WR DeVier Posey (2017 Grey Cup Champion and MVP)

[Buckskin86]

"It's been a year full of adversity for me and my school," Posey said. "To have this chance in the Senior Bowl means everything to me. I'm not going to take anything lightly about it. I've always wanted to play in this game since I was a senior in high school. To have that chance now after what happened this year is awesome. It's an honor."

Posey missed 10 games. He was suspended for the first five games, along with Herron and three others, for accepting cash and tattoos from a Columbus tattoo-parlor owner. The scandal eventually led to the departure of coach Jim Tressel.

The NCAA then tacked on five more games for Posey and one for Herron for taking too much money for a summer job. It led to a tough, but valuable, lesson, according to Posey.

"I went through a wide range of emotions -- anger, sadness, slight depression," he said. "But I learned a lot from the experience mentally. It really taught me a lot about handling adversity, and it put in perspective how much I love football. I really feel like I'm capable of handling anything that happens from here on out."

Posey said he never thought about leaving Ohio State. He said he wanted to take his punishment "the right way" and graduate, which he said he is scheduled to do on March 18. He and Herron worked with the Ohio State scout team during their suspensions to stay in shape, and Posey said the biggest hurdle was addressing the team.

"I faced my teammates and I apologized," he said. "I just wanted them to know how sorry I was and that I didn't do anything on purpose or with any malicious intent. That was a big moment for me."

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/01/buckeyes_hope_to_make_up_for_m.html

 

[Buckskin86]

invited NFL combine...

http://cfn.scout.com/2/1148493.html

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Bummer how his senior season played out, but I have loads of respect for how he faced it. Despite his off-field transgressions, still a great leader and teammate IMO...

 

[Buckskin86]

Senior bowl weigh-in...

Ht. 6015

WT. 209

Hand 9 1/4"

Arm 31 3/8"

Wingspan 74 3/8"

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Senior-Bowl-WeighIn-Results-6395.html

Devier Posey (WR/Ohio State) looks terrific in the early going. He's run great routes and caught everything thrown in his direction. Posey looks very fluid and natural and does not look like a player that missed most of the 2011 season.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...bowl.practice.monday/index.html#ixzz1kKDmJYPY

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State's DeVier Posey poised to impress at Senior Bowl
By Pat Brennan
[email protected]
Published: Monday, January 23, 2012

Perhaps the most intriguing of the four former Ohio State football players participating in Saturday's Senior Bowl is wide reciever DeVier Posey, who played just three games during this past season as a result of suspensions for NCAA rules violations.

One analyst from ESPN still thinks Posey has time to improve his draft stock, and Posey said that is what he intends to do in the days leading up to Saturday's showcase of NFL-hopefuls.

Posey, along with former Buckeye quarterback Terrelle Pryor, defensive end Solomon Thomas, tackle Mike Adams and Daniel "Boom" Herron, were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for selling OSU football memorabilia in exchange for improper benefits in the form of tattoos. Posey was then suspended for five additional games after it was revealed that Posey was over-compensated by former OSU football booster Robert DiGeronimo for work he did not complete during a 2011 summer job.

Posey was able to make the most of the few opportunities he had during this past season, catching 12 balls for 162 yards and two touchdowns in regular season games against Penn State and Michigan, and the 2012 Gator Bowl against Florida.

Given the few opportunities he had to impress during his senior season, Posey said he was surprised to get an invite to the Senior Bowl.

"I definitely thought that this was a long shot and that's why I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to go out and show what I have," Posey said. "I just want to make the most of my opportunity right now and can't take it for granted at all. No days off and no plays off."

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http://www.thelantern.com/sports/oh...impress-at-senior-bowl-1.2748668#.Tx6quPkzKSo

DeVier Posey, Ohio State: Posey had minor inconsistencies catching the ball, but his routes were consistently some of the better executed patterns of the North practice. He?s quick and breaks sharply, but he has to throttle down to change direction and this is where he can tip off defenders to what he?s doing. He was probably the quickest at his breaks of the North squad.

