'06 OH QB Arvell Nelson (Iowa Signee; transfer to Texas Southern)

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Strange comments by Nelson if that is the case. Maybe he is just holding out hope. Its obvious he really wants to be a Buckeye.

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Rivals has rated Arvell as 3-stars.

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8/9/05

Nelson is considered the No. 24 pro-style quarterback in the nation. Iowa, Syracuse, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio State are his top five. Iowa has a slight lead. OSU is the only school in his top five that has not offered. Kansas recently offered.

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Scout $

8/23

Arvell no longer has any interest in tOSU because of Henton's commitment. He has Iowa leading over Wisconsin, Syracuse, and North Carolina.

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rivals.com$

8/24/05

From the Iowa site.........they talk about the possiblity of Nelson and a few of his teammates possibly being a "package deal".

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at least the teammates aren't Rose and Small...

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Ferentz isn't stupid... he knows he's got no shot at those two guys. there are plenty of good athletes to go around at Glenville, and Ferentz is smart to try and get some of them. i'm surprised they didn't mention Ray Fisher. i believe he has an Iowa offer and has said they are at least co-leaders.

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PD

8/25

The best comeback award goes to...
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Quarterback Arvell Nelson suffered two cracked ribs and a collapsed lung during Glenville's 19-7 nonleague victory over Buchtel during Week 4 last season. Nelson missed the next four games before leading the Tarblooders in their playoff run. Nelson was not wearing a flack jacket against Buchtel.

"We didn't have [one] that fit me," Nelson said. "But I got fitted for one after that game, and I wear it all the time now."

PD

8/25

Too legit to quit
Glenville senior QB hopingto toss bitter loss for sweet win
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Bob Fortuna
Plain Dealer Reporter
It's a pass he would like to have back, but Glen ville senior quarterback Arvell Nelson hasn't dwelled on the errant throw.

"I thought about [the pass] for about a week after the game because as a quarterback, I have to have a short memory," Nelson said.

The Tarblooders led host Warren Harding, 26-24, with 1:19 left last year in a Week 2 game when Mario Manningham stepped in front of Nelson's pass, which was intended for receiver Daven Jones. Manningham, now a University of Michigan freshman, raced 50 yards for a touchdown and a 30-26 win. The victory gave Harding its 30th consecutive home win and handed Glenville its lone regular-season loss.

"I called the play and I'd do it again, because I still think it was the right thing to do," Tarblooders coach Ted Ginn Sr. said. "It was third-and-10, and we had beaten [Harding] on third-and-long all game. It was just a case of inexperience on Arvell's part. He panicked and threw the ball."

Nelson's job was to read the cornerback, and if Manningham stayed in, Nelson was to throw a hitch pass. If Manningham followed Jones, the plan was a fade pass over the top.

"[Manningham] snuck up when I was under center and I never looked back up to see where he was at," Nelson said. "I made a bad read, and I can live with it."

The pick capped a career game for Manningham, who had first-half touchdown receptions of 50 and 66 yards to finish with seven catches for 255 yards.

Nelson will receive a shot at redemption when Glenville again visits Harding.

"I believe Arvell feels he has something to prove because he feels he gave [Harding] the game," Ginn said.

But it's not about revenge, Nelson said.

"It's about coming out, playing hard, winning that game," he said. "It's about winning every game."

The 6-5, 175-pounder likes his team's chances.

"I've worked hard this off-season on learning to read defenses," Nelson said. "I'm getting the ball out quicker, my footwork is better in the pocket and I'm a better leader now."

Harding coach Thom McDaniels believes it.

"Their quarterback was a junior then and he's a lot more experienced, a lot smarter now," McDaniels said.

It did not take long for Tarblooder receiver Raymond Small to notice Nelson's improvement.

"In our first 7-on-7, we were clicking right away, like we had been playing together for 15 years," Small said. "Arvell sees the field now, not just the main receiver. And he's throwing bullets."

