LB Ross Homan (official thread)

[JCOSU86]

Coldwater started the season 3-0 defeating Kenton (Div III runners-up), Marion Local and New Bremen. Ross had great games. I'll post his stats when I get them.

[Buckskin86]

Duane Long- free

Homan Takes In Another Ohio State Game
By Duane Long
Date: Oct 14, 2004

RB/LB Ross Homan of Coldwater (Oh.) ranks as one of the top junior prospects in Ohio as rated by Ohio High magazine. Homan recently attended another Ohio State game as he checked out OSU/Wisconsin, and Duane Long caught up with him to find out his thoughts.

Junior linebacker/running back Ross Homan of Coldwater has had a busy season on one of Division IV's top teams, but he has found time to make it to a few college football games. The most recent trip was to Ohio State for the Wisconsin game.

"This visit, it went pretty good. It was as good as the last one," he said. "We went through the skull session this time. I didn't do that last time. It was pretty neat."

Homan has also been to other Ohio State games as well as a Michigan game.

"I went up to Michigan for the San Diego State game," Homan said. "I'm thinking about going to a Notre Dame game, but I don't know about that. I'm probably not going to go to any other schools, at least not for now."

What schools are interested in Homan right now?

"I'm hearing from schools all over the country," he said. "It would be easier to give you a list of schools I'm not getting mail from."

Homan could play on either side of the ball in college and has been playing plenty of running back this year, but he would rather stay on defense.

"I've been playing more running back than I thought I would," he said. "I knew I would play some, but not this much. I definitely prefer playing linebacker."

Coldwater has their biggest game of the season this weekend against last year's D-IV state champion.

"We're preparing for our big game," he said. "Versailles this Friday night."

[JCOSU86]

Coldwater is 7-0 (#1 in some polls) with victories over highly rated St. Henry and Kenton. This week finds them at home against #4 ranked Versailles. Should be a dandy.

[StoRMinBrutus]

Does anyone have an update on Ross and how Coldwater has been doing these past few weeks? I feel alot better about OSU's present RB situaton now that I've read this thread. Ross sure would be a much needed and great recruit for OSU. WOW I know that stats don't mean everything but this kid sure has racked up some impressive numbers

[OilerBuck]

I've been to two Coldwater games this year and both times they were EXTREMELY impressive. Homan looked fast and had good instincts. His size isn't what he's listed at...he looks a little smaller than 6'2, of course that could just be because Coldwater has some of the biggest D-ends you will see in high school football.

Ross is a star on a great football team...Whether he will be good on the college level is debatable. It's hard to equate some of these smaller school's players into college (which is why I'm not a talent evaluator). Good speed, mediocre size, good at shedding blocks, nice instincts. I don't see him as a running back in college...unimpressed with him on offense.

[Buckskin86]

http://www.daytondailynews.com/sport...ly/1124nw.html

http://www.cleveland.com/sportsflash...ylist=hssports

Coldwater, the No. 1 team the state Division IV ratings, had six players on the D-IV first team, led by junior linebacker Ross Homan (6-foot-1, 227 pounds) who was the defensive player of the year.

Homan is the Division IV State Semifinals this weekend with Coldwater.

[crazybuckfan40]

I really think that he will get an offer sometime after letter of intent day and then he will verbal to us sometime over the summer maybe. Just speculation.

[Cavball9]

Here's a quick (accurate) update on Ross:

6'1
227 pounds
4.57 forty (ran that at OSU camp, 2/10's quicker than B. Hartline ran it)
Benches 300+
Over 500 career tackles already.
Diehard Bucks fan.
Last I talked to him, his Top 5 was OSU (way out in front), Miami, Notre Dame, USC, and someone else.

Any questions about Ross, fire away...

[Hubbard]

Originally Posted by Cavball9

Here's a quick (accurate) update on Ross:

6'1
227 pounds
4.57 forty (ran that at OSU camp, 2/10's quicker than B. Hartline ran it)
Benches 300+
Over 500 career tackles already.
Diehard Bucks fan.
Last I talked to him, his Top 5 was OSU (way out in front), Miami, Notre Dame, USC, and someone else.

Any questions about Ross, fire away...

I'd like to see us get him wrapped up early especially with LB still in need. Think he gets an early OSU offer and accepts?

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Any questions about Ross, fire away...

Is he a heavy lean to OSU at this point?

[crazybuckfan40]

Do you think he is going to grow much more.

Also how quick is he to the ball and does he make good reads and hit hard.

Just want to know what kind of backer he is basically. Inside or outside.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by bucknuts44820

Is he a heavy lean to OSU at this point?

I'd say Cavball9's post says yes:

Diehard Bucks fan.
Last I talked to him, his Top 5 was OSU (way out in front)

[Cavball9]

Here's a link to Ross' updated profile:
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=418&p=8&c=1&nid=798958

Ross' older brother is about the same height but bigger. I'd say Ross will top out in the 235-240 range. I doubt he'll get much taller.

He definately projects as a WLB. He plays RB at Coldwater too, but he does not have a future at RB. He's very quick to the ball and sheds tackles well. He looks much smaller than he actually is. I had one person tell me all year there was no way he was anything over 215, then saw him out of pads at a CYO basketball game and said their jaw just dropped.

Most will be surprised by his athleticism. His sophomore year he returned two kicks for TDs and average over 40 yards per return. He's a very strong kid and has deceptive speed.

With the amount of mail he's getting daily from all over the country, the fact that he performed very well at the tOSU camp last summer, and the fact that he's been invited to so many games -- I'll say he gets an offer during camp this summer or earlier and will accept. As far as how much of an OSU lean he is -- just consider him as a Glenville-type lean without the long delay of committing.

Go Bucks!

BTW -- if you have Scout.com total access, check this link out:
http://schoolsports.scout.com/2/306878.html

He's listed as one of just 11 of the Top LB in the class of 2006 nationally. He was also a Student Sports All-American as a sophomore and one of Street & Smiths Top 50 juniors to watch this past season. Hopefully Ross can live up the hype. He's a great kid and an outstanding football player.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by Cavball9

Ross' older brother is about the same height but bigger. I'd say Ross will top out in the 235-240 range. I doubt he'll get much taller.

He definately projects as a WLB. He plays RB at Coldwater too, but he does not have a future at RB. He's very quick to the ball and sheds tackles well. He looks much smaller than he actually is. I had one person tell me all year there was no way he was anything over 215, then saw him out of pads at a CYO basketball game and said their jaw just dropped.

Most will be surprised by his athleticism. His sophomore year he returned two kicks for TDs and average over 40 yards per return. He's a very strong kid and has deceptive speed.

With the amount of mail he's getting daily from all over the country, the fact that he performed very well at the tOSU camp last summer, and the fact that he's been invited to so many games -- I'll say he gets an offer during camp this summer or earlier and will accept. As far as how much of an OSU lean he is -- just consider him as a Glenville-type lean without the long delay of committing.

Go Bucks!

BTW -- if you have Scout.com total access, check this link out:
http://schoolsports.scout.com/2/306878.html

He's listed as one of just 11 of the Top LB in the class of 2006 nationally. He was also a Student Sports All-American as a sophomore and one of Street & Smiths Top 50 juniors to watch this past season. Hopefully Ross can live up the hype. He's a great kid and an outstanding football player.

Great news and thanks for the update.

Does Coldwater have a lot coming back to win their conference next year, and will they knock off Kenton again.

[CincyBuck88]

Good numbers, but my favorite thing about him is:

Diehard Bucks fan.

Sounds like a great kid. Hears hoping he gets an offer soon and makes us all forget about McCoy over the next few years.