Posey made a nice catch on an in route where he had to extend low and away from a Kirk Cousins pass in 7-on-7 drills. Cousins later targeted Posey on a deep fade in the right corner of the end zone in coverage and the Buckeyes? receiver did a good job maintaining good separation from the sideline during the initial phase of the route so he could use that boundary later in the pattern as the ball arrived. Posey could not make the catch as the ball arrived, but the route was good. He later made a good catch on a deep post from Russell Wilson in eleven-on-eleven drills, but his ability to track the ball over his shoulder was inconsistent today.

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/at-senior-bowl-a-wide-receiver-graduate-seminar/

Devier Posey/WR/Ohio State: Posey, 6-1 ?, 209, is another Buckeye who spent the majority of the season on the sidelines as a result of Tattoogate. Yet today he looked smooth and polished. Posey exploded off the line into pass routes, ran sharp routes and made a number of acrobatic catches. There was little rust shown from a player many consider one of the most physically talented receivers in this years class.

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/n...--Losers/191400d7-05b2-4e7f-8f8f-eb3ca75d4617

 

[RB07OSU]

I think Posey is a 1st round talent...Braxton and TP both had issues getting him the ball consistently (not to disparage Brax but he is early in his development). Have a Weedon or RGIII throwing him the ball, minus the suspension, and he would be right near the top of the board.

 

[southcampus]

I think Posey is a 1st round talent...Braxton and TP both had issues getting him the ball consistently (not to disparage Brax but he is early in his development). Have a Weedon or RGIII throwing him the ball, minus the suspension, and he would be right near the top of the board.

Braxton more than TP, with regards to issues getting Posey the ball.

 

[Buckskin86]

Posey seeks redemption, fresh start
Zac Jackson
January 24, 2012

After missing 10 games this season due to suspension, DeVier Posey is ready to show he can contribute on Sundays. (Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE)\
Matthew Emmons-US PRESSWIRE

MOBILE, Alabama - Ohio State wide receiver DeVier Posey was busy bouncing from couch to couch, from interview to interview at the official Senior Bowl hotel Tuesday night when a scout from an NFL team within easy driving distance of Columbus cut him off in mid stride, extended his hand and introduced himself.

"I've seen you a lot," was Posey's initial response to the scout. "It's nice to meet you."

Posey had lots of time at practice to watch and observe last fall, enough that he worried that the entire season and this week at the Senior Bowl might go on without him. He finally got back on the field in late November. A few weeks ago the call came extending the Senior Bowl invitation.

And the "real" really nervous moments began.

Posey brings fresh legs, wide eyes and some simple goals to this week's Senior Bowl festivities. He doesn't necessarily have to make up for the 10 games he lost to NCAA suspension in his senior season but he has to prove that, with a little polish, he'll be NFL ready in a matter of months. In the dozens of interviews he has already conducted or will conduct with teams, he has to explain what he's learned from the incidents that got him suspended -- five games for selling memorabilia, five for getting paid for work the NCAA ruled he didn't perform -- and that his days of making poor decisions are over.

"I'm open and honest," Posey said. "(The suspensions), that's the one thing I have wrong. They always ask me, did I do anything else? No. No other blemish on my record. Never failed a drug test, no DUI, no academic suspension. I had the mess-up when I was young and (the issue with) that job. I learned so much from it. A lot of focus was on me, a lot negative was written about me and you live and you learn. I feel like I've grown so much from it.

"I came in this week with the attitude that I wanted to remind people I'm still here and I can still play. It was the hardest year for me but I realized how much I loved football. I learned a lot. I learned how to deal with negative media, finding positive things, and I learned how to serve. Being on scout team, helping the guys in the meeting room, it allowed me to learn the game and it humbled me as well. I think I needed that going into this process and going into the next level."

