tOSU Recruiting Discussion

[Krenzelicious]

247 - Buckeyes land 2013 preferred walk-on LB

Jake Chestnut from Lakota East

 

[LitlBuck]

247 - Buckeyes land 2013 preferred walk-on LB

Jake Chestnut from Lakota West

I don't know if it is just my imagination but it seems like Urban is getting a lot of pretty good football players to come to Ohio State as Redshirts or are they just being publicized a little bit more this year.

Edit: from the same link by another poster Chestnut went to Lakota East not Lakota West.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

I was thinking the same thing - I dont remember all these announcements of preferred walk-ons from years past. I've said this elsewhere, but just can't hurt to have alot of the "true Buckeye" types at practices, at training tables and around the program.

 

[NastyNatiBuck]

I don't know if it is just my imagination but it seems like Urban is getting a lot of pretty good football players to come to Ohio State as Redshirts or are they just being publicized a little bit more this year.

Edit: from the same link by another poster Chestnut went to Lakota East not Lakota West.

They are coming in as walkons, not redshirts. One is guaranteed a scholarship, the other just a place on the team.

 

[IronBuckI]

They are coming in as walkons, not redshirts. One is guaranteed a scholarship, the other just a place on the team.

Litl knows the difference, but he's old...sometimes he gets his words mixed up. :tongue2:

 

[LitlBuck]

Litl knows the difference, but he's old...sometimes he gets his words mixed up. :tongue2:

Iron, you are correct sometimes I do get a little confused:crazy: but in this case Nasty is more confused than me because a Preferred Walk-On does not get a scholarship but is just assured that he will be a member of the team. He gets all of the luxuries of a member of the team but does not get a football scholarship.

Oh Oh
Edit: I do know that a Redshirt is a member of the football team. I am not that stupid even if I am old.

 

[Muck]

I was thinking the same thing - I dont remember all these announcements of preferred walk-ons from years past. I've said this elsewhere, but just can't hurt to have alot of the "true Buckeye" types at practices, at training tables and around the program.

I don't remember them popping up this early. In years past the names of walk-ons started would usually start appearing during the spring.

 

[stowfan]

Iron, you are correct sometimes I do get a little confused:crazy: but in this case Nasty is more confused than me because a Preferred Walk-On does not get a scholarship but is just assured that he will be a member of the team. He gets all of the luxuries of a member of the team but does not get a football scholarship.

Oh Oh
Edit: I do know that a Redshirt is a member of the football team. I am not that stupid even if I am old.

I don't know if it still holds true, but I thought if a perferred walk on made the 2 deep, he would get a schlorship?

 

[jwinslow]

Preferred walkon = guaranteed spot on roster without a scholarship.

Coaches will sometimes award a stellar walk on with a full ride but there is zero compulsion or automatic trigger if a walkon is successful.

P.s. nasty was not confused about walkons. He was confused about sentence structure. He was saying the same thing I am

 

[ant80]

It's been answered several times but we'll add it to the verbal commitments list:

So far it's Sprinkle, Burrows, Lewis, Woodard and Barrett.

Eli Apple, Cam Burrows, Tracy Sprinkle, JT Barrett, and Tyquan Lewis. I could be missing one, but I think that's all

On the same note, I have a different question. Is Logan Tuley-Tillman going to enroll early? I've got a few choice words for him that would get me banned if I post them here. I hope he enrolls early next year so I don't have to wait too long to get them out... Don't really like holding it in.

 

[Buckskin86]

Long and short of it: Ohio State grabbed another preferred walk-on when long snapper Nick Sharick said yes to the Buckeyes.

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/colleges/osu/post?id=6312

 

[Bestbuck36]

Wow. So the schollie limit, sans sanctions is 85. Is there a roster limit?

The name of the game under Urban Meyer, is competition. He's getting as many bodies as he can. Fill up the schollies and then go offer preferred walk-ons.

 

[EgonSchiele]

105, I believe.

 

[Oh8ch]

He gets all of the luxuries of a member of the team but does not get a football scholarship.

Not so. Walk ons must purchase their own meals at the training table.

 

[NastyNatiBuck]

They are coming in as walkons, not redshirts. One is guaranteed a scholarship, the other just a place on the team.

Iron, you are correct sometimes I do get a little confused:crazy: but in this case Nasty is more confused than me because a Preferred Walk-On does not get a scholarship but is just assured that he will be a member of the team. He gets all of the luxuries of a member of the team but does not get a football scholarship.

Oh Oh
Edit: I do know that a Redshirt is a member of the football team. I am not that stupid even if I am old.

I might not have been clear. A redshirt is guaranteed a scholarship. A walkon is only guaranteed a place on the team.