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im going to guess the reason delone carters thread is still open has a lot to do with the fact hes the odds on favorite for Mr. Football...i think thats a legit reason
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Copley star finalist for Mr. Football
Carter could give Summit back-to-back winners
[SIZE=-1]Beacon Journal staff report[/SIZE]
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Tailback Delone Carter of Copley is a finalist for Ohio's Mr. Football.
The award, given to the state's best player, will be announced at 6 p.m. today by the Associated Press.
If Carter wins, he will be the second consecutive running back from a Summit County school to do so. Hoban's Tyrell Sutton, now a freshman standout at Northwestern, won the award in 2004.
The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Carter, a Syracuse recruit, rushed for 2,440 yards on 250 carries and scored 43 touchdowns during the regular season.
He added another 348 yards on 52 carries and scored six touchdowns in two playoff games.
On Monday, Carter was named Ohio's offensive player of the year in Division II.
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Carter uses moves to be Mr. Football
Copley senior left Hoban to get chance, and takes advantage of it
[SIZE=-1]By Tom Gaffney[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beacon Journal sportswriter[/SIZE]
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Delone Carter just wanted a place and a chance to realize fully his potential as a football player.
Copley provided it -- and Carter did the rest.
Carter, a senior tailback for the Indians, put an exclamation point behind his remarkable season of productivity Wednesday by being named Ohio's Mr. Football by the Associated Press.
``I feel real honored. There are so many great players in the state,'' Carter said. ``It means that all my hard work paid off.''
Carter is the second consecutive running back from a Summit County school to be named Mr. Football.
Last year, Tyrell Sutton, who is now a freshman at Northwestern, won it while playing at Hoban.
Ironically, Carter played behind Sutton in 2002 and 2003 when he was a freshman and sophomore at Hoban, then transferred to Copley for his junior year in 2004.
``It was time to go. I wanted to show what I could do,'' said the 5-foot-10, 200-pound Carter, who has given an oral recruiting commitment to Syracuse University. ``I think we (he and Sutton) pushed each other... we made each other better.''
In 2004, Carter moved into the starting lineup at Copley immediately and went on to be named first-team All-Ohio in Division II. He rushed for 2,556 yards and scored 29 touchdowns in 13 games.
This season, he rushed for 2,440 yards on 250 carries (a 9.76-yard average) and scored 43 touchdowns during the regular season. He added another 348 yards on 52 carries and scored six touchdowns in two playoff games.
Copley coach Dan Boarman saw every one of those yards over the two years and still does not believe some of runs.
``They are fun to watch (on tape) again and again,'' Boarman said. ``He could run at you, over you, by you, he could make you miss. Some backs could do one or two of those things. He could do them all.''
Many of those runs concluded with tacklers hanging all over him.
``His strength, balance and power made it almost impossible for one guy to tackle him,'' said Mike Kuthan, the Indians' running backs coach. ``Throw his vision in there and you can see what type of back he is.''
Wednesday, Carter was trying to enjoy his Mr. Football honor while working with a Syracuse assistant who had come to Copley to help him start making his transition to college.
``It feels good to get this (Mr. Football), but I am already looking at the next level,'' said Carter, who was named state Division II offensive player of the year on Monday. ``I know I have to keep my hard-work mentality.''
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Need to open a poll after the first game next season on how fast the first "how did we miss out on this guy?" thread is opened.
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Delone Carter is Beacon Journal player of the year
In a class by himself
[SIZE=-1]By Marla Ridenour[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beacon Journal sports writer[/SIZE]
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Around the Copley High football program, it is simply referred to as ``The Letter.'' And minutes after it changes hands, the recipient's eyes are checked for traces of tears.
Mary Becka didn't expect the missive would be considered special. It was the product of a mother rehashing a game with her son. But as Mary and Bobby Becka discussed Parma Normandy's first-round playoff loss to Copley on Nov. 4, a ray of sportsmanship shone through that she believed should not go unnoticed.
Bobby Becka, a senior linebacker, had played the game of his life and all he could talk about was the tailback who had run over, around and through him, Copley senior Delone Carter.
It wasn't just Carter's talent that impressed Becka. Carter rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns, displaying speed, an amazing sense of balance and hard-earned strength. Those attributes resulted in Carter rushing for 2,788 yards and scoring 49 touchdowns -- earning him Ohio's Mr. Football and the Beacon Journal's 2005 Player of the Year honors as well.
