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Northmont's Barnett commits to Ohio State
By Marc Pendleton
Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
CLAYTON ? C.J. Barnett envisioned himself excelling as a quarterback at Northmont High School.
Think again.
"I told him he might be a (defensive back) on Saturdays," Thunderbolts coach Lance Schneider said Monday. "I was right."
Barnett has been a fixture as a lock-down cornerback for Northmont the past two seasons. Big and fast, plenty of BCS colleges took notice, including Ohio State.
The junior verbally committed to
OSU on Sunday. He joins Coldwater linebacker Adam Homan as area juniors in
OSU's class of '09 recruits.
Ironically, for a program known for its offensive fireworks, Barnett is the third recent defensive player headed to a BCS school. He'll join Northmont alums Kurt Coleman, a secondary starter for the Buckeyes, and lineman Nii Adjei Oninku at Kentucky.
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