DL John Simon (official thread)

[ant80]

Originally Posted by osugrad21

Scout $ (ND)

John says his early leaders are Ohio State, Notre Dame, Pitt and Penn State.

Hopefully that's listed in order...

[stowfan]

Originally Posted by RB07OSU

I agree partially...John Simon is hands down a 5 star imo. He absolutely dominated against a very good Mentor team and has a huge ceiling. Not to mention he is just a freak of nature. I don't think he is better than Goebel at this point however, though the potential is there. Watch Garrett's recent game on Rivals and you will see what I mean.

Mooney/ Mentor was ONN's game of the week. John was amazing as he was in the Mentor backfield on seemly every play. The fact he is only a junior is frighting, he has to be one of the top priorities for 09.

[RB07OSU]

Originally Posted by stowfan

Mooney/ Mentor was ONN's game of the week. John was amazing as he was in the Mentor backfield on seemly every play. The fact he is only a junior is frighting, he has to be one of the top priorities for 09.

That's where I saw it at. He was definetly a man amongst boys.

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John lining up...



John in action...

[bucknut11]

John spent much of the day in the backfield against Gateway. He lined up at both DE and DT and gave the Gateway OL all that it could handle. I was very impressed with this junior.


JJHuddle

- The murmur around the Fawcett Stadium was about Mooney junior John Simon. One scouting agency observed him “as the best player in Ohio bar none.” I can attest, number 54 has the body of a player in the National Football League at 6-3, 266 pounds.

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Rivals $

9/4

From the OSU site...talks about the win over Gateway. Also talks about his interest in OSU and some past discussions with JT.

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Mooney vs. Gateway

Simon tries to knock down a pass...



Simon lined up...

[wadc45]

Free update:

Bucknuts.com - Simon's Time Has Arrived

Even though he hasn't publicly said so, it is fairly common knowledge that Youngstown (Ohio) Cardinal Mooney defensive lineman John Simon has a verbal scholarship offer from the Buckeyes. Simon will almost certainly soon receive a written offer from Ohio State and probably a number of others. He will also likely soon attend a Buckeye home game.

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Scout.com: Herbstreit Video Interview: Johnny Simon

By Bob Lichtenfels
Regional Recruiting Analyst
Posted Sep 7, 2007

CANTON, Ohio -- Cardinal Mooney and star junior defensive tackle Johnny Simon put on a show at the third annual Kirk Herbstreit Challenge. Scout.com spoke with Simon after his game against Gateway.

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[dozerbuck]

Sat next to John today. He, his dad, and his sister(i think) attended.

[osugrad21]

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Nebraska has offered to go with Ohio State, Stanford and Akron. He says he the OSU offer was what he was hoping for.

[ant80]

And I read on an ND board that ND had offered as well.

[matcar]

Originally Posted by ant80

And I read on an ND board that ND had offered as well.

John probably just didn't mention them because there's no point in mentioning Division 1-AA teams that offer.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by osugrad21

Nebraska has offered to go with Ohio State, Stanford and Akron. He says he the OSU offer was what he was hoping for.

I like the way that sounds.

[osugrad21]

Scout $

ND has offered. John has already visited campus with Dan McCarthy.