TE Nic DiLillo (official thread)

[wadc45]

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2/22

From the Pitt site...talks about hsi trip to UM's Junior Day and has been invited to others at Pitt and ND.

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2/22

From the Syracuse site...Nic talks about the 'Cuse offer.

[WoodyWorshiper]

Originally Posted by buckeyes_rock

The Madison Blue Streaks play in the Premier Athletic Conference in Northeast Ohio. Teams are: Ashtabula Lakeside (next season), Chardon, Eastlake North, Madison, Painseville Riverside, Willoughby South. Not a very strong football conference for sure. On another note, Nic is playing bball and is averaging 15 ppg and 8.6 rpg this season last I checked. I'm sure he's a great athlete and has good size, but the level of competition up there is weak. Just my take.

Pretty much spot on. This area (I'm in Lake County) is one of the weakest in the state for producing football talent. I've seen Nic play and he looks great, both in football and basketball, but again its against inferior competition.

[wadc45]

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2/26

Film.

Great looking prospect, and certainly worthy of the D1 attention he is getting. Having said that, I would rate Rudolph and Moore above him.

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3/2

From the Syracuse site...mostly about his interst in 'Cuse...likely will decide before the Fall.

[osugrad21]

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Nic has offers from Akron, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. he loved his visit to tOSU.

[osugrad21]

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Nic discusses his recent offer from Clemson. He is interested in how a school utilizes the TE and plans to decide by the end of summer.

[BearBuck27]

Here's some free film of Nic from Scouting Ohio:

http://scoutingohio.com/Nic_DiLillo_Madison.htm

[wadc45]

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3/30

From the Clemson site...Nic has offers from Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Akron, Cincinnati, Maryland, Purdue, Clemson, Kansas and Wisconsin. He has not narrowed his list but will decide sometime this summer.

[BearBuck27]

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AMP interview with Nic.

[OSUBuckeye4Life]

...and another one bites the dust. Dun-dun-dundun.

[wadc45]

And Clemson finally gets a TE...

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4/7

Committed to Clemson.

[osugrad21]

GoUpState

Ohio Tight End Realizes His Dream

By Phil Kornblut
All state TE Nic DiLillo (6-5 225) of Madison, OH committed to Clemson Saturday morning while on campus for an unofficial visit, a decision he said truly was like a dream come true. "I don't know what it was about Clemson, but ever since I was a kid I wanted to play there," DiLillo said. "It was like a dream. When I was at Clemson, I said I have to commit right now. I wanted to do it face to face with coach Napier. My dad wasn't there so that made it tougher, but we talked a few hours before. I'm from a small town and it will be an easy transition. Everything about it hit me and I liked it. I walked on the field (at Death Valley) and my blood started running, my adrenalin was rushing. It was just something about it." DiLillo also visited Michigan, Ohio State and Pittsburgh. He was going to visit Michigan State, Illinois and Maryland but decided not to after committing. He also has offers from Nebraska, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Akron, Purdue, Syracuse, Maryland, Kansas and Cincinnati. Last season DiLillo caught 46 passes for 480 yards and 4 touchdowns. "I'm not the fastest or the strongest, but I can block, catch and run," he said. "I can do everything you ask me to do." DiLillo said he is going to try to graduate in December and enroll in January if his high school will allow. He is the sixth commitment for Clemson's 2008 class.

[osugrad21]

Nic is decommitting from Clemson and will instead possibly head to Pitt. Look for confirmation of the decommitment soon.

Clemson's camp showed Nic how far away home really was...he decided to stay closer.

According to someone very close to Nic, tOSU may be getting involved again...

[osugrad21]

From an email with someone very close to the recruitment:

Long story short, the upcoming Scout article is straight from the horses mouth. It is dead on.

The kid has done a lot of maturing in the last 4 months and to people on the boards it may not seem like a big deal, but in the last 4 months there has been a dramatic change in the kids maturity.

Home is more important, Parents are more important, Proximity is playing much more of a part in this, than it was several months ago.

He is definitively out at Clemson. Pitt is a leader, but there is NO imminent commitment to Pitt. He IS scheduled to visit several B10 schools soon.

Ohio State has not yet been in contact since they twice visited in the spring to check on the firmness of his commitment. Scout just ranked him the 12th best TE in the Nation and a 4 star prospect.

He is a GREAT kid, who has sort of realized how important his parents and they people around him are. That is really what this is all about. It has nothing to do with any issues personally or anything at ALL that Clemson did.

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