Scholarships for 2006 season

[BGriffBuckeye]

22 to give out, 18 already taken:

Gibson
Small
Grant
Bowman

Derrell Johnson goes the prep school route and ends up here as an '07 recruit, IMO.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I think JT gives two schollies to senior walk-ons (most likely Smith and Norman) plus a place kicker, which leaves 21 total to give. Since we have 18 verbals, we'd have three available...

 

[Taosman]

Thanks for keeping track,Mili.

 

[HundedLane]

I would have to believe we have more than 3 to give. With 'ships definately going to R. Small, A. Bowman. And two more two to Larry Grant and Thad Gibson if they pass admissions.
You also have to take Matthews or McDaniel if they want to come.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[CleveBucks]

That's not true. My buddy was on an academic scholarship from 00-03 and played from 01-03. He was a walkon the entire time.

If you are on a scholarship--any kind of scholarship--and then play football, that scholarship becomes a football scholarship. The NCAA does that to keep universities from bypassing the 85-scholarship limit by handing out frivolous scholarships.

 

[BGriffBuckeye]

From what I have heard, we have 69 on scholarship right now.

18 go to current commits, 2 to SR walk-ones (Antonio Smith and Drew Norman), 2 to kickers (Pettrey and Pretorius) and that brings us up to 81 and 4 remaining.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

From what I have heard, we have 69 on scholarship right now.

18 go to current commits, 2 to SR walk-ones (Antonio Smith and Drew Norman), 2 to kickers (Pettrey and Pretorius) and that brings us up to 81 and 4 remaining.

Check the scholarship breakdown thread. We have 14 juniors (17 - Holmes, Whitner, and Youboty), 17 sophomores, 13 redshirt freshmen, and 17 true freshman on scholarship. That's a total of 61 that will be used next season, which leaves us the 24 ships we've been talking about. We have 18 verbals, leaving six to give...of those, one will most likely go to Pettrey, and two to walk-ons Smith and Norman, which leaves us three ships left to give to recruits.

That's not true. My buddy was on an academic scholarship from 00-03 and played from 01-03. He was a walkon the entire time.

That scholarship came out of the football cache once he stepped on the field. I'm not saying walk-ons lose their scholarship, but rather the scholarship counts against the 85 allowed for football, even if the money came out of the academic buget.

 

[jwinslow]

That scholarship came out of the football cache once he stepped on the field. I'm not saying walk-ons lose their scholarship, but rather the scholarship counts against the 85 allowed for football, even if the money came out of the academic buget.

then wouldn't norman already have a schollie, at least in principle, since he was on the field?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

then wouldn't norman already have a schollie, at least in principle, since he was on the field?

Not if he's not on any other kind of scholarship.

The reason why the NCAA does this is to keep colleges from using scholarships other than football scholarships to get football players (for example, that's why a basketball scholarship get converted to a football scholarship once a basketball player plays a down of football). The NCAA says you can have only 85 football players on scholarship. That's why we also need to be careful with Aston who is on a wrestling scholarship...if we fill up the team with 85 football scholarships and then he plays in a game we just busted the limit because his wrestling scholarship gets converted to a football scholarship, giving us 86 players.

Notice that if you add up all the "true" scholarship players (ones that were offered scholarship as signed NLOIs) on our breakdown chart, we had far less than 85 (13 seniors, 17 juniors, 17 sophomores, 13 redshirt freshmen, 17 true freshman, for a total of 77). Tressel obviously gave out a few ships to walk-on seniors, and then saved some as a buffer in case he used someone who is on another type of scholarship (Aston) and also as "banked" scholarships.

 

[CleveBucks]

That scholarship came out of the football cache once he stepped on the field. I'm not saying walk-ons lose their scholarship, but rather the scholarship counts against the 85 allowed for football, even if the money came out of the academic buget.

I'm fairly certain that rule only applies to athletic scholarships. If a person can meet the qualifications for the academic scholarship they are allowed to use it.