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Ohio State's Recruiting of Ohio QB's

stxbuck;1409765; said:
That was just Coop-he called Curtis Enis Curtis Phenis-or something similar-on all his correspondence. Curtis was not pleased.

It was Chris Phenis. IIRC, that was when J.D. Graham was Cooper's recruiting coordinator. Aside from possibly Bill Dudley, that may have been Cooper's worst hire.
 
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SPORTSMINDED;1448003; said:
Scout Top 25 QB'S for possible 2010 draft include five Ohio Qb's

Hiller
Pike
Sheehan
Clark
Stanzi

For a state not producing top notch QB'S not bad!!
How many other states have five projected to be possible future NFL QB'S???

Link? None of these guys will likely be taken first day next year, possibly Clark if he blows up this year. Point is that not many elite QB's come from Ohio...you could go on and on with great QB's from PA, CA, and TX. Beyond that, Hendrix is the only Ohio guy that I think is OSU caliber this year. However, I wouldn't mind seeing us get him if Montana and Godfrey didn't work out. I like Hendrix better than Bolden at this point, much more polished and as union has said, I think that's what the staff is looking for this year. The next elite QB will definetly be Miller but he is going to be the exception, not the rule.
 
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Why does it matter where a player went to high school? Eddie George wasn't from Ohio; Beanie Wells and Maurice Clarett were. The difference? The out of state kid won the Heisman. How many people remember where these guys were from? Does it matter where Orlando Pace went? Korey Stringer? Did Alex Boone play harder because he was a "deserving Ohio boy"? Should we have welcomed Mike Adams with open arms, but left J.B. Shugarts to the Texas schools, or Mike Brewster to the Florida Big Three?

Why draw the arbitrary line at the Ohio border? Why not ask why JT and company don't recruit more Columbus or Central Ohio kids? Can't the City League or Catholic League put out talent?

As far as Ohio QBs go, the best college QB from Ohio in the past decade not named Troy Smith was probably Brady Quinn, who never had an iota of interest in playing at OSU. Not every kid who grows up in this state dreams of playing in the S&G, crazy as that seems to some of us, and sometimes a talented kid who grew up in another state has dreamed his entire life of being a Buckeye.

What I care about is -- will a player contribute, will he be a leadership asset, will he keep his grades up and his nose clean, will he become the best player he can be, and will he be a credit to the university both as a student and as an alumni? If the answer to all of that is "yes", he could be from Mars as far as I care.
 
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BrutusBobcat,

Good points made. I like your Logo!
Just making conversation that Ohio produces excellent football talent, including QB'S.
Different schools have different strategies, Texas never leaves state, although they don't need to.
 
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Nice list of where all the starting FBS QBs for 2009 are from (24 from Texas):