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Here is a pic of Nelson....




link

8/26/05

14. Arvell Nelson/Glenville: Sr., QB, 6-5, 175, He put on 10 pounds, is stronger and has better footwork to complement his quick arm. He has gained a ton of confidence since last year.

KEY STAT: He completed 85 of 163 attempts last season for 1,361 yards and eight touchdowns.

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jjhuddle.com (free)

8/26/05

Game of the Week: Glenville vs. Mentor
by Matt Natali


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<CENTER></CENTER>The start of the 2005 football season will be a bittersweet one for the Glenville Tarblooders. With high anticipation for the season and even higher expectations, Glenville will take the field Friday night against Mentor without their mentor and head coach on the sidelines.


Ted Ginn, Sr. was hospitalized last week after a routine check up and subsequently underwent a surgical procedure. Ginn remains hospitalized awaiting test results from the operation and could miss the first several weeks of the season.

"Coach Ginn is like a father figure to many of our players," said interim head coach Matt Chinchar. "We are treating this like family and the players are handling it very well. I have used the expression 'Dad's Down' and we need to pull together and keep things going until he gets back on his feet.

"The staff has pulled together to keep things continuing the way they have been going," Chinchar continued. "We know what our expectations are and we know (coach Ginn) loves the kids and he wants us to keep up with the same things he would continue with. The kids have pulled together and worked hard. Their heads are up and their attitudes are up and they know Coach Ginn will be ok."

With the Tarblooders rallying around coach Ginn, they look to continue to build upon the success of last season's 12-2 finish behind a corps of some of the top players in the state.

"We have several starters back on offense but we lost a few on defense," said Chinchar. "Granted, we do have some talented athletes but, at this point, comparing this team and last year's team is way too early. The potential is there, but at this point in time we'll just have to wait and see how things develop and unfold."

Ranked No. 1 in the preseason ONN/JJ Huddle's Ohio High Power Poll, Glenville boasts a wealth of talented players returning from the state semifinal team of 2004.



At wide receiver and cornerback is Ray Small (left, #13). On offense last season, Small had 10 receiving touchdowns and four picks from the cornerback position. He had a slight injury in the preseason, but Chinchar assured he will be ready to play against Mentor.

Quarterback Arvell Nelson is under center once again after passing for 1,600 yards and 13 touchdowns a season ago.

Also on the receiving end of Nelson is Daven Jones, a Wisconsin recruit, who was good for 461 receiving yards last season and reeled in six touchdowns.

Anchoring the Glenville defense is defensive end Robert Rose. Rose (left, #99), who stands in at 6-5, 240 pounds had nine sacks last season and will be giving offenses a lot of trouble in 2005.

According to Chinchar, the Tarblooders still have to refine some parts of their game before they can reach full potential of the talent they have,

"The preseason has come along ok," he said. "We have gotten our bumps and bruises like everyone else has. We have had some injuries to a couple of starters, but they should be alright for the Mentor game. So, we haven't been running on a full eight cylinders, but everyone has been practicing hard getting their timing back and their repetitions in."

Mentor, which barely missed the post season last year by finishing ninth in computer points in Region 1, is looking to avenge last year's 29-6 loss to Glenville in the season opener.

The Cardinals return 15 starters this season, however many of the players are juniors. These players have the experience from starting as sophomores last season, but still remain young.

"We are going to be a real solid football team," said Mentor head coach Steve Trivisonno. "Although we have a lot of younger kids, we have a lot of kids who are returning which should make it a pretty good, solid football team."

While the Cardinals might be young as a whole, they will be starting five seniors on the offense line this season. The experience of tackle Nick Spring, guard John Jewell, tackle James Garhma, guard Bill Hein, and center Mike Bastian up front will be the strength of the team.



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With the graduation of quarterback Chris Jacquemain (Bowling Green), the strength up front will be especially important as junior quarterback Kellen Oleksak and sophomore quarterback Bart Tanski gain experience under center. Mentor will utilizes both signal callers this season.

"Both have had pretty good camps. We are going to let (Olesksak ) go first and then we'll bring in (Tanksi). Whichever kid is hot, he is going to stay and play" explained Trivisonno.

