LB Dorian Bell (official thread)

[Buckskin86]

Post-Gazette Fabulous 22
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dorian Bell
School: Gateway
Position: LB
Class: Junior
? The skinny: One of the best junior linebackers in the state. A hard hitter with excellent mobility, has 120 tackles and 11 sacks this season for 11-1 Gators. Projected to be one of the top linebackers in the country next year.

? College: Although Bell hasn't finished his junior season, he already has scholarship offers from Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Boston College, among others.

? If you won a million dollars, what would you buy first? I'd probably help my parents with bills.

? What is on your ringtone? "Good Life" by Kanye West and T-Pain.

? Other than a parent, who has been a role model to you? My uncle Richie Stevenson. He played at IUP.

? If you can't be an athlete in the future, you will be... Probably working with computers. People call me all the time to fix their computer.

? Three words to describe yourself: Funny, hard-hitting and exciting.

? People might be surprised to know that you ... I like DC Shoes. They're skateboarding shoes.

? What question do you wish we would've asked? I wish you would've asked how important my family is to me, because it is so important.

Post-Gazette Fabulous 22

[OSUnumber45]

Sounds like a great kid.

[ryan20]

Originally Posted by OSUnumber45

Sounds like a great kid.

Yea, very impressive. Family-oriented usually is a plus for Ohio State's chances and they way we conduct our program.

[RoscoeParrish]

Dorian and the many other Gateway stars will be on FSN at 7:30 Eastern. Check your local listings for details.

[HotMic]

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12/5

By S. Wiltfong. Bell holds offers from Ohio State, Rutgers, West Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Penn State, Colorado, and Tennessee. Bell's coach calls him the best athlete that he has ever coached.

[wadc45]

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12/12

From the Alabama site...compares and contrasts Dorian to Shayne Hale and says Alabama was one of the first to offer and he expects Dorian to end up with offers from everyone. No favorites.

[OSUBucks22]

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1/18

From Brian Snow... Dorian has offers from Alabama, Boston College, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, and West Virginia, among others. PSU, Pitt, and FSU are recruiting him the hardest right now. Bell says that tOSU will be on his final list.

[wadc45]

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2/11

By BK...talks about his visit to OSU this past weekend. Wide open but considers OSU one of this top schools and will surely come back for an official visit.

[schultgb]

Hopefully once Bell gets more involved with recruiting and analyzes his options he'll ease up on the idea of starting as a freshman. I mean let's face it if he's analyzing depth charts it's not a great sign for tOSU even after JL, Freeman, and Terry graduate. He has mentioned his desire to play on Sundays, it's obvious tOSU has a pretty good selling point with that and hopefully that will overshadow starting as a frosh. Just persuading myself that we can swing this beast.

[BGriffBuckeye]

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2/14

Dorian says a written offer is int he mail from Florida State. Talk about his interest in FSU and says they will be there until the end. Apparently he is up to 6'4" 225 now, so it says.

My take.... how can anybody take FSU seriously right now? Geez...

[alpo]

Originally Posted by schultgb

Hopefully once Bell gets more involved with recruiting and analyzes his options he'll ease up on the idea of starting as a freshman. I mean let's face it if he's analyzing depth charts it's not a great sign for tOSU even after JL, Freeman, and Terry graduate. He has mentioned his desire to play on Sundays, it's obvious tOSU has a pretty good selling point with that and hopefully that will overshadow starting as a frosh. Just persuading myself that we can swing this beast.

I hope you're right. This guy is a beast. Just guessing, but he could be the reason Hale put his hands down his senior year. Too bad he grew up Seminolin'. Well, maybe our recruiting w/him are the reverse of our efforts w/Hale, and we actually land this Gateway Godzilla.

[OregonBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BGriffBuckeye

My take.... how can anybody take FSU seriously right now? Geez...

Doesn't he want to start as a true freshman? That might explain it. Maybe he likes the state of Florida too. But you're right, they don't have a whole lot going for them right now.

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye

Doesn't he want to start as a true freshman? That might explain it. Maybe he likes the state of Florida too. But you're right, they don't have a whole lot going for them right now.

Maybe the scandal cleared out their entire 2-deep, though you'd think the incoming frosh would be jumping on that opportunity too. Before this mess, LB was one of the only things they developed.

[BGriffBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BGriffBuckeye

My take.... how can anybody take FSU seriously right now? Geez...

This is mainly what I was talking about... FSU puts itself on 2-year probation for cheating scandal. Well, that and their recent 7-6 record.

[HotMic]

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2/18

From the UNC site. Bell says that he and teammate Corey Brown's visit to North Carolina went great. Bell adds that he and Brown will take all their visits together, and will likely go to the same college.