'10 MI DE C.J. Olaniyan (Penn State Verbal)

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Several Midwest Juniors Score New Offers By Allen Trieu
Midwest Recruiting Analyst
Posted Feb 3, 2009

Even with Signing Day right around the corner, colleges are still finding time for the 2010 class as several junior days have recently taken place and with them, a number of offers have been handed out to the 2010 class. Here is all the latest from the Midwest.

The Green and White were the first school to offer Warren Mott DE/TE C.J. Olaniyan. The 6'5, 230-lb Olaniyan was an All-State selection this year after recording 14 sacks off the edge. He is a prospect we are very high on.

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2/6

By A Trieu. Indiana and Kentucky have offered, while Penn State, Notre Dame, Iowa, Maryland and Wisconsin have been in contact. He grew up in Atlanta as a Southern Cal fan.

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2/20

By A Trieu. Wisconsin and Penn State have offered, and C.J. plans to visit both this spring. He will visit Michigan State and Michigan in the coming weeks.

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3/6

From the MSU site...has offers from Michigan State, Wisconsin, Penn State, Indiana, Virginia Tech and Kentucky...his coach talks about why he has so much upside and has been impressed with how the MSU staff has handled his recruitment...visited MSU for their February junior day.

Scout.com: Midwest News and Notes - 3/10

One of the top players in Michigan this year is Warren Mott defensive end C.J. Olaniyan. The 6'5, 230-lber is now up to six offers as Virginia Tech extended one, adding to Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State, Indiana and Kentucky.

Scout.com $: Michigan Jumps Up With Olaniyan

3/17

By Sam Webb. CJ talks about his Michigan visit for Junior Day, as well as a spring practice...Michigan has moved up on his list and he talks about his interaction with the coaches during his visit...Thursday he will leave to go to PSU for the weekend, the following week he will visit Iowa, and then during spring break he will visit Central Michigan and possibly Wisconsin.

Mott end likes MSU and U-M | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Sam Webb: Recruiting

One of the best high school football games in Michigan last season took place during the first week of the state playoffs. Detroit Cass Tech and its triumvirate of Michigan-bound athletes took on seemingly overmatched Warren Mott.

The Technicians had the name recognition and the prospects with scholarship offers, but those things mattered little once the teams took the field. The underdog Marauders gave their favored foes more of a game than anyone anticipated before eventually falling 27-24. By the time the dust settled, though, Mott DE/TE C.J. Olaniyan had earned a little name recognition of his own.

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3/23

By Bill Kurelic, NN Recruiting Analyst
bkurelic@nittanynetwork.com
March 23, 2009

Defensive end C.J. Olaniyan from Warren (Mich.) Mott, visited Penn State over the weekend. Olaniyan and Mott Coach Tom Milanov were in State College on Friday.

"We left after school on Thursday and visited Penn State on Friday," Milanov said. "He was impressed with the coaching staff. He liked Penn State."

The 6-foot-4 and 230-pound Olaniyan is one of the top prospects in Michigan. He has been a varsity starter at defensive end and as a flex receiver since the beginning of his sophomore season.

As a junior, Olaniyan made 85 tackles including nine sacks. He has 14 tackles for loss. On the other side of the ball Olaniyan caught 33 passes and scored three times.

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Scout.com: Olaniyan Rapidly Scoring Offers

3/31

By Allen Trieu. CJ claims additional offers from Akron, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, and Maryland. Most recent visits were to Michigan, PSU, and Iowa for spring practice this past weekend....might visit Central Michigan with his coaches and will try to get to Wisconsin as well. Discusses Iowa, Michigan, Oregon, PSU, and Illinois.

Scout.com $: Olaniyan Making the Recruiting Rounds

By S. Webb. Penn State and Iowa are C.J's latest offers. Says his coach told him LSU might be offering soon, and his coach also talking to Georgia a little bit. Visiting Ohio State, Cincinnati and Kentucky on 4/18-4/20. Has an idea of when he wants to commit but isn't saying when. Says he will be at Michigan's spring game this weekend.

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4/14

"I'm going to a Michigan State practice (today)," Olaniyan said. "I go to Ohio State on Saturday, Cincinnati on Sunday and Kentucky on Monday."

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4/17

By Wallace...favors Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State and Kentucky (all offered except OSU). His coach thinks OSU may offer once they see him in person this weekend.

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This kid is starting to really put together a nice offer list from schools that know defensive line talent such as LSU (interest) and PSU (offer). Will be interesting to see how our interest goes once we see him in person.

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BN$--Did OSU Visit Land Olaniyan Another Scholarship Offer?

No offer and C.J. says tOSU was like the rest of the schools but bigger.

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Originally Posted by osugrad21

BN$--Did OSU Visit Land Olaniyan Another Scholarship Offer?

No offer and C.J. says tOSU was like the rest of the schools but bigger.

That doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement. Of course the no offer part could contribute to his lack of enthusiasm.

[MONTbigBuck]

Dude has that Greg Oden thing going on. Seventeen going on 30.

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Scout $ - Olaniyan Scores Another Big One

5/27

By Allen Trieu...Notre Dame has offered...joining Oklahoma, Miami (FL), Penn State, Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois, Virginia Tech and others.

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YouTube - #2 Mott Football Highlights 09

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Thursday, July 2, 2009 .Sam Webb: Recruiting
Warren Mott's C.J. Olaniyan close to setting top-5 list
Sam Webb / Special to The Detroit News



The biggest recruiting enigma in Michigan might be Warren Mott defensive end C.J. Olaniyan. A fiery and explosive talent on the football field, Olaniyan is soft spoken and reserved off of it.

Those traits have made keeping his recruiting leanings close to the vest fairly easy, but sometime in the next month or two he plans to clue everyone in on which schools are the favorites for his services.

Warren Mott coach Tom Milanov has been instrumental in helping his star pupil bring his recruitment into greater focus by shepherding him across the Midwest to as many schools as possible. Along the way the Marauders' coach offered sage advice on how and when the youngster should go about trimming down his list.

"He's been telling me to look at my options," Olaniyan said about his coach. "He finds questions for me to ask about each school that I like. In August or September we'll break it down for a top five."

Olaniyan currently has more than 20 scholarship offers and has already visited Penn State, Kentucky, Iowa, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State.

Warren Mott's C.J. Olaniyan close to setting top-5 list | detnews.com | The Detroit News

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BN$--Four Months Later Olaniyan Still Thinking Ohio State

C.J. says he is to approximately two dozen offers and will narrow that down soon before deciding on officials.

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Purely a gut feeling here, but I think that this is one comes down to Michigan State and Michigan, and right now there is indication that Michigan State is leading.

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No mention of Ohio State but then again, there are no quotes from Olaniyan either.

Max Emfinger: C.J. OLANIYAN

With coast to coast offers from all over the country, including both in-state Michigan and Michigan State, plus Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Missouri, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Miami, Oregon, Virginia Tech, and UCLA, this kid is one of the top talents in the country.

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ESPN: Nittany Lions land four-star defensive lineman

Highly-recruited defensive end C.J. Olaniyan of Warren-Mott (Warren, Mich.) has given a Class of 2010 commitment to Penn State.

He holds nearly 30 offers, including Illinois, Iowa, Miami-Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA and Virginia Tech. Among many others were Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Purdue and Wisconsin.

As a junior, the 6-foot-4, 230-pound Olaniyan registered 85 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and nine sacks while also catching 33 passes and scoring three touchdowns playing tight end.

The Nittany Lions now have 17 pledges.