``It was the way he conducted himself on the field,'' Becka said. ``Even if he was hit in the backfield, he would get up and say, `Good job.' A lot of times, especially in big games, kids have a different attitude. They say mean things and are very negative. He was very positive.''
There was no trash-talking, no cursing, just exchanges of mutual respect between 18-year-olds.
``Two people getting dirty on the field isn't going to do anything but get somebody thrown out,'' Carter said. ``So kill 'em with kindness.''
Impressed by Bobby's description of the special night, Mary Becka wrote Copley coach Dan Boarman the next day. She poured out her feelings, unable to conceal her pride in her son's play and what she believed was his brush with greatness in Carter.
``The sweetness of last night came afterwards, at home, when Bobby told me what really happened on the field, outside of the eyes and ears of the fans,'' Mary Becka wrote. ``He told me he had so much respect for your star running back. Not just because of his obvious talent, but for the graciousness and integrity this young man displayed on the field. Every time they made contact, whether Bobby made the tackle or missed it, Mr. Carter was always there to lend a helping hand up and to compliment him in some way.
``That integrity at such a young age for someone with so much God-given talent is rare and powerful. Delone Carter is a true star and I am grateful that my son had the opportunity to witness his humility and gentle strength. Nothing is stronger in life than that. I am also very proud that Bobby recognized it as such.''
Mary Becka, 47, lost her husband Robert to cancer 10 years ago. A social worker and mother to Bobby, Colleen, 14, and Paul, a 2004 graduate of Parma Heights Holy Name who played guard, she became a die-hard sports fanatic. She wrote that she knew Robert Becka ``is smiling down on Bobby with pride for not only his performance but for the man he is becoming. Fame, as we adults know, lasts seconds, lessons like the one Mr. Carter taught by example carry on forever.''
When the letter crossed Boarman's desk a couple days later, the coach figured it came from another complaining parent. He was shocked at the contents.
``I read it and I said, `Oh, my God,' '' Boarman said. ``Sometimes as a coach you don't recognize the sportsmanship or lack of sportsmanship with another team. It really struck me that he stood out so much that a mother would write me.
``But looking back, it really doesn't. That's exactly how he treats all the kids.''
Mike Kuthan, Copley's running backs coach for 25 years, wasn't surprised by Mary Becka's words.
``The letter is from someone who doesn't know Delone, but that letter in one statement exemplifies all the things about Delone that are true,'' Kuthan said. ``His character, his respect for people, his humble attitude about himself is real. With what kids today see in the NFL and on TV, that's unbelievably refreshing.''
Carter's reaction was the same as everyone else's.
``Wow,'' he said. ``I didn't think somebody on the field would be paying attention to how I was acting or how I was helping people up. I was happy I could have that impact on their life.''
Carter said he's always played that way. He believes sportsmanship is underrated and uses it as a psychological weapon.
``They want to intimidate you so much,'' he said of opponents. ``If you can just be nice to them, that will take them out of their game.''
Copies of the letter have circulated in the past month. The original is with Carter's parents, April Carter-White and stepdad Robert White, who even showed it to recruiter Steve Russ, a Syracuse assistant.
``Coach Russ cried,'' Robert White said. ``One of the (player's) parents was just bawling. Everybody who reads it, they cry. It's really that type of letter.
``For her to take the time to write, people just don't do things like that anymore. We sent a thank-you card, my wife wants to take them to lunch. We're going to take her and her son, if they'll accept, to a football game next year.''
That most likely will be at Syracuse University, which received an oral commitment from Carter in August and hosted his official visit this weekend.
Lunch with Carter's mother would be ``so special,'' Mary Becka said. She is even considering making a trip to Syracuse on her own next season. Paul Becka faced Hoban star Tyrell Sutton in 2004 and she still follows last year's Mr. Football at Northwestern University.
``Maybe I have a good eye,'' she said.
Bobby Becka isn't sure he'll attend college next year or whether he could accompany his mother to Syracuse. But he still cherishes the evening that he and Carter crossed paths.
``It was a great experience playing against someone with that kind of talent, even though we lost,'' he said. ``Next year I can watch him on TV running for touchdowns.''
``The Letter'' might be a catalyst for friendship between the Beckas, the Whites and Carter. But even if that doesn't happen, Mary Becka is pleased it had such an impact. While her son tackled Carter, her words might tug at their emotions for years.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Football Offensive Player Of The Year...
