Rondale Moore (WR Purdue Boilermakers)

[alexhortdog95]

RONDALE MOORE, ADRIAN MARTINEZ AND OTHER BIG TEN PLAYERS DISCUSS RECRUITING INTEREST FROM OHIO STATE, WHY THEY CHOSE THE SCHOOLS THEY DID

RONDALE MOORE, WR, PURDUE
While Rondale Moore terrorized Ohio State for 12 catches for 170 yards and two touchdowns to lead Purdue to a 49-20 upset over the Buckeyes last season, there was a time where it looked as though Moore could end up playing for Ohio State himself.

After making an unofficial visit to a spring practice in April 2017, Moore received a scholarship offer from former Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith. He made another unofficial visit to Ohio State for the Buckeyes’ September 2017 game against Oklahoma (after initially committing to Texas in June), and overall, he liked what he saw in Columbus.

“I really loved the way they practice, they practiced really fast and hard, so I really loved the culture they had there,” Moore said.

Ohio State, however, prioritized other wide receivers in the class of 2018, ultimately signing Jaelen Gill, Kamryn Babb and L’Christian “Blue” Smith during the early signing period and adding Chris Olave late in the cycle to fill the final wide receiver spot in the class.

Moore ultimately committed to Purdue – after faking out the audience by initially picking up an Ohio State hat from the table – during a live announcement at the U.S. Army All-American Game in January 2018.

“At the end of the day, Purdue was where my heart was, and that was where I wanted to go,” Moore said. “Who I wanted to be surrounded by day by day. The culture we were building. I wanted to leave a legacy. I wanted the chance to play early and everything. So just all the little things that mattered to me the most that I wrote down on a piece of paper, they were checking everything off.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...scuss-recruiting-interest-from-ohio-state-why

Interesting read as to why he didn't pick Ohio State.

Imagine if you guys had Martinez...wowsers...

 

[starBUCKS]

Imagine if you guys had Martinez...wowsers...

There wouldn't be much to imagine other than him sitting on the bench last year and being in the same situation as Baldwin with Fields coming in. Martinez played in a Scott Frost offense, so that's a relative point as well. I'm not sure anyone is upset the way things worked out.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Imagine if you guys had Martinez...wowsers...

I'm high on Martinez, but I need to see them both this year before assuming Martinez is the next Johnny Football and Fields is a slightly better JT Barrett. I think they're in the same level of caliber, but as stated Fields needs to show it.

 

[Mike80]

Imagine if you guys had Martinez...wowsers...

He would have still sat behind Haskins last year. At most he would be battling Fields or Baldwin for the starter's job this year in an offense more suited to Fields* or Baldwin's skill sets.

* - assuming Fields can be accurate with this downfield passing.

Dude is going to be fun to watch if he keeps developing and Scott Frost's offense should help him be a legit superstar in the B1G. Now if they could only figure out the rest of it.