christmas and sent the players home for a few days, Fragel stopped in Rossford to see his 80-year-old grandfather on his way home to the Detroit area.

"That's something I always look forward to, since it's always a great time when I can visit with him and just catch up on things," Fragel said. "It's something I've enjoyed since I was a little kid."

Fragel, a management and industry major, said the words that come from his grandfather are a careful melding of the wisdom gleaned from a career in coaching with that softer-edged stuff that started on grandpa's knee nearly 20 years ago.

"It's a blend of the two," Fragel said. "He gives me great perspective on things. And I think he gives me a pretty unbiased opinion. I get the knowledge from both sides, from the coach and the grandfather, and it's been really helpful."

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Ohio State TE Reid Fragel confirms move to OT for next season, he and Urban Meyer both want it. Definitely could start there
 
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