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LB Mike Mitchell (transfer to Texas Tech, transfer to Southeastern FL)

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Urban Meyer snags lightning-quick linebacker
Zac Jackson
February 6, 2013

Former NFL linebacker Ken Mitchell has no problem now being known as the father of Mike Mitchell, the five-star linebacker from Plano, Texas who's set to sign with Ohio State today, officially becoming one of many gems in the kind of recruiting class Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer always seems to put together.

Ken Mitchell also has no problem sharing his thoughts on why his son chose to play for Meyer at Ohio State.

"Urban told us the weather up there in Columbus is just like it is in Orlando," Ken Mitchell said via phone this from his home in Plano. "He also told us it's only about an hour and half drive from here."

He was kidding.

Probably.

Meyer's latest bit of recruiting magic culminates with today's National Signing Day, a holiday in much of the country and a day that Meyer has not only owned from a publicity standpoint, but one that's been a launching pad to his past successes. He's undefeated one year into his Ohio State stint, the bowl ban is lifted and the Ohio State program is headed full-steam in Meyer's intended direction.

A few really fast linebackers would help that direction. By all accounts, Mike Mitchell is 6'4, 225, and really, really fast.

A fast-riser on the recruiting circuit who gave Meyer and the Buckeyes a verbal commitment in early January, Mitchell turned heads -- and dropped some jaws -- last summer when he went to a trumped-up, invite-only combine run by Nike last summer in Oregon called The Opening. There, he ran a 4.39 40-yard dash, posted a vertical jump of better than 40 inches and shattered the all-time record for what Nike calls a SPARQ (cumulative) score.

"He'd never really gone to these camps; maybe one locally," his father said. "And truthfully, I think he went to that one mostly because he thought he'd be bored at home that week if he didn't."

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I remember as a student watching Brian Rolle be a missile down the field on kickoffs. I would just watch him, because he always ended up near the ball, and he came with bad intentions. I really hope Mitchell can be just like that next year, flying down the field ready to pound someone.
 
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