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Different route to success story
Schoenhoft's at peace with football in the past
By Bill Koch ? bkoch@enquirer.com ? August 2, 2009
With college football teams around the country set to begin practice for the 2009 season, former St. Xavier High School star Rob Schoenhoft is eagerly looking forward to the start of classes later this month at the University of Dayton.
Schoenhoft could be on the field sweating along with his Delaware teammates as he prepares for his senior season. Instead, he'll begin his pursuit of a master's degree in school counseling, his playing days behind him.
This isn't what Schoenhoft envisioned when he set out from his Mason home in 2005 to play quarterback for Ohio State. But he has no regrets about how his college career has transpired.
He's proud of the effort he gave and the fruits he reaped from his time at Ohio State and later at Delaware, having learned that there's more than one way for a college football player - even one as highly regarded as Schoenhoft - to define success.
"My time at Ohio State was amazing," Schoenhoft said. "I was extremely fortunate to have the time that I had there. And going to Delaware was the right thing for me. I wouldn't have done anything different."
Goodbye, Columbus
Schoenhoft, who was ranked by Rivals.com as one of the top five high school quarterbacks in the country in 2004, says he's confident he made the right decision when he announced last April that he would forgo his final year of eligibility at Delaware, where he transferred after he left Ohio State following the 2007 season.
"I knew it was the right time," Schoenhoft said of ending his playing career a year early. "I still miss it, but football will always be a part of my life. My goal is to go back to St. X and be a counselor and a football coach."
Schoenhoft, who turned 23 last Thursday, chose not to play this year partially for health reasons. He suffered three concussions last year at Delaware and continued to endure occasional headaches after the season ended. But there was more to his decision than that.
"I didn't think I was in the situation to be successful at Delaware," Schoenhoft said. "The coaches were great, but I didn't agree with the direction the program was going in. I had a great experience there, but I didn't feel like I was getting the support I needed from them."
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But to become the Buckeyes' starting quarterback, he would have to beat out his friend, Todd Boeckman, which he was unable to do.
"It was our different playing styles," Schoenhoft said. "Todd is less of a risk taker. He's more conservative. I was more of a gunner that would gun the ball into places. His style of play was more suited to (coach Jim) Tressel's offense.
"I gave my heart and soul to the cause. It hurt, but we were still winning games and that's the goal we work for."
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