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Cleveland Plain Dealer Football Offensive Player Of The Year...
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Tale of a Tailback
Freshman Carter pushing Brinkley, Chiara for start
Tuesday, August 15, 2006By Donnie Webb
Staff writer
It took only a week of practice for freshman Delone Carter to charge into the heart of the starting tailback battle on the Syracuse University football team.
Head coach Greg Robinson said Monday after practice that while he's not ready to name Carter or anyone else his starter, he said that his first-year player has put himself in position to play, and play now.
"He's in the flow," Robinson said. "He's in the flow of things and he's battling for playing time."
Carter joins sophomore Paul Chiara and Curtis "Boonah" Brinkley as the front-runners for the starting tailback job.
Those three have edged themselves out of a pack that also includes sophomore Kareem Jones, junior Jeremy Sellers and freshman Derrell Smith.
Jones was the primary backup last season to starter Damien Rhodes. He was apparently frustrated enough with the situation that he left the team and did not practice on Saturday and Sunday.
Jones returned to practice Monday morning. He waved at a reporter as he left the field Monday afternoon.
"He needed to go home, sit with his family. He did," Robinson said. "He's back and he's fine."
Carter was named Mr. Football in Ohio last season after rushing for 2,788 yards and scoring 49 touchdowns as a senior at Copley High School. The 5-foot-10, 200-pound tailback has pushed the competition to another level, coaches say.
"He's shown me a number of things I like," Robinson said of Carter. "He's got running skills. But I also like his toughness in blocking. He's got real intent to learn. He's mature."
Offensive coordinator Brian White called Carter a "talented young man" and a "nice player.
"We've just got to continue to work with him and see how far he can flatten the learning curve," White said. "He has ability. He has shown flashes. Now it comes down to how consistently he can perform and handle the stuff mentally. He has ability. He's a fun player to watch."
Carter has exceptionally muscular thighs and calves. From the waist down, he looks like no other tailback on the roster. That plays to his favor.
"He's got tremendous lower body balance," White said. "People ricochet off him."
Lobdell improved
Redshirt freshman Lavar Lobdell of Christian Brothers Academy may be establishing himself as the fourth wide receiver behind Rice Moss, Tim Lane and Taj Smith. Robinson calls the group competitive.
"You do flow with five guys," Robinson said. "Lavar has come back and looks like the Lavar we were hoping to see. He's done a lot of good things. Jeremy (Horne) flashes. The young kids, all three of them, have done good things. It's early, but they're football players. And the team knows it."
One is Mike Williams, of Buffalo. Williams was unable to enroll with the other freshmen in summer school but has impressed since his arrival.
"He's got gifts," Robinson said. "He's a real good athlete, No. 1. He can run, he can jump and he's strong. He's got good hand-eye coordination. His greatest strength is he's very competitive."
Tale of a Tailback
Freshman Carter pushing Brinkley, Chiara for start
Tuesday, August 15, 2006By Donnie Webb
Staff writer
It took only a week of practice for freshman Delone Carter to charge into the heart of the starting tailback battle on the Syracuse University football team.
Head coach Greg Robinson said Monday after practice that while he's not ready to name Carter or anyone else his starter, he said that his first-year player has put himself in position to play, and play now.
"He's in the flow," Robinson said. "He's in the flow of things and he's battling for playing time."
Carter joins sophomore Paul Chiara and Curtis "Boonah" Brinkley as the front-runners for the starting tailback job.
Those three have edged themselves out of a pack that also includes sophomore Kareem Jones, junior Jeremy Sellers and freshman Derrell Smith.
Jones was the primary backup last season to starter Damien Rhodes. He was apparently frustrated enough with the situation that he left the team and did not practice on Saturday and Sunday.
Jones returned to practice Monday morning. He waved at a reporter as he left the field Monday afternoon.
"He needed to go home, sit with his family. He did," Robinson said. "He's back and he's fine."
Carter was named Mr. Football in Ohio last season after rushing for 2,788 yards and scoring 49 touchdowns as a senior at Copley High School. The 5-foot-10, 200-pound tailback has pushed the competition to another level, coaches say.
"He's shown me a number of things I like," Robinson said of Carter. "He's got running skills. But I also like his toughness in blocking. He's got real intent to learn. He's mature."
Offensive coordinator Brian White called Carter a "talented young man" and a "nice player.
