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im going to guess the reason delone carters thread is still open has a lot to do with the fact hes the odds on favorite for Mr. Football...i think thats a legit reason
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11-18-2005, 10:10 PM
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Ohio Mr. Football candidate......
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Delone Carter
Position: Running back.
School: Copley.
Year: Senior.
Height/Weight: 5-10, 200.
Why he is a contender: He has the numbers: 2,440 yards rushing and 43 TDs on 250 carries in 10 regular-season games. An all- Ohioan in 2004, the Syracuse recruit emerged as one of the state's top ball carriers while playing on a team that had several question marks.
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11-30-2005, 07:48 AM
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Copley star finalist for Mr. Football
Carter could give Summit back-to-back winners
Beacon Journal staff report
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Tailback Delone Carter of Copley is a finalist for Ohio's Mr. Football.
The award, given to the state's best player, will be announced at 6 p.m. today by the Associated Press.
If Carter wins, he will be the second consecutive running back from a Summit County school to do so. Hoban's Tyrell Sutton, now a freshman standout at Northwestern, won the award in 2004.
The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Carter, a Syracuse recruit, rushed for 2,440 yards on 250 carries and scored 43 touchdowns during the regular season.
He added another 348 yards on 52 carries and scored six touchdowns in two playoff games.
On Monday, Carter was named Ohio's offensive player of the year in Division II.
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12-01-2005, 07:51 AM
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Carter uses moves to be Mr. Football
Copley senior left Hoban to get chance, and takes advantage of it
By Tom Gaffney
Beacon Journal sportswriter
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Delone Carter just wanted a place and a chance to realize fully his potential as a football player.
Copley provided it -- and Carter did the rest.
Carter, a senior tailback for the Indians, put an exclamation point behind his remarkable season of productivity Wednesday by being named Ohio's Mr. Football by the Associated Press.
``I feel real honored. There are so many great players in the state,'' Carter said. ``It means that all my hard work paid off.''
Carter is the second consecutive running back from a Summit County school to be named Mr. Football.
Last year, Tyrell Sutton, who is now a freshman at Northwestern, won it while playing at Hoban.
Ironically, Carter played behind Sutton in 2002 and 2003 when he was a freshman and sophomore at Hoban, then transferred to Copley for his junior year in 2004.
``It was time to go. I wanted to show what I could do,'' said the 5-foot-10, 200-pound Carter, who has given an oral recruiting commitment to Syracuse University. ``I think we (he and Sutton) pushed each other... we made each other better.''
In 2004, Carter moved into the starting lineup at Copley immediately and went on to be named first-team All-Ohio in Division II. He rushed for 2,556 yards and scored 29 touchdowns in 13 games.
This season, he rushed for 2,440 yards on 250 carries (a 9.76-yard average) and scored 43 touchdowns during the regular season. He added another 348 yards on 52 carries and scored six touchdowns in two playoff games.
Copley coach Dan Boarman saw every one of those yards over the two years and still does not believe some of runs.
``They are fun to watch (on tape) again and again,'' Boarman said. ``He could run at you, over you, by you, he could make you miss. Some backs could do one or two of those things. He could do them all.''
Many of those runs concluded with tacklers hanging all over him.
``His strength, balance and power made it almost impossible for one guy to tackle him,'' said Mike Kuthan, the Indians' running backs coach. ``Throw his vision in there and you can see what type of back he is.''
Wednesday, Carter was trying to enjoy his Mr. Football honor while working with a Syracuse assistant who had come to Copley to help him start making his transition to college.
``It feels good to get this (Mr. Football), but I am already looking at the next level,'' said Carter, who was named state Division II offensive player of the year on Monday. ``I know I have to keep my hard-work mentality.''
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12-01-2005, 02:13 PM
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Need to open a poll after the first game next season on how fast the first "how did we miss out on this guy?" thread is opened.
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12-11-2005, 09:06 AM
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Delone Carter is Beacon Journal player of the year
In a class by himself
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports writer
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Around the Copley High football program, it is simply referred to as ``The Letter.'' And minutes after it changes hands, the recipient's eyes are checked for traces of tears.
Mary Becka didn't expect the missive would be considered special. It was the product of a mother rehashing a game with her son. But as Mary and Bobby Becka discussed Parma Normandy's first-round playoff loss to Copley on Nov. 4, a ray of sportsmanship shone through that she believed should not go unnoticed.
Bobby Becka, a senior linebacker, had played the game of his life and all he could talk about was the tailback who had run over, around and through him, Copley senior Delone Carter.
