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TE Max Klare (Official Thread)

The author appears to imply that Max will play in the RB game next week. Link
"However, ahead of the highly anticipated showdown, Ohio State made a major announcement on Saturday, officially signing Max Klare, the No. 1 ranked tight end in the transfer portal. Klare, who is transferring from the Purdue Boilermakers, will now join the Buckeyes’ offense."

I'm assuming by, "now," author means next year. Slightly annoying.
Yeah, I don't think he would even be eligible to play until next season. I saw where several of the transfer guys are with the team and practicing, but I'm pretty sure they can't play.
 
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Yeah, I don't think he would even be eligible to play until next season. I saw where several of the transfer guys are with the team and practicing, but I'm pretty sure they can't play.
I’m sure there’s no way they could play. The potential for tampering for a team that might need / want a couple of bodies due to injury of starters or whatever would be far too great. You could potentially form a completely new team for a playoff run otherwise.
 
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I’m sure there’s no way they could play. The potential for tampering for a team that might need / want a couple of bodies due to injury of starters or whatever would be far too great. You could potentially form a completely new team for a playoff run otherwise.
I think it was last year or the year before there was a rulling they could play no penalty so as long as the school year started they can potentially play unless that was overruled. But no team has tried it. Now if we got a kicker...
 
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Just sayin': A huge upgrade to "the TE room".
 
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This is why I love the portal. Before, Klare plays three or four years and is the best TE in Purdue history. No chance at anything else; no B1G title game, no playoff, no NC. Ecstatic to have him and the others on board.

On the other side, you've got guys who previously would've sat behind older players waiting for a season or two and who may've been recruited over in favor of younger stars. Instead of benching it the whole time, they get to actually play for a legit school.
 
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Ohio State “Feels Like Home” for Max Klare, Who Transferred to Buckeyes to Become A More Complete Tight End

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Even though Ohio State hasn’t historically been a haven for tight ends to put up big numbers in the passing game, Max Klare is confident he’s at the right place for his continued growth as a tight end.

Klare was one of the most productive receiving tight ends in all of college football last season, catching 51 passes for 685 yards and four touchdowns for Purdue, but he’s now surrounded with elite receivers like Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate and Brandon Inniss, meaning he’ll have plenty of competition for targets in Ohio State’s offense. But Klare wants to be known as a complete tight end rather than just a pass-catcher, and he expects Keenan Bailey and Ohio State to develop him into the best player he can be.

“Coach Kee, (in the transfer recruiting process), he hit on all the things I wanted to hear and some things I didn't want to hear. And that's real as a coach, and you want to be in an environment that's going to push you in all aspects of the game,” Klare said Thursday. “Being a tight end, it's not just about pass catching, you got to block, and I think that's something that I want to keep developing. And going against these guys (on Ohio State’s defense) every day, running routes and blocking these guys every day, I mean, it's going to make you better. So I think I have a vision of where I want to be as a tight end, and I think this place gives me the best opportunity to do that.”

While he’s unlikely to be the No. 1 target in Ohio State’s offense like he was at Purdue, that should theoretically open up new playmaking opportunities for Klare, as defenses won’t be able to double-team him the way opponents could in coverage last season. And Bailey thinks the perception that Klare won’t get as many targets at Ohio State is overblown, citing the fact that Cade Stover was OSU’s second-most-productive receiver two years ago while playing alongside Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka.

“I show these recruits all the time, because everyone says, Ohio State's just a receiver school, it's like, Marvin Harrison was the best receiver in the country, and you know who number two was in targets and receptions and receiving yards? It was Cade. Because you could go to the other schools, and they don't have the receivers we do, and you're going to get doubled every game. Good luck,” Bailey said. “I don't know many great plays if you're going to get bracketed, but no, you have the receivers that Coach Hartline keeps bringing in here, we're going to have single coverage, and if my tight ends can't beat single coverage, we're going to have issues. I'll get another tight end who can. We've got a lot of tight ends who are pretty good receivers, and I'm excited to see them.”

Klare is excited about being part of an offense that’s loaded with talent around him.

“It's amazing. I mean, there's so much talent here, it's unbelievable,” Klare said. “It makes everyone better, and it’s fun to be out there with them.”
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