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http://www.foxsportsohio.com/01/24/12/Posey-seeks-redemption-fresh-star

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Senior Bowl follows lost senior year
But suspension helped Posey grow as teammate
Jan. 24, 2012
Written by
Joe Reedy

Devier Posey file
Games/started: 41/29
Receptions: 136 (sixth in Ohio State history)
Yards: 1,955 (eighth)
Receiving TDs: 18 (seventh)
100-yard games: Six (eighth}
Of note: Caught at least one pass in his last 30 games played.

MOBILE, ALA. ? There may come a time when DeVier Posey goes down as the best scout team receiver in Ohio State history. Considering the year that he had, Posey would welcome that.

The former La Salle standout and Buckeye, who played in only three games last season, got an invitation to the Senior Bowl and through the first two days has made the most of his opportunity. He has run good routes and has made a couple nice catches for the North squad.

Though the last three games of Ohio State?s season showed that Posey had not lost a step, it is the interviews with scouts and coaches over the next four months about the two five-game suspensions from the NCAA for taking improper benefits ? cash and tattoos for signed memorabilia, and being overpaid for a summer job ? that might be more important.

?Everyone knows what happened. I'm still here. I'm still myself,? Posey said. ?I'm still a good guy. I can't control what anyone thinks. I can just be DeVier.?

?You can't play around with those guys and give them fake answers. Some of the guys are former players, so they know what's going on. I'm not really ashamed of it because everyone knows. If this is the worst thing that ever happens to me, I'll be OK.?

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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/...enior-year?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|p

Ohio State's DeVier Posey poised to impress at Senior Bowl
By Pat Brennan
[email protected]
Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Former OSU wide receiver DeVier Posey scores a touchdown during the Buckeyes' 24-17 loss to Florida in the 2012 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. Posey will participate in the 2012 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

Perhaps the most intriguing of the four former Ohio State football players participating in Saturday's Senior Bowl is wide receiver DeVier Posey, who played just three games during this past season as a result of suspensions for NCAA rules violations.

One analyst from ESPN still thinks Posey has time to improve his draft stock, and Posey said that is what he intends to do in the days leading up to Saturday's showcase of NFL-hopefuls.

Posey, along with former Buckeye quarterback Terrelle Pryor, defensive end Solomon Thomas, tackle Mike Adams and Daniel "Boom" Herron, were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for selling OSU football memorabilia in exchange for improper benefits in the form of tattoos. Posey was then suspended for five additional games after it was revealed that Posey was over-compensated by former OSU football booster Robert DiGeronimo for work he did not complete during a 2011 summer job.

Posey was able to make the most of the few opportunities he had during this past season, catching 12 balls for 162 yards and two touchdowns in regular season games against Penn State and Michigan, and the 2012 Gator Bowl against Florida.

Given the few opportunities he had to impress during his senior season, Posey said he was surprised to get an invite to the Senior Bowl.

"I definitely thought that this was a long shot and that's why I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to go out and show what I have," Posey said. "I just want to make the most of my opportunity right now and can't take it for granted at all. No days off and no plays off."

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http://www.thelantern.com/sports/oh...impress-at-senior-bowl-1.2748668#.Tx_-FfkzKSo

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio St. WR DeVier Posey had a pretty good practice session today. What he does better than any of the other WR is once he catches the ball he turns it up and is gone in one motion.

Posey will not run by anyone or burn them with his speed but he has been steady the last couple of days. Although he is not overly fast, he has exhibited pretty good quickness and I like his ability to run intermediate route through the middle of a zone.

http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2012/01/senior-bowl-day-3-north-practice-offense-report.html

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State receiver DeVier Posey needed a strong Senior Bowl week after being suspended most of the 2011 season

Submitted by Tania Ganguli on January 26, 2012

DeVier Posey, a receiver out of Ohio State, was one of the players infamously suspended for accepting cash and tattoos from a local tattoo shop owner. The school suspended him five games, then the NCAA added five more for being overpaid for a job.

