WR Dane Sanzenbacher (official thread)

[wadc45]

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Toledo (OH) Central Catholic

Ht: 5-foot-11
Wt: 174 lbs
Forty: 4.5 secs
Bench reps: 13
Vertical: 31 inches
Shuttle: 4.2 secs
71.97
2005 stats (offense): 65 receptions, 1,500 yards, 16 TD's
2005 stats (defense): 60 tackles, 11 INT's

Interested in Ohio State, Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin, Ball State, Bowling Green, Kent, Ohio and Toledo.

[wadc45]

Bucknuts $

6/21/06

By Gary Housteau...Dane was on the Ginn bus tour and Dane picked up offers from Iowa and Bowling Green. He will be back in Columbus on Friday.

[wadc45]

I don't know anyone who wouldn't like to see this kid get an offer...one of the hardest working kids around who would love to be a Buckeye. A Tressel-type recruit if there ever was one...

[BuckeyeFromHecK]

The kid works hard as hell. I've played against him and his on field speed, i dont want to say its like Ginn, but its up there. The 4.6 forty must have been a fluke on his part, the kid did get 4th at state in the 400.

[casey_buckeye]

OSU just offered according to BSB.

[BearBuck27]

Wow. That kind of came out of left field in the sense that I didn't even hear of this kid until this week. It's great to see such a hard worker (like wad and BfH have stated) get these offers. Hopefully he becomes a Buck soon.

[indian4]

Now according to Bucknuts as well. Solomon Thomas was offered as well.

[crazybuckfan40]

IMO this one could be over soon.

[osugrad21]

He resembles Grant Schwartz...

[BearBuck27]

Originally Posted by Biography

In helping guide Toledo Central Catholic to the Division II state championship in 2005, Sanzenbacher caught two touchdown passes and intercepted one pass in the state title game. As a junior, he recorded 65 receptions, including 16 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions on defense. He also returned one punt for a touchdown.

Those are some incredible stats on Dane. Hopefully we can add some dancing bananas in this thread very soon.

[TheBucksRule]

Agree with BuckeyefromHeck above, this kid plays faster than 4.6. I wouldn't mention in the same breath as Ginn but I watched him in the State Championship game and he was everywhere on both sides of the ball and Special Teams. His speed and field awareness made him standout.

He was solid throughout the regular season but turned up his game in the playoffs against better competition.

Seems like a very solid kid and I think like osugrad21 said, he resembles Grant Schwartz...not just off the field but on the field. I think he would be a great addition for the Bucks.

[RhodeIslandBuck]

The offer is unexpected but the coaching staff knows more than me, so I'm not gonna question the offer even though it is very surprising. He would be a great addition to the '07 class and it looks like this one could be over soon.

[Buckskin86]

good article on Dane from the end of last season

Central Catholic’s Dane Sanzenbacher caught four passes for 140 yards to set a Division II championship game record. He scored two touchdowns on long pass plays and had an interception.
( THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH )

Sanzenbacher fills role of Irish Superman
By JOHN WAGNER
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


MASSILLON, Ohio - Dane Sanzenbacher found out he had a problem just before he and his Central Catholic teammates took the field for last night's Division II championship game against Canfield.

His problem? No pads for his uniform pants.

So Sanzenbacher was forced to borrow pants pads from a teammate. That's just about the only mistake the Great Dane made yesterday in leading the Fighting Irish to a state title.

"I find it hard to define the individual performance he's had during the playoffs with all his interceptions, touchdowns and big plays," Central coach Greg Dempsey said of Sanzenbacher. "He's a competitor, and he practices like that. He works at it all week, and that turns up in the games."

Sanzenbacher seemed to step forward every time Central needed a spark, and his individual effort transcended his stats for the contest.

And his stats were stellar. Sanzenbacher finished with four catches for 140 yards; his yardage total broke the Division II championship game record of 112 yards set by Southview's Jeff Rowe in 1999. And his two TD catches tied the record set by three other players.

"That's just my part on this football team," Sanzenbacher said. "Everybody has a role in this. I just try to step up when they call on me."

But it was more than the big plays that made Sanzenbacher the star of Central's 31-29 victory; it was the timing of those plays that helped sway the outcome in favor of the Irish.

The first big play came just before halftime, with the Irish trailing 16-10. Quarterback Kevin Jansen threw a pass to Xavier Graciani, and Graciani lateralled to a streaking Sanzenbacher for a 39-yard touchdown on the hook-and-ladder play.

On the first drive of the second half, with Central faced a third-and-nine from its 40, Jansen rolled out and found Sanzenbacher behind the Cardinal defense for a 60-yard scoring strike.

On its next drive Canfield drove for a touchdown, then ran a toss sweep for the potential game-tying two-point conversion. Who met Sean Baker three yards short of the goal? Sanzenbacher, of course.

On Central's next drive the Irish faced a fourth-and-five on the Cardinals' 36. The Irish ran a fake punt, and Sanzenbacher caught up-back Chris Dominiak's pass for 17 yards and a first down that led to the eventual game-winning touchdown.

Canfield scored to cut the lead to two points, then ran an on-side kickoff. Who recovered the ball? Sanzenbacher, naturally.

And who intercepted the Cardinals' Hail Mary pass on the game's final play? You guessed it: Sanzenbacher.

The 6-foot, 170-pound junior scored 16 touchdowns and intercepted 11 passes in 15 games this season. But Sanzenbacher came alive in the playoffs; his two TDs and one interception in the title game gave him nine playoff scores and six playoff pickoffs in just five contests.

What got him going in the playoffs?

"Just the intensity of it all - if you lose once, you're out," Sanzenbacher said. "I love these seniors, and I didn't want them to leave with a loss. I wanted them to play their last game here and win it."

Canfield coach Mike Pavlansky said Sanzenbacher's fine play in last night's contest just confirmed everything he had seen in scouting Central.

"He was like that on all four games we saw him on tape," Pavlansky said of Sanzenbacher. "We saw he was a great athlete, and he sure didn't disappoint anyone tonight.

"Great players make great plays in big ball games, and he did that tonight."

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...TS12/512030473

[RhodeIslandBuck]

A player that comes through in the clutch, thats the kind of player I like and Dane is one of those special players.

[RB07OSU]

Well at first I was wondering why the offer? Now after seeing how he comes through in the clutch situations, I can see why. Those are great stats and if that can go with a great camp performance, that equals a great player. Seems like we may have a flurry of commitments soon.