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WR/DB Eric Glover-Williams (transfer to Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, transfer to Slippery Rock)

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The first commit for the 2014 class happened on December 25th of 2012. The first commit for the 2015 class happened on August 25th of 2013, a good 4 months before the corresponding time for the 2014 recruiting class. I know scUM's amassed as many as 7 recruits for the 2015 class already. I have to wonder if that played in the minds of the staff who asked for an earlier commit this time around.
 
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ant80 said:
The first commit for the 2014 class happened on December 25th of 2012. The first commit for the 2015 class happened on August 25th of 2013, a good 4 months before the corresponding time for the 2014 recruiting class. I know scUM's amassed as many as 7 recruits for the 2015 class already. I have to wonder if that played in the minds of the staff who asked for an earlier commit this time around.
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I think it is more that the staff has been in place long enough to have gotten to know EGW and for him to be at their camp, plus the scholarship limitation being over and tOSU not needing to be quite as afraid of making a mistake.

We are absolutely stockpiling H backs. The competition will be fierce.

Three cheers for the end of sanctions. I have NO idea how UFM ever recruited so well with 3 limbs (two arms and one leg) tied behind his back.
 
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High school football: Eric Glover-Williams hopes to run Canton McKinley to glory
By Michael Beaven
Beacon Journal sports writer
August 29, 2013

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Canton McKinley's Eric Glover-Williams who is 5-foot-10� and 168 pounds, emerged as a standout player last year as McKinleys quarterback. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

Canton McKinley junior Eric Glover-Williams feels like Superman when he competes.

He wore a Superman T-Shirt last month at Ohio State when the Buckeyes held their Friday Night Lights recruiting event at Ohio Stadium for top high school football players.

Glover-Williams, who committed to Ohio State on Sunday, does not have super-human powers. He does, however, possess the speed and quickness that college football coaches covet, and prior to making his decision held 12 scholarship offers after playing two years of high school football.

“I am having a lot of fun,” Glover-Williams said. “It has been a great experience, and I am just working really hard to have a great season this year.”

Glover-Williams, who is 5-foot-10½ and 168 pounds, emerged as a standout player last year as McKinley’s quarterback. He completed 75-of-154 passes for 1,114 yards with12 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He flaunted his quickness on several occasions and rushed 243 times for 1,574 yards and 22 touchdowns.

“As a quarterback, I am a triple threat,” Glover-Williams said. “I can run the ball, pass it long and I can also get it out to the open receivers short.”

Glover-Williams said Tennessee offered him an athletic scholarship for football and said he also could play baseball (he also stars as a second baseman, center fielder and right-handed pitcher), but he opted for OSU.

Florida, West Virginia, Louisville, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan State, Nebraska and Pittsburgh also offered Glover-Williams a football scholarship. Akron, Kent State and Ohio State have shown interest in baseball, too.

“Most colleges are recruiting me as a receiver and a defensive back,” Glover-Williams said. “It doesn’t really matter to me. I would rather be a receiver because I can get out in the open space, do jet sweeps and get the ball. The quarterback thing is something I have to do for my high school because we haven’t had one.

“I always want to be a leader. Even as a freshman, I wanted to be a leader and step out. I am kind of a vocal leader. I like to just get everybody hyped, bring the momentum and get everybody onto the same page.”

Eye on great players

Glover-Williams said he enjoyed watching Percy Harvin play at Florida and Ted Ginn Jr. at Ohio State, and continues to emulate his game after theirs as they play in the NFL.

Glover-Williams’ scrambling ability as a quarterback might be second to none in the state. He has run the 40-yard dash in 4.34 seconds at Ohio State and Michigan camps.

“As a football player, there is one word that describes Eric — electric,” Canton McKinley coach Todd Filtz said. “He is an electric football player. You want to find ways to put the ball in his hands and you want to have him on the field, whether it is offense, defense, special teams because he is a game-changer. He can make plays all over the field no matter what he is doing. Also, a great characteristic of Eric is that when he is in full speed and high energy our team feeds off of him. That is his leadership characteristics. We are going to try to have him all over the field this year.”

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http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-sch...opes-to-run-canton-mckinley-to-glory-1.424428
 
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