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S Mike Doss (3x All B1G, 3x 1st Team All-American, National Champion, OSU HOF, CFB HOF)

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Mike Doss

Now is the time, Mr. Savage! Get Mike Doss. Our loss of Simon Fraser means that the Browns have ZERO former Buckeyes. That is a travesty (I refuse to count LeCharles Bentley until I see him on the sidelines, dressed in game gear, ready to contribute).

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I was having lunch with Donnie Evege today but I noticed that when he walked through the door, he was escorting Mike Doss. I just asked Mike what he was doing back in Columbus, and he replied "School". Nice to know he's finishing up his schooling at OSU.....Great Guy

Also nice to know that he's working with Coleman......
 
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Sunday Special: Free-agent Doss willing, able and waiting on NFL team to call
Sunday, May 25, 2008
By Todd Porter
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These are the kinds of times that have Mike Doss not just pondering his future, but preparing for it. The former McKinley High School star, a three-time All-American at Ohio State and five-year NFL veteran, is a free agent looking for a team.

But Doss isn't moping around. He expects to play in the NFL this fall. Doss returned to Ohio State to take classes, and could graduate as early as this summer. He has two finals coming up and will be one course shy of a degree.

"I will get it done this summer," said Doss, a communications major. "I feel like this is something I had to get done. I want to get it accomplished in case of whatever happens in life, I have that piece of paper, and it will open up more opportunities for me."
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In the NFL, the time between the end of the draft and the start of training camp usually is slow. There should be some movement next month.

"Honestly, I just haven't got too much feedback from the league," Doss said. "There is an understanding that this is a process. With me being a sixth-year veteran, it doesn't take a lot, but it will dig into the salary cap. It's not like I'm a first- or second-year guy and it's a lot easier (salary cap implications). We're working on it, and I've been training at Ohio State and letting everything flow. Whatever happens, happens."

The league minimum for a sixth-year player is more than $600,000. That doesn't include a signing bonus, so any team looking to sign Doss could spend a million dollars in cap money.

Doss said he still has the fire to play and is physically able.

"I definitely have a good five years in, but the last year and a half hasn't been easy or what I wanted it to be," he said. "For me, this is one more push to go out there and show my talent. I still want to play. I'm just waiting on the opportunity."
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Congrats Mike!!!

Doss crosses the goal line
He's graduating from OSU
Friday, June 6, 2008
By Todd Porter
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COLUMBUS While families are filling out paperwork this weekend in Canton to register for Mike Doss' football camp, the former McKinley and Ohio State star will be busy receiving a very important piece of paper. Doss will graduate from The Ohio State University on Sunday with his degree in communications.

"I feel like a referee about to blow the whistle," Doss said Thursday after taking his last final exam. The NFL free agent said he thinks he aced the geography final.

Doss will not be in attendance Saturday afternoon at the Northeast and Southeast community centers. Registration for his annual football camp will take place at both centers from noon to 3 p.m.. The camp, June 21, is free and will include other NFL and former Buckeye players.

Doss withdrew from classes during winter quarter of the 2002 football season. Ohio State won a national title and Doss, who spent four seasons with the Buckeyes, was drafted by the Colts in the second round. Since then, he's spent the better part of the last three offseasons taking classes at OSU.

Last week, Doss informed Buckeye Head Coach Jim Tressel that he would be graduating Sunday.

"He was ecstatic," Doss said. "He couldn't stop giving me a big hug. He was pumped up. His wife gave me a hug."

Doss said graduating is more important than being an NFL draft pick and having a career in the league.

"I'm more proud of getting my degree," he said. "They call it senior prowl down here. When all the seniors are done with their classes, they come out one last time. That's what I'm doing now. ... I think back to a long time ago. I remember when my uncle Steve brought me and Jasmine (Evans) down in 1999."

Doss is now engaged to Evans. Doss' parents, Diane Dixon and Gene Doss, will both be in attendance at Sunday's ceremony. They're used to watching their son on Sunday afternoons. Now he'll be wearing his cap and gown.

"I'm glad he listened," Dixon said. "He's good on both sides: the football and the education."
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AREN'T YOU ...

Since Mike Doss has been attending classes the last three-and-a-half offseasons in Columbus, he tried to keep a low profile and just wanted to be a regular student. That wasn't always easy. Usually before the end of the quarter, much of the class had figured out an NFL player and former three-time OSU All-American was in their discussions.

"People kind of knew," Doss said. "I wasn't loud about it. Usually, after a couple of classes, people picked up on it. I played it like I was a normal student. I didn't draw any attention to myself."

So Doss attended class with a book bag like the rest?

"No, I didn't have a book bag," he said. "I had what they call a messenger bag with my laptop in it. I tried to be a little bit more professional. I was older than many of them."

CLASSES PAID FOR

Doss, who is graduating today with a degree in communications (see Thursday's story), attended and finished his degree as part of OSU's scholarship program. It was part of a work-study program.

"I had to do work for the university," he said. "I did a lot of training tables and study tables and made sure a lot of players were going to class and study table."
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