ALABAMA (2)
School: Player. Hometown/High school
UAB: Joe Webb. Birmingham/Wenonah
Vanderbilt: Larry Smith. Prattville/Prattville
ARIZONA (1)
BYU: Max Hall. Mesa/Mountain View
ARKANSAS (1)
Kent State: Spencer Keith. Little Rock/Pulaski Academy
CALIFORNIA (17)
Arizona State: Danny Sullivan. Los Gatos/Los Gatos
Fresno State: Ryan Colburn. Visalia/Central Valley Christian
Hawaii: Greg Alexander. Santa Rosa/Piner
Maryland: Chris Turner. West Hills/Chaminade
Michigan: Tate Forcier. San Diego/Scripps Ranch
Nebraska: Zac Lee. San Francisco/St. Ignatius College Prep
Nevada: Colin Kaepernick. Turlock/Pittman
New Mexico State: Jeff Fleming. Brea/Brea Olinda
Notre Dame: Jimmy Clausen. Westlake Village/Oaks Christian
Ohio U.: Theo Scott. Long Beach/Poly
Oregon State: Sean Canfield. Carlsbad/Carlsbad
San Diego State: Ryan Lindley. Lakeside/El Capitan
San Jose State: Jordan La Secla. Newbury Park/Newbury Park
UCLA: Kevin Prince. Encino/Crespi Carmelite
USC: Matt Barkley. Santa Ana/Mater Dei
Utah State: Diondre Borel. Oakley/Freedom
Wyoming: Austyn Carta-Samuels. San Jose/Bellarmine College Prep
COLORADO (2)
Colorado State: Grant Stucker. Parker/Ponderosa
Oklahoma State: Zac Robinson. Littleton/Chatfield
FLORIDA (13)
Clemson: Kyle Parker. Fruit Cove/Bartram Trail
Duke: Thaddeus Lewis. Miami/Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Florida: Tim Tebow. Ponte Vedra Beach/Nease
Florida Atlantic: Rusty Smith. Jacksonville/Sandalwood
Florida International: Paul McCall. Hollywood/Hollywood Hills
Louisiana-Lafayette: Chris Masson. Miami/Columbus
Louisiana-Monroe: Trey Revell. Tallahassee/Florida High
Miami: Jacory Harris. Miami/Northwestern
South Carolina: Stephen Garcia. Tampa/Plant
UCF: Brett Hodges. Winter Springs/Winter Springs
USF: B.J. Daniels. Tallahassee/Lincoln
Wake Forest: Riley Skinner. Jacksonville/Bolles
West Virginia: Jarrett Brown. West Palm Beach/Palm Beach Lakes
GEORGIA (7)
Air Force: Tim Jefferson. Atlanta/Woodward Academy
Boston College: Justin Tuggle. Duluth/Northview
Georgia Tech: Josh Nesbitt. Greensboro/Greene County
Memphis: Tyler Bass. Stockbridge/Stockbridge
Middle Tennessee: Dwight Dasher. Folkston/Charlton County
Navy: Ricky Dobbs. Douglasville/Douglas County
North Carolina: T.J. Yates. Marietta/Pope
HAWAII (1)
Oregon: Jeremiah Masoli. Honolulu/St. Louis
IDAHO (1)
Colorado: Cody Hawkins. Boise/Bishop Kelly
ILLINOIS (5)
Central Michigan: Dan LeFevour. Downers Grove/Benet Academy
Illinois: Juice Williams. Chicago/Chicago Vocational
Northwestern: Mike Kafka. Chicago/St. Rita
UNLV: Omar Clayton. Normal/Normal
Wisconsin: Scott Tolzien. Rolling Meadows/Palatine Fremd
INDIANA (3)
Indiana: Ben Chappell. Bloomington/South.
Northern Illinois: Chandler Harnish. Bluffton/Norwell
Purdue: Joey Elliott. Evansville/Harrison
IOWA (1)
Iowa State: Austen Arnaud. Ames/Ames
KENTUCKY (5)
Army: Trent Steelman. Bowling Green/Bowling Green
Auburn: Chris Todd. Elizabethtown/Elizabethtown
Louisville: Justin Burke. Lexington/Lexington Catholic
Marshall: Brian Anderson. Louisville/Male
Western Kentucky: Brandon Smith. Danville/Boyle County
LOUISIANA (2)
Arkansas State: Corey Leonard. Covington/Covington
LSU: Jordan Jefferson. St. Rose/Destrehan
MICHIGAN (2)
Eastern Michigan: Andy Schmitt. St. John's/St. John's
Michigan State: Kirk Cousins. Holland/Holland Christian
MINNESOTA (1)
Minnesota: Adam Weber. Shoreview/Mounds View
MISSISSIPPI (2)
Mississippi State: Tyson Lee. Columbus/Columbus
Southern Miss: Austin Davis. Meridian/West Lauderdale
MISSOURI (2)
Kansas State: Carson Coffman. Peculiar/Raymore-Peculiar
Missouri: Blaine Gabbert. Ballwin/Parkway West
NEBRASKA (1)