"We've just got to continue to work with him and see how far he can flatten the learning curve," White said. "He has ability. He has shown flashes. Now it comes down to how consistently he can perform and handle the stuff mentally. He has ability. He's a fun player to watch."
Carter has exceptionally muscular thighs and calves. From the waist down, he looks like no other tailback on the roster. That plays to his favor.
"He's got tremendous lower body balance," White said. "People ricochet off him."
Lobdell improved
Redshirt freshman Lavar Lobdell of Christian Brothers Academy may be establishing himself as the fourth wide receiver behind Rice Moss, Tim Lane and Taj Smith. Robinson calls the group competitive.
"You do flow with five guys," Robinson said. "Lavar has come back and looks like the Lavar we were hoping to see. He's done a lot of good things. Jeremy (Horne) flashes. The young kids, all three of them, have done good things. It's early, but they're football players. And the team knows it."
One is Mike Williams, of Buffalo. Williams was unable to enroll with the other freshmen in summer school but has impressed since his arrival.
"He's got gifts," Robinson said. "He's a real good athlete, No. 1. He can run, he can jump and he's strong. He's got good hand-eye coordination. His greatest strength is he's very competitive."
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Carter lifts Syracuse to 3rd straight win
Syracuse 40, Wyoming 34 -- Delone Carter, the 2005 Beacon Journal player of the year from Copley High School, scored his fourth touchdown of the game on a 15-yard run in the second overtime to lift Syracuse to a win over Wyoming (1-4) Saturday.
Syracuse (3-2) has won three in a row for the first time since 2002.
Carter had 129 yards on 20 carries and scored the first points of his college career.
He scored on a 16-yard run up the middle in the first overtime and gave the Orange a 27-20 lead with a 13-yard run with 6:33 left in regulation.
His other score came from 15 yards out in the third quarter.
Carter lifts Syracuse to 3rd straight win
Syracuse 40, Wyoming 34 -- Delone Carter, the 2005 Beacon Journal player of the year from Copley High School, scored his fourth touchdown of the game on a 15-yard run in the second overtime to lift Syracuse to a win over Wyoming (1-4) Saturday.
Syracuse (3-2) has won three in a row for the first time since 2002.
Carter had 129 yards on 20 carries and scored the first points of his college career.
He scored on a 16-yard run up the middle in the first overtime and gave the Orange a 27-20 lead with a 13-yard run with 6:33 left in regulation.
His other score came from 15 yards out in the third quarter.
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Ex-Copley High star turns heads in win
Four-TD performance might get Delone Carter more tries at Syracuse
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Delone Carter described being hoisted aloft by his Syracuse teammates Saturday after he scored four touchdowns in a double-overtime home victory over Wyoming as ``an out-of-body experience.''
``After that last touchdown, when everyone was carrying me, it was like I was standing outside my body watching somebody else get carried off the field,'' Carter said.
But the moment seemed fitting after Ohio's Mr. Football last year at Copley High School carried the Orange to their third consecutive triumph, a feat Syracuse last accomplished in 2002.
He ran for all 50 yards in the two extra periods, including touchdowns of 16 and 15 yards. He gained 129 yards on the ground, the most in a game by a freshman tailback since Damian Rhodes had 94 against Rhode Island in 2003. Carter became the sixth player in school history to rush for at least four touchdowns in a game, joining Jim Brown (1956), Floyd Little (1964, '65), David Walker (1991), Walter Reyes (2003) and Rhodes (2005). Brown holds the record with six touchdowns against Colgate in 1956.
Carter's feats made the top 10 plays of the day on Saturday's ESPN wrapup. He was one of eight players honored this week by the Big East Conference, being named to its honor roll although he has yet to start a game. Sophomore Curtis Brinkley is still listed as No. 1 in the backfield as Syracuse (3-2) hosts Pitt (4-1) on Saturday.
Asked if Carter's performance would mean more carries, Syracuse coach Greg Robinson said, ``It won't mean less.''
``His game was something I thought maybe was coming,'' Robinson said. ``All through training camp he flashed abilities you could see. He would take over at times. He really exploded (last week). His timing couldn't have been better.''
Carter felt it coming, too.
``I saw how the linemen worked all week, how well we worked together,'' he said Tuesday. ``I was surprised, but not really.''
