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Riverside North High's Marcus Baugh is a sizable talent
Senior tight end is 6 feet 4 and 255 pounds after an off-season devoted to putting on muscle and weight, but opponents better not ignore his speed.
By Eric Sondheimer
August 21, 2012

At 6 feet 4 and 255 pounds, with 40-yard speed faster than some running backs, Marcus Baugh of Riverside North High is no lumbering giant.

Seeing him race down the sideline after making a catch makes him look like a 17-year-old who's indestructible.

He's a tight end extraordinaire, having caught 30 passes for 528 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior when he weighed 215 pounds.

After an off-season of lifting weights and consuming protein supplements, he has put on 40 pounds.

"My weight coach keeps telling me I'm too skinny," he said.

The scary part for opponents is that Baugh is bigger and stronger but not slower.

"It hasn't affected my running," he said.

Added Coach Mark Parades: "One of the key characteristics is he's a great athlete. He can move and jump and do things a little guy can do. He's very versatile. We're going to use him as a wide out, a tight end, running back and inside linebacker."

Baugh started playing football when he was 9, then couldn't play again until eighth grade because he was too big to make weight.

Tight end seems the perfect position to take advantage of his size, speed and versatility. Whether it comes to blocking or receiving, Baugh performs both assignments at a high standard of excellence.

"He locks onto guys, and guys can't get off," Parades said.

His size will allow him to take on 300-pound tackles on defense. On offense, linebackers and defensive backs are going to have to deal with him when he tries to clear them out of the way on running plays.

"I had a few pancakes last year," he said.

And covering him won't be easy, either.

North has a wheel route where Baugh gets isolated on a linebacker, and it was working well during summer passing competition.

Baugh's big moment during the off-season came when he announced Ohio State was his college choice. He has lived in Southern California all his life, but he calls Ohio State his "dream school."

"It was the best place for me," he said. "I'm not going to settle for something less. If it means me having to go 2,000 miles away to the state of Ohio for the next four years, I'll have to do that."

When Baugh made the decision in April, he said it created a burst of insanity.

"My phone didn't stop ringing for an hour or two," he said. "I doubled my twitter followers in two hours. I kept getting text messages, congratulations and everybody wanting an interview."

Things have calmed down considerably, allowing him to focus on the season ahead with little distractions.
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf2aLXVN6a0"]Marcus Baugh is tight end extraordinaire - YouTube[/ame]
 
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Came back from concussion with a very nice game last night. 7-8 catches in the first half and a TFL where he threw up the O afterwards, my tivo cut out after 3rd quarter. Stoneburner may be a tad faster(likely really close) and an inch or 2 taller but Baugh has good size and a very smooth runner, much better change of direction than Stoney, doesn't look out of place at all playing OLB at 6'4 245.

I hope he's ready next year for some snaps because we don't have another player like him on the roster when Stoney leaves.


One of the rivals' guys noticed

https://twitter.com/adamgorney

Adam Gorney ‏@adamgorney Saw #OhioState TE commit Marcus Baugh last night and I was very impressed. Catches everything.
 
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Marcus Baugh follows brother's lead
With his older brother showing him the way, Baugh has made a name for himself
Updated: September 25, 2012
By Erik McKinney | ESPN RecruitingNation

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- In looking at all 6 feet, 4 inches and 229 pounds of tight end Marcus Baugh, it's easy to assume that growing up he was the biggest and strongest kid. In watching the Riverside (Calif.) John W. North standout become the No. 127 overall player and No. 3 tight end-Y in the country, it's more difficult to guess that football wasn't always Baugh's first love.

He began playing when he was in elementary school, but after two years he could no longer make the weight limit. That wasn't the worst thing in the world for Baugh.

"Early on, I didn't like it," Baugh said of football. "I was kind of a baby. I didn't like the running -- it was just a lot of running. I didn't like getting hit. I didn't really like football."
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No. 3 tight end-Y and Ohio State commit Marcus Baugh received his Under Armour Game jersey Tuesday.

Baugh concentrated on basketball, but eventually a push from close to home took him back to the gridiron.

"I remember watching my brother play when he was in high school and I wanted to be like him," Baugh said.

Baugh's older brother, Mike Clausen, was a quarterback and defensive back during his recently completed career at UNLV. On Tuesday, it was fitting that Baugh was honored during the American Family Insurance Selection Tour for the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game while Clausen looked on beside him. There's a chance that without Clausen, J.W. North would not have been a stop on the selection tour.

"Most of the stuff I did as a kid was because of him," Baugh said of Clausen. "I played basketball because he played. Our parents put us in sports, but most of the reason I stayed with it was because of him."

All the credit goes to Baugh, who "won the genetic lottery," according to his older, but not bigger, brother.

"He was always the biggest kid out there," Clausen said. "Once he could play, he played with kids much older than him and he dominated."

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Under Armour Presentation: Marcus Baugh- ESPN.com

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WkwnnhNIzc"]FOOTBALL: North's Marcus Baugh Named Under Armour All-American - YouTube[/ame]
 
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OSU recruit back from concussion

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TERRY PIERSON | PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Tight end Marcus Baugh (7) of North High School in Riverside, Calif., will play in the Under Armour All-America game.
By Bill Rabinowitz

The Columbus Dispatch Friday September 28, 2012

Tuesday was ?Dress Like a Nerd Day? at North High School in Riverside, Calif.

Marcus Baugh had an excuse not to participate.

The tight end, who committed to Ohio State in April, didn?t want to look ridiculous that day. He had a news conference to accept his selection as one of 90 players to compete in the 2013 Under Armour All-America game in St. Petersburg, Fla.

?It was pretty exciting,? Baugh said. ?I?ve watched the game the past couple of years, and now I?m going to be playing in it. It?s a great feeling.?

Baugh, rated as a four-star recruit (out of five) by Rivals.com, joins fellow future Buckeyes Cam Burrows, Joey Bosa and Jalin Marshall in the game.

It was a nice honor in a season that hasn?t gone quite according to plan.

Baugh suffered a concussion early in North?s opener, and it kept him out until last week.

He was injured on a helmet-to-helmet hit. Unaware of the concussion, which he said was his first, Baugh kept playing.

?It was the Monday (after) when I felt the symptoms,? he said.

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WaitingforKickoff;2283480; said:
Pretty sure Eze is at the Army AA game. However, we do have two strong recruiters in Cam and Jalin at Under Armour.
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He is. My bad. Marcus says the three (Marcus, Joey & EzE) are always texting & joking around.
 
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