Idaho: Nathan Enderle. North Platte/North Platte
NEW YORK (1)
Syracuse: Greg Paulus. Syracuse/Christian Brothers Academy
NORTH CAROLINA (4)
Buffalo: Zach Maynard. Greensboro/Grimsley
East Carolina: Patrick Pinkney. Fayetteville/Pine Forest
Georgia: Joe Cox. Charlotte/Independence
Tennessee: Jonathan Crompton. Waynesville/Tuscola
OHIO (7)
Bowling Green: Tyler Sheehan. Cincinnati/LaSalle
Cincinnati: Tony Pike. Cincinnati/Reading
Iowa: Ricky Stanzi. Mentor/Lake Catholic
Kentucky: Mike Hartline. Canton/Glen Oak
Penn State: Daryll Clark. Youngstown/Ursuline
Toledo: Aaron Opelt. Fremont/Ross
Western Michigan: Tim Hiller. Orrville/Orrville
OKLAHOMA (1)
Oklahoma: Sam Bradford. Oklahoma City/Putnam City North
OREGON (1)
California: Kevin Riley. Beaverton/Beaverton
PENNSYLVANIA (6)
Akron: Matt Rodgers. Pittsburgh/Seton-LaSalle
Connecticut: Zach Frazer. Mechanicsburg/Mechanicsburg
Ohio State: Terrelle Pryor. Jeannette/Jeannette
Pittsburgh: Bill Stull. Pittsburgh/Seton-LaSalle
Rutgers: Tom Savage. Springfield/Cardinal O'Hara
Temple: Vaughn Charlton. West Grove/Avon Grove
TENNESSEE (1)
Troy: Levi Brown. Mount Juliet/Mount Juliet
TEXAS (24)
Alabama: Greg McElroy. Southlake/Carroll
Arizona: Nick Foles. Austin/Westlake
Arkansas: Ryan Mallett. Texarkana/Texas
Ball State: Kelly Page. Mesquite/Mesquite
Baylor: Robert Griffin. Copperas Cove/Copperas Cove
Florida State: Christian Ponder. Colleyville/Colleyville Heritage
Houston: Case Keenum. Abilene/Wylie
Kansas: Todd Reesing. Austin/Lake Travis
Louisiana Tech: Ross Jenkins. Houston/Langham Creek
Miami University: Daniel Raudabaugh. Coppell/Coppell
New Mexico: Donovan Porterie. Port Arthur/Memorial
North Texas: Riley Dodge. Southlake/Carroll
Ole Miss: Jevan Snead. Stephenville/Stephenville
Rice: Nick Fanuzzi. San Antonio/Churchill
SMU: Bo Levi Mitchell. Katy/Katy
Stanford: Andrew Luck. Houston/Stratford
Texas: Colt McCoy. Tuscola/Jim Ned
Texas A&M: Jerrod Johnson. Humble/Humble
TCU: Andy Dalton. Katy/Katy
Texas Tech: Taylor Potts. Abilene/Abilene
Tulane: Joe Kemp. North Richland Hills/Richland
Tulsa: G.J. Kinne. Mesquite/Gilmer
Utah: Terrance Cain. Houston/North Shore
UTEP: Trevor Vittatoe. Bedford/Trinity
VIRGINIA (3)
NC State: Russell Wilson. Richmond/Collegiate
Virginia: Jameel Sewell. Richmond/Hermitage
Virginia Tech: Tyrod Taylor. Hampton/Hampton
WASHINGTON (3)
Boise State: Kellen Moore. Prosser/Prosser
Washington: Jake Locker. Ferndale/Ferndale
Washington State: Marshall Lobbestael. Oak Harbor/Oak Harbor

Rivals.com College Football - QB geography: Where are the starters from?
 
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SPORTSMINDED;1448020; said:
RBO7OSU,
Just made those name up! (Ha)
OSU never misses on QB talent!
Will post link later if permissible. Some sites restrict posting articles and just want to make sure it OK!

So let's see...

2006-2009, the state of Ohio has produced (according to Rivals) no higher than 3-star QB talent. Here's a full list of the 3-stars:

2006: Stanzi, Nelson, Davis, Hartline
2007: Belton, Chris Smith, Anderson, Collaros
2008: Stoudt, Dysert, Britt
2009: Holland, Mershman, Nicely

Not saying that 3-stars can't become great college players, but you have to evaluate them based on what everyone thought of them when they were in HS.

Let's be specific. Which of these quarterbacks would you have wanted on the roster? Who would you have replaced on the OSU roster? Remember that we had Boeckman, Schoenhoft, and Henton.

Be honest. Had we hung our hat on any of these quarterbacks, would you have asked why we weren't recruiting out-of-state QBs?
 
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