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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL INSIDER
Ohio State's Jake Stoneburner may be a new kind of Buckeyes tight end

Friday, August 21, 2009 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus- During his recruitment, Jake Stoneburner told everyone who would listen that he had no interest in playing tight end. He was going to college to be a receiver and catch passes.
And now he's a tight end. The Ohio State redshirt freshman figures he wouldn't be there if he wasn't going to catch passes.
"I didn't mind being moved because they told me they want me to be a game-changing tight end," Stoneburner said. "That's what teams are looking for, and if they said you're going to be a blocking tight end, that wouldn't be the most exciting thing. But I look forward to trying to be that game-changing player out there."

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Merih;1524379; said:
Sounds like a deal to me man.

But if I recall correctly, JT lets recruit's choose where they want to play first. Joyner has been pretty adamant that he want's to play safety before corner, so I can see him at either FS or SS.
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If i remember correctly Stoneburner said he wanted to play WR and now they are switching him to TE . When he was recruited Stoneburner said the coaching staff said said he was WR all the way and that was a big selling point .
 
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BuckeyesFan0623;1524420; said:
If i remember correctly Stoneburner said he wanted to play WR and now they are switching him to TE . When he was recruited Stoneburner said the coaching staff said said he was WR all the way and that was a big selling point .
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I could be wrong, but I don't think this is 100% true...

It's my understanding that Stoneburner wanted to be a "Playmaker" and the coaching staff sold him on the idea of being more of a Hybrid TE and he liked the ideas they shared with him and how he would become a "New Style" of TE that Ohio State really hasn't seen before.

Again, I could be wrong, but from what I've read in interviews with Stoneburner didn't suggest he wanted the WR label, but wanted to be used in the passing game...which I think is much different than the Coaching Staff selling him as a WR and then brining him in with a different mind set.

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I guess the words I used were not 100% - Playmaker vs. Game-Changing. Stoneburner also says in the article that he was in fact moved, but I took that as High School to College, not while at OSU based on the article starting off by talking about his recruitment and I believe he was listed as a TE last year...???, but again I could be WAY off base here...

"I didn't mind being moved because they told me they want me to be a game-changing tight end," Stoneburner said. "That's what teams are looking for, and if they said you're going to be a blocking tight end, that wouldn't be the most exciting thing. But I look forward to trying to be that game-changing player out there."

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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1250843469287750.xml&coll=2
 
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This seemed pretty interesting to me - Stoney at H-Back in a few sets? Hmmm...

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Another thing that gives us a tell that we will see something different is Jake Stoneburner at H-back. Last year we saw Pryor dump to the backs and to the tight end. I don't know if it was his decision or it was encouraged. Now we are adding players to those check down positions that can really make something happen when they get the ball in their hands.
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BuckeyesFan0623;1524420; said:
If i remember correctly Stoneburner said he wanted to play WR and now they are switching him to TE . When he was recruited Stoneburner said the coaching staff said said he was WR all the way and that was a big selling point .
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Yeah, well moving to TE didn't work out too bad for Fred Davis. :wink2:
 
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BuckeyesFan0623;1524420; said:
If i remember correctly Stoneburner said he wanted to play WR and now they are switching him to TE . When he was recruited Stoneburner said the coaching staff said said he was WR all the way and that was a big selling point .
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He won't be playing a traditional TE role. Think more Travis Beckum, less Rory Nicol.
 
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Stoneburner Already Hoping for More Production in 2010
By Brandon Castel

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Jake Stoneburner picks up yards against Navy.
Photo by Jim Davidson

Watching Jake Ballard pull in what may have been the catch of the year for Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, Jake Stoneburner could only wonder when will it be my turn.

In high school, Stoneburner was a game-changer.

The type of player opposing defensive coordinators have to game plan against.

At Dublin Coffman, they would simply throw him the ball and let him run, and at 6-foot-5 with his long strides, there weren?t many people who could slow him down.

Yet in the biggest game of his young collegiate career ? thus far ? it was ironically his job to slow other people down instead.

?For me, it?s always been touchdowns, catches and how well you do that way. Now it?s about your blocking, so that?s something different,? said Stoneburner, who moved from wide receiver to tight end before the 2009 season.
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