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TE Jake Stoneburner (Official Thread)

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Ohio State football: Stoneburner could be a focal point next season
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday December 27, 2011

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There?s a notion that tight end Jake Stoneburner has been one of the more underutilized options in Ohio State?s offense the past few seasons.

That theory is about to be put to the test, though not necessarily in the Buckeyes? game against Florida in the Gator Bowl on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla. The game will mark the last effort of the current OSU offensive staff, led by coordinator Jim Bollman, before a new regime takes over in 2012.

So it might behoove Stoneburner, a junior, to catch everything thrown his way that afternoon, because the coaches who will plot his future ? incoming coach Urban Meyer and offensive coordinator Tom Herman ? will be watching. And they have a history of throwing to the tight end ? conditionally, anyway.

?First thing, it?s who the tight end is,? Meyer said. ?If he?s not a good player he will not get the ball.?

Translation: There are no guarantees; a tight end must prove himself capable. If he does, Herman can point to the stats of his past, which could portend big things for Stoneburner?s future.

?My last year at Rice (in 2008), our tight end James Casey was second in the nation in catches for any position with 111; then two years later here at Iowa State, our tight end Collin Franklin was second in the country in catches by a tight end (with 54),? Herman said. ?So we?ve certainly found ways to use the tight end, and so has coach Meyer in his system.?

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That theory is about to be put to the test, though not necessarily in the Buckeyes? game against Florida in the Gator Bowl on Monday in Jacksonville, Fla. The game will mark the last effort of the current OSU offensive staff, led by coordinator Jim Bollman, before a new regime takes over in 2012.

So it might behoove Stoneburner, a junior, to catch everything thrown his way that afternoon, because the coaches who will plot his future ? incoming coach Urban Meyer and offensive coordinator Tom Herman ? will be watching. And they have a history of throwing to the tight end ? conditionally, anyway.
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This quote makes it sound like Stoneburner will play in the Gator Bowl. Does anyone know his status for the Gator Bowl ??
 
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ohio State tight end Jake Stoneburner will be used in a limited capacity, at best, for the Gator Bowl on Monday after having arthroscopic knee surgery at the end of the regular season.

?I'm kind of curious myself,? Buckeyes coach Luke Fickell said about Stoneburner's status. ?We saw him run around a little bit out there. I don't know how available he'll be.?

Stoneburner, a redshirt junior, leads the Buckeyes with seven touchdown catches and is tied with Corey Brown for the receptions lead with 14.

?He obviously won't be able to play a ton,? Fickell said. ?He's not in shape to be able to get in there (every down). But we're still hoping there are some situational things we can use him on.?

Fickell said Stoneburner had the surgery about four weeks ago.

?He didn't do much of anything back in Columbus,? he said. ?He did a little bit today. We'll have to see how it holds up. We have to try to figure out, ?Is what he can do best for the team?'?

As for running back Rod Smith, he has not made it to Florida after missing the team's charter flight on Tuesday.

Fickell was in no mood to discuss Smith.

?We're going to focus on the guys we have here,? he said, "We're not going to focus on those we don't have.?

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