WR Chris Roark (Walk-On)

[Buckskin86]

87 Chris Roark

Class:Senior
Hometown:Kettering, Ohio
High School:Alter
Height / Weight:5-9 / 180
Position:WR

Buckeye Bits: reserve receiver who is looking to make a mark on the Ohio State special units this season ... joined the Buckeyes as a walk-on in 2009

2010 (Junior): did not see action ... scout team workhorse: Illinois

2009 (Sophomore): joined the Buckeyes as a walk-on ... did not see varsity action for the Rose Bowl and Big Ten champions

High School: team captain for Coach Ed Domsitz at Archbishop Alter High in Dayton ... all-GCL conference, all-city, all-area for the state runners-up ... second leading career rusher at school with 2,522 yards and 27 TD ... baseball team captain ... also a basketball letterman ... Knights of Columbus leadership award ... National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Personal: son of Chris and Cammie Roark ... has two siblings, Corey and Cameron ... a marketing major at Ohio State

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roark_chris00.html

Alter star Roark content with role at Ohio State
By Tom Archdeacon, Staff Writer
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Chris Roark, an Alter High School graduate, warms up before an Ohio State game earlier this season.

COLUMBUS ? In more ways than one, he?s a face of the Ohio State Buckeyes that you never see and ? in these days of screaming headlines ? one about which you rarely hear.

He?s the flip side of the recent stereotype that ? more unfair than not ? has been affixed to OSU football like some ugly Halloween mask.

You know that one: star player, sense of entitlement, more concerned with what he can get than give back ... a guy whose transgressions have brought suspension and left him stranded on the sidelines during games.

And that is the only thing Chris Roark has in common with some of his more infamous teammates this season. He?s pretty much been stuck on the sidelines, too.

His circumstances, though, are quite different.

A football star at Alter High ? team captain, All Greater Catholic League, one of the school?s most prolific running backs ? his 5-foot-9 size and moderate speed dissuaded any Division I college from offering a scholarship.

But after a long, against-the-odds journey, he?s ended up a walk-on at Ohio State.

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http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayt...-content-with-role-at-ohio-state-1273126.html

 

[tillmatic]

That was great.

 

[DiamondBuck]

Excellent article.

 

[Woody1968]

Sounds like this kid has some drive. Let's see him line up as a slot receiver and see if he can catch some passes.

 

[buckeyes_rock]

Sounds like this kid has some drive. Let's see him line up as a slot receiver and see if he can catch some passes.

What are these "passes" you speak of? LOL!

 

[Woody1968]

What are these "passes" you speak of? LOL!

I believe it is some newfangled offensive play, whereby the wingback takes the pigskin and throws it to one of the other backs. It certainly doesn't sound like it will work to me, but I hear that some of the western and southern teams are doing it.

 

[ThirdGenBuckeye]

I worked with Chris on a class project the first year he walked on. He's definitely a blue-collar guy who puts the time in on and off the field and is a great person to be around, I'm glad to see a nice article out like this.