'07 OH QB Chazz Anderson (Cincinnati signee)

[wadc45]

Rivals Profile

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Pickerington (OH)
Central



Height: 6-foot-0
Weight: 205 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.7 seconds
Bench max: 350 pounds
Bench reps: 28
Shuttle time: 4.1 seconds

Early interest in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, North Carolina, Penn State and Wisconsin.

"It’s in his blood obviously. But he’s worked hard to become one of the best players I’ve ever been around. He’s a regular kid off the field, but when he steps on it, he’s a guy that can almost throw the ball 100 yards. He’s the type of kid that just gets better and better as the season goes along." -Central coach Jay Sharrett

He has been a frequent visitor at OSU home football games.

[BayBuck]

"It’s in his blood obviously."

What does that mean? Does he have some notable football-playing relation? Nice measurables for the Buckeye offense...

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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11/25/05

Anderson is interested in Ohio State. Says he really likes Michigan. He is looking at Iowa, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Michigan State and Miami(OH).

[wadc45]

He is Michigan's to lose...hopefully it won't matter if the staff pusues Belton/Smith/Babb...

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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2/6/06

Miami of Ohio, Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Purdue, West Virginia are showing interest. Apparently, most schools are waiting on his ACT score. Michigan sounds like the favorite.

[starBUCKS]

Height: 6-foot-0
Weight: 205 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.7 seconds
Bench max: 350 pounds
Bench reps: 28
Shuttle time: 4.1 seconds


He's a pretty strong kid for 16/17 year old quarterback.

[osugrad21]

Originally Posted by starBUCKS

He's a pretty strong kid for 16/17 year old quarterback.

He needs to enjoy being a QB for another year...after that, he will be a DB.

[osugrad21]

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3/1

Chazz is hearing from Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Northwestern, Boston College, Iowa, and Miami (OH).

[WillVague]

"It’s in his blood obviously."

What does that mean? Does he have some notable football-playing relation? Nice measurables for the Buckeye offense.

His father played both college and pro football. As for Chazz, he just ran a 4.56 at the Winter Tiger Combine. He's not the best QB in the world and I don't really care to have him on the Buckeyes. He will likely go to Michigan if he gets the offer. Pickerington's Terrence White on the other hand was a star WR as a Freshman and Sophomore before tearing his ACL while stepping in a hole at practice. He ran the fastest Tiger Combine time at something like 4.36. He can fly. His father played for the buckeyes in the mid 80s and I would be willing to bet that he will too if he gets the offer. He might be the receiver with the most explosion in the entire state. All the non believers just wait till next season starts when he's healthy.

[wadc45]

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5/15/06

By BK...Anderson favors Michigan. No offers yet.

[OSUBucks22]

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7/26

Chazz is committing to UC.

[bucks19]

OSU21 - Chaz playing DB? Are you serioys??

[Crayfish]

PICKERINGTON CENTRAL 34 REYNOLDSBURG 0
No fooling Tigers
Central stops fake punt, turns tide in blowout
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Steve Blackledge
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
</IMG> KYLE ROBERTSON DISPATCH Pickerington Central’s J.D. Cecil tackles Reynoldsburg’s Rusty Edwards in the first quarter.

For the first seven possessions of their fierce rivalry, Pickerington Central and Reynoldsburg engaged in a friendly game of pingpong, repeatedly limiting each other to three plays and a punt.
It sure seemed like the game was headed to a defensive struggle. Then the host Raiders tried to get fancy and the ploy backfired.
Seizing the momentum following a foiled fake punt attempt, Pickerington Central scored twice on big plays and steamrolled Reynoldsburg 34-0 in a nonleague game marred by miscues, penalties and a potentially serious injury to Tigers quarterback Chazz Anderson.
Anderson, a University of Cincinnati recruit, was taken from the field on a stretcher following a helmet-to-helmet hit late in the third quarter. A brace was applied to Anderson’s neck and he was transported to Children’s Hospital.
"Chazz was moving his head and arms, but the paramedics wanted to make sure there wasn’t any serious damage, so they took him to the hospital," Pickerington Central coach Jay Sharrett said. "Hopefully, it’s just a precautionary thing. Chazz is the leader of this team, no doubt, and to see him laying on the field like that took the air right out of us."
The Tigers were already comfortably in command, 24-0, courtesy of a staunch defense, excellent running by tailback Jordan Jarrell and timely passes by Anderson.
But back to the turning point.
Facing fourth-and-3 at its 41-yard line, Reynoldsburg tried a quick snap to up back Austin Wallace, but the run was snuffed out.
"We definitely thought something was fishy there and we brought two linebackers up," Sharrett said. "That was certainly a turning point. We started off real sluggish, but this is the kind of team that can get touchdowns in bunches, and that’s exactly what happened."
It took two plays for Jarrell to put Pickerington Central on the board. He made a cutback move and raced 34 yards for a touchdown just 25 seconds into the second quarter. Jarrell finished with 163 yards on 19 carries and scored twice.
"That fake punt was definitely the big momentum changer," Jarrell said. "All we needed was a little opening to break things open."
On the first play of Pickerington’s next series, Anderson hit Tim Robinson on a rollout pass for a 40-yard touchdown.
Reynoldsburg responded with its best drive of the night, but two Pickerington Central defenders clobbered quarterback Ben Kershaw, and Jordan Thomas recovered the fumble.
"We played solid defense the whole game," Tigers safety Brian Peters said. "We had a good scouting report on these guys and we knew what they liked to do. Once we got ahead, we really had them where we wanted them."
Nine plays and 67 yards later, Anderson scored on a 1-yard sneak, making it 21-0. In the second half, Jarrell scored a second TD and Peters kicked two field goals as Pickerington Central rolled to its fifth straight victory and seventh in eight games against Reynoldsburg. It marked the Tigers’ first shutout of the Raiders since 1992.

Pretty scary moment last night. Sounds like they took a lot of precautions. Encouraging. Just wanted to post this in case anyone at the game was looking for any information on his injury.

[Nate]

My buddy is a coach for Pickerington Central and he seemed to believe Chaz was OK. Took him off for precationary measures. Hopefully he's totally OK.

I heard that Chaz went to a Michigan mini camp and was doing well against the QB commit from Texas of michigan. He went to UC and they offered almost immediately.

[Crayfish]

Originally Posted by Nate

My buddy is a coach for Pickerington Central and he seemed to believe Chaz was OK. Took him off for precationary measures. Hopefully he's totally OK.

Absolutely great news! I was hoping to get that confirmation. Thanks for the info. Chaz is a very good football player, no doubt he'll do very well at Cincy.