Catching passes from the young quarterbacks include Ryan Kolesar (30 rec.) and Bob Szabo (34 rec.) while junior running back Bill Deitman, who rushed for 840 yards last season, returns in the Cardinal backfield.

Defensively, Brady DeMell, Steve Matas and Fred Hale return to the line. DeMell and Hale both stand in a 6-3 while Mata is 6-5, so the Cardinals have some good size up front. All three started last season as sophomores, so their experience and size will be pivotal on the line.

At the linebacking positions, Mentor returns three of four starters, including Zach Aloisio who had 104 tackles last season as a junior.

Kicker Igor Ivelijic, who has already verballed to Akron, will be a strong special teams player.

"The goals here are very simple. We always have the goal to win the state championship and win the (Lake Erie League) championship," said Trivisonno. "Those are our goals every year and we are going to strive for those. We have kind of upped our schedule a little bit and made that a little tougher. We have a tough schedule, but we did that to prepare ourselves for the playoffs. Hopefully we can get through that ok and win enough to get into the playoffs."

Mentor's none conference schedule this season includes Glenville, Youngstown Ursuline, Solon, Cleveland St. Ignatius, and Massillon.

Both Glenville and Mentor are similar in that both run a spread, no huddle offense. So, both are familiar with the type of football each plays and neither will be surprised by anything come Friday night.

While Glenville and Mentor play the same style of football, each team utilizes different tools to execute Glenville has speed and athleticism while Mentor relies experience.

"Mentor tends to move the pocket in the passing game with a semi-roll sprint out to the right or left," said Chinchar. "They are a possession type of passing game with the receivers - short, high percentage type passes. They mix the pass and the run very well. They are very precise with their sprint out passing game out of the spread and they do a great job mixing up the run with that."

Some of the key matchups of the game include Mentor's offense line and and the ability to contain Rose. This is an intriguing match up between the experienced offensive line and the talented end Glenville boasts.

Mentor's linebackers are sure to bring pressure all night, so Nelson is liable to be rolling out of the pocket a lot.

The difference in the game could come down to the match up between Glenville's receivers and Mentor's secondary. Glenville's talented and speedy receivers will keep Mentor's secondary busy all night. Cornerbacks Ryan Dugan and Nate Wilson and strong safety Adam Mayse all have experience, but, again, all three are juniors.

"We are going to have to fall back so they don't run by us," Trivisonno laughed. "This is by far the most athletic team in the state of Ohio if not the country. I know there is somewhere between 13 and 18 Division I college players out there. For us, that is about 10 years worth. It is a tough one right off the bat, but we are going to show up and play hard and try to contain that speed.

"For us to win the game it is going to have to be a high scoring game," Trivisonno continued. "I don't know if we are going to be able to shut them down, so we are going to have to score along with them. They are so talented in their return games and offense. For us to win it is going to have to be one of those 35-34 type ball games."

Considering all circumstances, the Glenville-Mentor match up has the potential to be considerably closer than last season. With the off-field concerns surrounding Glenville and head coach Ted Ginn, Sr. coupled with Mentor's experience and determination to improve on last season's performance, this season opener could be closer than expected.

Kickoff is at 7:30 pm at Mentor High School.


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Glenville's all good



Tarblooders rejoice, rout Mentor

Saturday, August 27, 2005 Mike Peticca

Plain Dealer Reporter
Glenville's season-opening, 32-0 road victory over a potent Mentor team on Friday night was convincing enough to validate the Tarblooders' hopes for a Division I state championship.

Yet, the performance seemed anti-climactic. What mattered most to the Tarblooders was what they had heard earlier in the day, that medical tests had come back and that their beloved coach, Ted Ginn Sr., had received a clean bill of health.

"That gave us a real big boost," said Glenville quarterback Arvell Nelson, after he completed 17 of 29 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns. "Coach Ginn is like a father for everybody on the field. Knowing he is healthy and that he'd be here built our confidence higher and higher."

