DL Adam Bellamy (official thread)

[Die Hard Eric]

Originally Posted by starBUCKS

Ya,I wish we would have gotten those 5 star LB's like Berkeley Hutchinson or Darel Slay over #32 ranked 3 star A.J. Hawk. Screw the bias rankings.

great point! where are those cats at now?

[MD Buckeye]

Welcome to the family Adam!!!

[starBUCKS]

Originally Posted by MUBuck

And yet we still get excited when our commits achieve a 5 star ranking. It works both ways.

Sure...but point being, trust the coaches, not the rankings.

[buckeyes_rock]

Originally Posted by starBUCKS

Sure...but point being, trust the coaches, not the rankings.

If only I could get a dollar for every time someone writes, "trust the coaches."

[MONTbigBuck]

Originally Posted by buckeyes_rock

If only I could get a dollar for every time someone writes, "trust the coaches."

It wouldn't have to be said so often if many didn't second-guess the staff so often in favor of some "writer" at one of the recruiting services. Good chance the staff learned more about Adam in the first 10 minutes of camp than Rivals or Scout actually knew when they applied thier rating. Brian at MGOblog , in reviewing his past predictions, made a statement that OSU is fortunate that Malcom Jenkins has turned out to be an ok player. After all he was a no name mediocre recruit that didn't excite the recruiting word. Jenkins won his OSU offer at Camp by first-hand demonstrating his abilities and potential. I seriously doubt the coaches are suprised at his success to this point based on their intimate knowledge, unlike so many national pundits looking through 3-star colored glasses.

[troy88]

Originally Posted by MONTbigBuck

It wouldn't have to be said so often if many didn't second-guess the staff so often in favor of some "writer" at one of the recruiting services. Good chance the staff learned more about Adam in the first 10 minutes of camp than Rivals or Scout actually knew when they applied thier rating. Brian at MGOblog , in reviewing his past predictions, made a statement that OSU is fortunate that Malcom Jenkins has turned out to be an ok player. After all he was a no name mediocre recruit that didn't excite the recruiting word. Jenkins won his OSU offer at Camp by first-hand demonstrating his abilities and potential. I seriously doubt the coaches are suprised at his success to this point based on their intimate knowledge, unlike so many national pundits looking through 3-star colored glasses.

well said

[osugrad21]

CPD

Aurora's Bellamy set for Ohio State



Thursday, June 12, 2008
From staff reports
Adam Bellamy was working at a youth football camp on Monday when Aurora coach Bob Mihalik called him to the telephone.
"Coach Mihalik said it was [Ohio State] coach [Jim] Tressel and that he had a question for me," said Bellamy, a 6-4, 275-pound two-way lineman.
Tressel's question was simple, but it nearly knocked Bellamy off his feet. He wanted to know if Bellamy wanted to be a Buckeye. Bellamy told Tressel he was 99 percent sure he wanted to attend Ohio State, but asked if he could have a day to talk to his family. Tressel said sure, "because we need to have that other 1 percent."

Cont..

[osugrad21]

Rivals $--A dream come true

Adam says being a Buckeye has always been his dream and he will play any position on the DL.

[Moose]

Adam,
Welcome to the buckeye nation! Enjoy it! Look forward to seeing you on Saturdays!!

Moose

[C-busBuck]

Originally Posted by buckeyes_rock

If only I could get a dollar for every time someone writes, "trust the coaches."

Yeah, but you would have been poor back in the Cooper years!!

...Now back to Adam Bellamy!

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Bucknuts.com$

Bellamy Set For Big Senior Season............Bellamy discusses preparing for his senior season and his future at tOSU. Bellamy feels he will play the defensive line at tOSU.

[aurorabuckeye13]

The guys did their testing today and yesterday and start practice tomorrow. I'm pretty sure Adam got 1100 lbs on the three combined lifts (bench/squat/clean) which set our school record. I'm not 100% on the numbers but I'm pretty sure he got...

Bench- 300
Squat- 475
Clean- 325

40- 4.86

Again, not 100% but pretty sure thats how he tested...

['BusNative]

Originally Posted by aurorabuckeye13

The guys did their testing today and yesterday and start practice tomorrow. I'm pretty sure Adam got 1100 lbs on the three combined lifts (bench/squat/clean) which set our school record. I'm not 100% on the numbers but I'm pretty sure he got...

Bench- 310
Squat- 475
Clean- 315

40- 4.86

Again, not 100% but pretty sure thats how he tested...

Anything close to this would be pretty darn impressive (especially for anyone not named Johnny Simon )

That 40 time is very encouraging.

[aurorabuckeye13]

Aurora lost to Avon in their first game on thursday in a heartbreaker by 3 points. With the ball on the Avon 20 with 2:30 left a fumbled snap gave Avon the ball and they scored with 7 seconds left. Bellamy played well despite facing double and triple teams on every single play.

[alpo]

Originally Posted by aurorabuckeye13

Aurora lost to Avon in their first game on thursday in a heartbreaker by 3 points. With the ball on the Avon 20 with 2:30 left a fumbled snap gave Avon the ball and they scored with 7 seconds left. Bellamy played well despite facing double and triple teams on every single play.

This guy, in no way, will remain a 3star(Rivals) for long. He is a solid 4star prospect and will get better and better as his career moves up, out and beyond, imho.....mark my words, fwiw. Really love our DL haul for '09, and I don't think we're done, yet. Right Corey?