It wasn't just Carter's talent that impressed Becka. Carter rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns, displaying speed, an amazing sense of balance and hard-earned strength. Those attributes resulted in Carter rushing for 2,788 yards and scoring 49 touchdowns -- earning him Ohio's Mr. Football and the Beacon Journal's 2005 Player of the Year honors as well.
``It was the way he conducted himself on the field,'' Becka said. ``Even if he was hit in the backfield, he would get up and say, `Good job.' A lot of times, especially in big games, kids have a different attitude. They say mean things and are very negative. He was very positive.''
There was no trash-talking, no cursing, just exchanges of mutual respect between 18-year-olds.
``Two people getting dirty on the field isn't going to do anything but get somebody thrown out,'' Carter said. ``So kill 'em with kindness.''
Impressed by Bobby's description of the special night, Mary Becka wrote Copley coach Dan Boarman the next day. She poured out her feelings, unable to conceal her pride in her son's play and what she believed was his brush with greatness in Carter.
``The sweetness of last night came afterwards, at home, when Bobby told me what really happened on the field, outside of the eyes and ears of the fans,'' Mary Becka wrote. ``He told me he had so much respect for your star running back. Not just because of his obvious talent, but for the graciousness and integrity this young man displayed on the field. Every time they made contact, whether Bobby made the tackle or missed it, Mr. Carter was always there to lend a helping hand up and to compliment him in some way.
``That integrity at such a young age for someone with so much God-given talent is rare and powerful. Delone Carter is a true star and I am grateful that my son had the opportunity to witness his humility and gentle strength. Nothing is stronger in life than that. I am also very proud that Bobby recognized it as such.''
Mary Becka, 47, lost her husband Robert to cancer 10 years ago. A social worker and mother to Bobby, Colleen, 14, and Paul, a 2004 graduate of Parma Heights Holy Name who played guard, she became a die-hard sports fanatic. She wrote that she knew Robert Becka ``is smiling down on Bobby with pride for not only his performance but for the man he is becoming. Fame, as we adults know, lasts seconds, lessons like the one Mr. Carter taught by example carry on forever.''
When the letter crossed Boarman's desk a couple days later, the coach figured it came from another complaining parent. He was shocked at the contents.
``I read it and I said, `Oh, my God,' '' Boarman said. ``Sometimes as a coach you don't recognize the sportsmanship or lack of sportsmanship with another team. It really struck me that he stood out so much that a mother would write me.
``But looking back, it really doesn't. That's exactly how he treats all the kids.''
Mike Kuthan, Copley's running backs coach for 25 years, wasn't surprised by Mary Becka's words.
``The letter is from someone who doesn't know Delone, but that letter in one statement exemplifies all the things about Delone that are true,'' Kuthan said. ``His character, his respect for people, his humble attitude about himself is real. With what kids today see in the NFL and on TV, that's unbelievably refreshing.''
Carter's reaction was the same as everyone else's.
``Wow,'' he said. ``I didn't think somebody on the field would be paying attention to how I was acting or how I was helping people up. I was happy I could have that impact on their life.''
Carter said he's always played that way. He believes sportsmanship is underrated and uses it as a psychological weapon.
``They want to intimidate you so much,'' he said of opponents. ``If you can just be nice to them, that will take them out of their game.''
Copies of the letter have circulated in the past month. The original is with Carter's parents, April Carter-White and stepdad Robert White, who even showed it to recruiter Steve Russ, a Syracuse assistant.
``Coach Russ cried,'' Robert White said. ``One of the (player's) parents was just bawling. Everybody who reads it, they cry. It's really that type of letter.
``For her to take the time to write, people just don't do things like that anymore. We sent a thank-you card, my wife wants to take them to lunch. We're going to take her and her son, if they'll accept, to a football game next year.''
That most likely will be at Syracuse University, which received an oral commitment from Carter in August and hosted his official visit this weekend.
Lunch with Carter's mother would be ``so special,'' Mary Becka said. She is even considering making a trip to Syracuse on her own next season. Paul Becka faced Hoban star Tyrell Sutton in 2004 and she still follows last year's Mr. Football at Northwestern University.
``Maybe I have a good eye,'' she said.
Bobby Becka isn't sure he'll attend college next year or whether he could accompany his mother to Syracuse. But he still cherishes the evening that he and Carter crossed paths.
``It was a great experience playing against someone with that kind of talent, even though we lost,'' he said. ``Next year I can watch him on TV running for touchdowns.''
``The Letter'' might be a catalyst for friendship between the Beckas, the Whites and Carter. But even if that doesn't happen, Mary Becka is pleased it had such an impact. While her son tackled Carter, her words might tug at their emotions for years.
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