Glenville, The Plain Dealer's No. 1-ranked team, advanced to a state semifinal game last season. Fourth-ranked Mentor, which starts 14 juniors, hopes to return to the playoffs after a one-year absence. Ginn watched from the press box as the Tarblooders outgained the Cardinals, 385 yards to 198.

Glenville tailback Bruce Frieson rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, and the Tarblooders intercepted three Cardinals passes.

"That was probably the best team we'll see all year," Mentor coach Steve Trivisonno said.

"St. Ignatius will be very good, but nobody will be that athletic [as Glenville]."

Longtime assistant Matt Chinchar was Glenville's acting head coach. "I said that we weren't going to lose, that coach Ginn was here and we were going to play well, and that's what we did," he said.

Mentor advanced into Glenville territory five times, but the Cardinals missed two field goals and Glenville's Gino Sturdivant, Eddie Mason and Royce Adams all intercepted passes.

Raymond Small's brilliant running turned a short Nelson completion into a 20-yard touchdown for the lone first-half score. Nelson connected with Small and Bryant Milligan, respectively, for touchdown passes of 14 and 10 yards in the third quarter. Adams broke several tackles and eluded other Cardinals in pursuit on a 64-yard punt return to set up a 25-yard field goal by Alex Bonilla.

Bonilla kicked another 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, and Frieson closed the scoring on a 30-yard touchdown ramble.

Nelson and Chinchar lauded the blocking of Glenville interior linemen Brandon McCray, James Garnett, Ryan Driggins, Bryant Browning and Edward Thompson. Linemen Robert Rose and Kelvin Primm and linebacker Hassan Crutcher helped spark Glenville's defense.

Ginn approached his team after its postgame huddle on the field. The Tarblooders gave him a standing ovation. "It means everything," Ginn said. "That's a feeling you can't really explain."

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Here is a pics of Nelson from the first game of the season...

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plaindealer

9/2/05

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Glenville vs. Columbus Brookhaven

What, when, where: Nonleague game, 1 p.m., Byers Field, Ridge Road and Day Drive, adjacent to Parmatown Mall. Call 216-541-8326 or 216-268-6000.

Records: Both teams are 1-0.

What to watch: Everything -- just don't look away in the opening game of the new Charity Game doubleheader. Last year's Division II state champion, Brookhaven, had a cakewalk last week in a 48-7 victory over Chillicothe. Brookhaven has an outstanding quarterback in Mike McGee, talented running backs in Markell Lacy and Rodney Holmes, and a solid receiving duo of Jeff Cumberland and Kameron Taylor. However, Brookhaven is now in Division I, and Glenville is one of the top big schools in the state. Quarterback Arvell Nelson, running back Bruce Frieson and receivers Raymond Small, Bryant Milligan and Daven Jones had their way in a 32-0 opening-week win over Mentor. The Tarblooders' speed gives them the edge.

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rivals.com$

9/8/05

From the North Carolina site..............UNC has offered Nelson a scholie and called him the best QB in Ohio in their opinion. Iowa, UNC and Wisconsin are his favorites at this point. Nelson does say if OSU offered he would most likely verbal.

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plaindealer

9/8/05

Collinwood vs. Glenville

What, when, where: Senate Athletic League game, noon, at Bump Taylor (formerly Patrick Henry Middle School) Field, 11901 Durant Ave., Cleveland. Call 216-268-6000.

Records: Collinwood 2-0, Glenville 2-0.

What to watch: Led by quarterback Cecil Shorts III, and receivers LaRon Marshall and Rhodes transfer Terence Bryd, the Railroaders have looked impressive in outscoring their first two foes, Shaw and Richmond Heights, by a 95-16 margin. However, Glenville has proven it's one of the top teams in the state with stellar efforts against highly touted Mentor and defending Division II state champion Columbus Brookhaven. The Tarblooders, rated the fastest team in Ohio, are loaded with Division I college prospects. Quarterback Arvell Nelson, lineman Robert Rose, linebacker Reggie Echols and speedsters Raymond Small, Raymond Fisher, Royce Adams and Daven Jones should feast on the synthetic turf.