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Browning selects OSU
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
For Glenville senior lineman Bryant Browning, the decision was tougher than he anticipated.
What appeared to be a slam dunk to many observers before making his visits, the 6-4, 320-pound Browning verified the prognosticators' gut feeling when he made an oral commitment to Ohio State on Monday.
Besides visiting the Buckeyes, Browning ventured to Michigan State, Northwestern and Tennessee.
Ranked the 23rd-best senior in Ohio High Magazine's preseason edition, Browning was hosted by former Euclid High School standout Brandon Smith when he visited
OSU.
Browning is relieved the recruiting process is over.
"Each night, before I went to bed, I thought about one of the colleges and weighed the pros and cons," said Browning, who had a 95 percent blocking efficiency rating with 35 pancake blocks on the offensive side of the ball. "In the end, Ohio State just felt right."
Browning, who will play offensive tackle or guard and major in business management, joins classmate and fellow lineman Robert Rose as part of this season's
OSU recruiting class.
Still deciding is teammate Raymond Small, who visited
OSU with Browning and Rose.
- Bob Fortuna