That meant Posey only played in three games during the 2011 season, one of them the Gator Bowl, giving NFL scouts few opportunities to see what he could do. Posey has had a good week at the Senior Bowl and he also has an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine next month to impress teams.

He met with the Jaguars earlier this week.

- You seem to be doing well this week, did you feel that way?

Yeah I feel like it’s going pretty well. Without 10 games, I feel like I wanted to come out and show them I could still move and run routes and you know be sharp in the film room and come out with a business-like attitude.

- How did you make sure you stayed in football shape?

I was on the practice squad, scout team, running quarterback, whatever my team wanted me to do. I would do these workouts on Thursday and Friday when the team would go to the hotel. I would run full-speed routes and do a two-minute drill by myself. I don’t know, just to keep myself in shape. Watch film with the young guys, make sure I’m in every meeting on time as if I were playing. I just kind of treated it like a redshirt year I didn’t want to be apart from my team because team is what got me through.

- How did they help?

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http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blo...te-receiver-devier-posey-needed-strong-senior

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM416aknPsM"]DeVier Posey Senior Bowl Interview - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Buckskin86]

Posted: Fri, Jan. 27, 2012
Ohio State's Posey didn't waste time lost to suspension
BY LES BOWEN
[email protected]

MOBILE, Ala. - The tattoos that cover DeVier Posey's arms tell a story, but Posey feels it isn't just the one about the entitled big-time college athlete who ended up in the middle of a huge scandal.

Posey, a wide receiver from Ohio State, is at the Senior Bowl trying to give NFL scouts the look they didn't really get during the 2011 season, when he was suspended for the first 10 games of his senior year - five games for trading memorabilia for tattoos, the NCAA violations that took down Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel, and five games for accepting what the NCAA deemed excessive remuneration from a part-time job provided by a Cleveland-area booster.

Posey and quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who opted for the NFL over an Ohio State suspension last year, were at the epicenter of the probe. The five extra games added to Posey's original suspension were a bitter, unexpected blow - Posey's mother told the Cleveland Plain Dealer it was "the most egregious witch hunt that I think I've ever witnessed."

Posey played in the final two regular-season games, and in the Gator Bowl loss to Florida, and caught 12 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Those are excellent three-game totals, but they don't make much of a senior year.

You think about someone involved in a scandal, maybe you expect someone a little different than Posey, who comes off as thoughtful, reflective and mature. At 6-1 5/8, 219, with good speed, he has stood out in Mobile.

"I know it's been a big question, going into the interviews [with NFL teams]. It happened, and it's something I have to deal with," Posey said this week. "It's hard for me. But I feel like I've overcome that, like it's made me a better person, and also a better player. I missed the game a lot.

"I'm still the same person. I feel like I'm still a good guy . . . I really haven't gotten into trouble outside of that. NFL teams know that. I messed up, man. I made a mistake. It cost my program a lot. It cost my teammates a lot. I've learned, and I'm looking forward to moving on to the next level."

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Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/138168204.html#ixzz1kfFPMOQb

 

[Buckeye1]

DP

Great read! Good luck Devier...we all make mistakes too.

Go Bucks!

 

[Buckskin86]

DeVier had one reception for 33 yards in the North?s 23-13 victory

 

[kippy1040]

I was hoping he would have a good performance but that didn't happen. Had he made those 3 catches for touchowns it would have been impressive. Would like to see him in a Jaguar uniform but i don't know now. They say Mel Tucker was at the Gator Bowl watching some of the game. Jaguars are hungry for wide recievers

 

[RugbyBuck]

Dropped an easy touchdown in the 45 seconds of the game that I actually saw. His hands don't match his speed and route running. Sanzo hands + Posey body MIGHT = a first round pick. I'm guessing third round IF he rocks the combine.