07-01-2005, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by bukIpower
lol well at 6'8" 205 pounds I think it'd be very tough to put him at tight end for 2 reasons. 1) he's pretty tall and it'd be hard for him to block 260 pound ends who can get under his pads, and 2) with his build I don't see him going over 225-240 pounds and thats probably still too light to match up at Tight End... IMO he's a reciever all the way when it comes to football...
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After seeing his videos, I would also say WR, not TE. He looks like a true WR in the videos, and definitely uses his size to "box out" DB's. The dude seems to have legit WR speed, and gets off the line quickly. I expected to see someone who needed to grow into his body, but came away surprised at how great his hands, speed, and body control are. I really don't see him lining up next to tackle. He will give people fits, ala Plexiglass Burress. |
07-01-2005, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Oh8ch
Why would a coach do that? A football kid is free to the BBall program. You don't have to start him, but why not give him a shot?
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Maybe I'm wrong, or I have my info confussed, but I thought if a kid were to accept a scholarship from OSU for football, and then walk-on in BBall, his scholarship would actually count against the smaller of the two programs-- in this case it would count againt bball.
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07-01-2005, 12:41 PM
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Maybe I'm wrong, or I have my info confussed, but I thought if a kid were to accept a scholarship from OSU for football, and then walk-on in BBall, his scholarship would actually count against the smaller of the two programs-- in this case it would count againt bball.
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The size of the sport has nothing to do with it.....if a player accepts a football scholie, he counts for football and the same for basketball...
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Chichester will be big man on OSU's campus <HR width="100%" noShade SIZE=1></TD></TR><TR><TD>Mike Wachsman
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What he thought would be a difficult decision became easy for Josh Chichester, especially after attending the Ohio State football camp last weekend.
<!--Start Image--><SCRIPT ********************>document.write(insertImage('/IMAGES/PROSPECT/PHOTO/JOSHCHICHESTER4_11200.JPG', '', 0, 267, 200, 1, 'West Chester Lakota West\'s Josh Chichester surprised many by giving a verbal commitment to play football at Ohio State.', 'Rivals.com', 1120225290000, '', 1014, 'Align=Left'));</SCRIPT><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=208 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=202> </TD><TD width=6 rowSpan=4> </TD></TR><TR><TD align=right>Rivals.com</TD></TR><TR><TD height=3></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>West Chester Lakota West's Josh Chichester surprised many by giving a verbal commitment to play football at Ohio State.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- End Image-->Chichester, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound receiver from West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West, gave a verbal commitment to Ohio State late yesterday, giving the football program six commitments for the class of 2006.
"It was just a good fit," Chichester told BuckeyeSports.com. "I saw the campus, liked the coaches and just got along real well with everyone."
Chichester is known primarily as a basketball player for Lakota West, and with averages of 13.1 points and 8.2 rebounds, that's understandable.
But he wants it known that at Ohio State, he's a football player first.
"I'm going to work real hard on football," Chichester said. "Basketball might be part of the deal, or it might not. I don't know that right now."
Should he play hoops, he wouldn't count against the scholarship total for basketball, which means Thad Matta could still reel in another big catch in the 2006 class.
As for football, Chichester has just one goal.
"I want to be the best receiver out there," he said. "I'm big, I can get downfield, I can go up over DBs. I think I have it all."
Chichester chose the Buckeyes over Illinois, Louisville and Notre Dame. He will make an official announcement at a press conference later today.
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07-01-2005, 12:45 PM
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I don't know what I was thinking then. I thought I had heard that somewhere, but I defer to you guys. Thanks for clearing that up.
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07-01-2005, 01:25 PM
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"I want to be the best receiver out there," he said. "I'm big, I can get downfield, I can go up over DBs. I think I have it all."
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I'm liking Josh more and more. He may not be all that fast now, but get him around Ginn and under the tutelage of Coach Reynolds for a couple years and look out. I see no problem in him shaving .2 off his 40 and getting under 4.5...maybe even a tad faster.
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Originally Posted by Bucknut319
Irazarry (sp?) didn't look too thick. Does anyone know what his playing weight at TE was?
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IIRC, 230-235. I think Izzy was 6'5". However, Izzy had a slightly bigger frame and could've gotten a lot bigger had he and the staff wanted him to. I think Chichester would be best at around 230 or so and stay at WR...his frame is just too narrow to carry 260-270, which is what he'd have to get up to in order be a solid TE, with his 6'8" height.
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07-01-2005, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bucknuts44820
The size of the sport has nothing to do with it.....if a player accepts a football scholie, he counts for football and the same for basketball...
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If an athlete plays football and basketball, the scholarship counts toward football, regardless of which sport offered him first. The NCAA has a pecking order for 2-sport athletes, so football and basketball coaches can't save schollies by placing guys on the track/baseball/wrestling/whatever team.
Football comes first, basketball is second, after that nobody usually cares.
Xevious quoted the NCAA rule number in post 12 of Josh's basketball thread.
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07-01-2005, 01:57 PM
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