'05 IN WR Selwyn Lymon (Purdue signee)

[Buckskin86]

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/173537-9906-192.html

Recruiters like Lymon's size (6-5, 190 pounds), speed (4.4 in 40) and versatility. He lined up at quarterback in the season opener.

"Lymon is so good that several college recruiters said that he's better than 2003 All-American (and USC freshman) Fred Davis," Pool said.

[MegaWoody]

Not to put any more pressure on Justin and/or Troy, but...

how they manage tOSU passing attack this year will go a long way toward impressing kids like Lymon, Rouse, et al.

My fingers are crossed that this is the year tOSU breaks out of its 'boring/vanilla/conservative/unimaginative offense' reputation and starts attracting 5 star QBs and receivers to Team Tressel.

[BuckNutty]

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Ohio State is among Lymon's top 4 schools and he plans on making an official visit to Columbus. He mentions the fact he likes the environment at Ohio State. He also mentions wanting to play in the Big Ten.

[BuckNutty]

http://story.theinsiders.com/a.z?s=145&p=2&c=288824

Indiana WR The Real Diamond
By Chris Pool Midwest Recruiting Analyst
Date: Aug 30, 2004

Ft. Wayne (Harding) wide receiver Selwyn Lymon has every school from coast to coast wanting his services. Harding head coach Sherwood Haydock talks about his prized prospects and takes a stab at the leaders for his services.

Selwyn Lymon, a 6-foot-5, 190-pound wide receiver from Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Harding is one of the most sought after prospects in the Midwest.

Lymon didn’t start his 2004 season the way he had planned, with a 65-7 loss to rival Snider High School but Lymon and his teammates rebounded this past Friday night with a big win.

Lymon has 164 yards receiving in two games but with an inexperienced quarterback at the controls for Harding in 2004, Selwyn’s numbers won’t be as gaudy as other top receivers.

“You just can’t look at the numbers,” said Harding head coach Sherwood Haydock. “You can’t recruit stats. We’re talking about a kid (Lymon) that’s 6-foot-5 and 194-pounds with 4.4 speed and a 300-pound bench press.

“As a junior, Selwyn averaged 24-yards per catch and he didn’t know how to be a receiver yet. This year, Selwyn has learned how to be a receiver. He uses his body, speed and jumping ability extremely well.

“A lot of times you’ll see a football player that runs track. Selwyn is a track start that plays football. The coaches who came through here in the spring just marveled at Selwyn’s stride and fluidness on the track. He’s just so smooth.

“Selwyn’s best attributes are his work ethic, his leadership and what he does after he makes the catch. After Selwyn catches the football, there had better be someone right there to take him down. If not, he’ll take it the distance every time.”

Lymon has several scholarship offers. There isn’t a single Big Ten school that hasn’t offered Selwyn a scholarship. We asked coach Haydock if Selwyn has a leader?

“Right now I’d say it’s Purdue with Michigan #2 and Ohio State third. Michigan is actually closer to Ft. Wayne than Purdue is but coach (Joe) Tiller over at Purdue was the first school to come in and offer Selwyn a scholarship.

“Actually I’ve been quite impressed with Purdue. Coach Tiller could have been out closing the deal with his ’04 recruiting class or visiting other seniors and he chose to come to our school to see Selwyn.

“Selwyn and I sat in Coach (Lloyd) Carr’s office over at Michigan and we were very impressed with coach Carr and his staff.

“I know Michigan is high on Selwyn’s list and he’s always been a big Charles Woodson fan.

“We don’t know much about Ohio State. Selwyn will probably visit there for a game during the season and he’s talking about an official visit as well.

“I’m sure he’ll visit Purdue and Michigan. I don’t know if he’ll take his last two visits.”

Lymon and his harding teammates will try and get above the .500 mark this Friday night against Elmhurst High School.

[LordJeffBuck]

Article on Selwyn's high school team from the Ft. Wayne paper; apparently, his team lost 18 starters from last year's squad, which lost in the state championship game by only five points.

Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel on the Harding Hawks (8/19/04)

[NJ-Buckeye]

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journal...ts/9638802.htm

HARDING27 LUERS20
Roll of dice pays off big for Harding

96-yard pass play for touchdown sparks Hawks’ victory at Luers

By Ben Smith

The Journal Gazette

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They begged him to let them do it.

“I can beat this coverage,” Selwyn Lymon promised.

“I’ll get the ball there,” Devin Dominguez swore.

“We’ll protect him,” the offensive line vowed.

And so Harding coach Sherwood Haydock did what he never does: He put the game in his players’ hands.

Ninety-six yards later, they were still hanging onto it.

Lymon streaked deep, Dominguez let it go, and with one breathtaking gamble on third-and-13 from its own 4-yard line, a Can-You-Top-This (and Can-You-Stop-This) evening turned in the Harding Hawks’ favor Friday night at Luersfield.

Final score, in maybe the best game in the SAC this season: Harding 27, Bishop Luers 20.

Additional final score: Players 1, Haydock 0.

“Very rarely do I let them do that, but they called the play,” Haydock said. “I think maybe that one play has changed this team for the better.”

[BuckNutty]

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Lymon is about ready to set his visits. Schools that likely will get a visit include Purdue, scUM, Indiana, Penn State and Ohio State.