Carter got his chance after Brinkley, who carried 11 times for 33 yards against Wyoming, lost his second fumble. After the game, Brinkley told the Associated Press, ``I was having a bad game from the beginning. I told Delone, `You need to step up for me.' ''
``Every time (Brinkley) would come off we would talk,'' Carter said. ``After the first fumble I said, `Put that out of your head,' then he had another one. When I went in he told me, `You can do it.' My linemen did an outstanding job. I have to make the most of the opportunities I have. I knew I had been working and studying hard and some day it would pay off and it did.''
Such a day was common for Carter at Copley, but even he felt the magnitude of his performance.
``I used to do it back in high school, but this is a lot,'' he said. ``Wow, four touchdowns.''
Carter said his mother, father and grandmother were at the game. Friends from the Akron area started text-messaging him before he left the field and the phone calls haven't stopped coming.
Carter smiled as the Orange took him away, though he appeared a little uncomfortable.
``That was a team thing,'' Carter said of the victory. ``They didn't need to put me in the air.''
Robinson didn't see it because he was shaking hands with the Wyoming coach. But he felt Carter deserved it.
``That's the type of feeling his teammates have about him,'' Robinson said. ``He's a very endearing personality. He's a giver.''
Ex-Copley High star turns heads in win
Four-TD performance might get Delone Carter more tries at Syracuse
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Delone Carter described being hoisted aloft by his Syracuse teammates Saturday after he scored four touchdowns in a double-overtime home victory over Wyoming as ``an out-of-body experience.''
``After that last touchdown, when everyone was carrying me, it was like I was standing outside my body watching somebody else get carried off the field,'' Carter said.
But the moment seemed fitting after Ohio's Mr. Football last year at Copley High School carried the Orange to their third consecutive triumph, a feat Syracuse last accomplished in 2002.
He ran for all 50 yards in the two extra periods, including touchdowns of 16 and 15 yards. He gained 129 yards on the ground, the most in a game by a freshman tailback since Damian Rhodes had 94 against Rhode Island in 2003. Carter became the sixth player in school history to rush for at least four touchdowns in a game, joining Jim Brown (1956), Floyd Little (1964, '65), David Walker (1991), Walter Reyes (2003) and Rhodes (2005). Brown holds the record with six touchdowns against Colgate in 1956.
Carter's feats made the top 10 plays of the day on Saturday's ESPN wrapup. He was one of eight players honored this week by the Big East Conference, being named to its honor roll although he has yet to start a game. Sophomore Curtis Brinkley is still listed as No. 1 in the backfield as Syracuse (3-2) hosts Pitt (4-1) on Saturday.
Asked if Carter's performance would mean more carries, Syracuse coach Greg Robinson said, ``It won't mean less.''
``His game was something I thought maybe was coming,'' Robinson said. ``All through training camp he flashed abilities you could see. He would take over at times. He really exploded (last week). His timing couldn't have been better.''
Carter felt it coming, too.
``I saw how the linemen worked all week, how well we worked together,'' he said Tuesday. ``I was surprised, but not really.''
Carter got his chance after Brinkley, who carried 11 times for 33 yards against Wyoming, lost his second fumble. After the game, Brinkley told the Associated Press, ``I was having a bad game from the beginning. I told Delone, `You need to step up for me.' ''
``Every time (Brinkley) would come off we would talk,'' Carter said. ``After the first fumble I said, `Put that out of your head,' then he had another one. When I went in he told me, `You can do it.' My linemen did an outstanding job. I have to make the most of the opportunities I have. I knew I had been working and studying hard and some day it would pay off and it did.''
Such a day was common for Carter at Copley, but even he felt the magnitude of his performance.
``I used to do it back in high school, but this is a lot,'' he said. ``Wow, four touchdowns.''
Carter said his mother, father and grandmother were at the game. Friends from the Akron area started text-messaging him before he left the field and the phone calls haven't stopped coming.
Carter smiled as the Orange took him away, though he appeared a little uncomfortable.
``That was a team thing,'' Carter said of the victory. ``They didn't need to put me in the air.''
Robinson didn't see it because he was shaking hands with the Wyoming coach. But he felt Carter deserved it.
``That's the type of feeling his teammates have about him,'' Robinson said. ``He's a very endearing personality. He's a giver.''
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Juice, Full of Juice!!
I have saw him a couple of times this year he is a VERY talented back. Hopefully he goes on and has a great career with the Orangemen
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Too bad we cancelled our series with Syracuse. I bet he would've liked to play us.
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