'06 MD OL/DL J.B. Walton (prep school)

[wadc45]

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4/21/05

From Scout.com...Walton will be at the Virginia Tech NIKE Camp this weekend. He is being touted as possibly the best offensive guard prospect in the country.

 

[wadc45]

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5/3/05

From Rivals100.com...J.B. will be in attendence at the Elite College Combine this Wednesday in Randolph, NJ. Some other names of interest in attendence should include: LeSean McCoy, John Maddox, A.J. Wallace, Knowshon Moreno, Antonio Logan-El, Akeem Hebron, Antwine Perez, Zach Frazer and Navorro Bowman. Myron Rolle and Jeremiha Hunter will be there but will most likely not participate.

 

[wadc45]

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5/5/05

From Rivals100.com...Walton showed excellent quickness and technique playing guard at the Elite College Combine.

 

[osugrad21]

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5/23

J.B. discusses having Penn State, Nebraska, Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Florida, and Oklahoma as his favorites.

 

[wadc45]

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5/24/05

From Rivals100.com...J.B. probably won't make a decision until close to Signing Day. He plans to camp this summer at Maryland and Penn State. He is also interested in Tennessee, Florida State, LSU, Georgia, Nebraska, Ohio State and Oklahoma. He is wide open at this point.

 

[osugrad21]

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6/12

J.B. names Oklahoma as his slight favorite over Penn State, Nebraska, Florida, and Ohio State. He will camp at Maryland and PSU. By summer's end, J.B. will name a Final 5 and take visits to reach his decision.

 

[AmeriBuck007]

He wasn't even listing OU before and now their his leader, so that tells us he changes his mind alot. So lets try and get him on a visit and go from there..

 

[LordJeffBuck]

From Allen Wallace, the best in the business, bar none. If Allen prints it, it's true. Good to hear that Ohio State is a real player with J.B., as he is a major talent.

 

[osugrad21]

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6/14

JB claims in the neighborhood of 35 offers, but he has trimmed his list of schools to Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska, Florida, Florida State, Michigan State, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Kansas State. However, after the initial 6 listed, he is unsure about the rest.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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6/15/05

More of the same...did not name a leader but said that these schools stood out to him at this point....Florida, Penn State, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

rivals.com$ (Penn State site)

6/20/05

Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, and Nebraska are his top five schools with Penn State near the top.

 

[wadc45]

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6/21/05

From Scout.com...Walton has a top 7 of Tennessee, Penn State, Nebraska, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma and Ohio State. Some of J.B.'s goals for this year are to make the honor roll, make all-state, and play in the U.S. Army All-American game.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

free link to the post by grad....

superprep.com

6/21/05

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</TD><TD noWrap width=3></TD><TD vAlign=top>By Jamie Newberg National Recruiting Analyst
Date: Jun 21, 2005

It could be a difficult decision for offensive guard prospect J.B. Walton of Indian Head, Maryland.
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J.B. Walton is a member of the Scout.com East Hot 100 and one of the nation’s top offensive line prospects. Walton, 6-3 and now 276 pounds, is from Indian Head (Md.) Lackey High School.

”I am not doing much this summer other than lifting and running,” said Walton. “I do plan on camping at Penn State next week I believe. I just want to work hard now and have a great season. My first goal is to make the honor roll then I want to make the all-state team, make some all-american teams and play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.”

Walton has a slew of offers with no leader at this time. But all of his top seven schools have offered and those schools are Tennessee, Penn State, Nebraska, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, and Ohio State.

“Tennessee is a powerhouse school with a huge stadium and they pack that place in every week.

“Penn State has all that football tradition and a great coach like Joe Paterno. I met him and liked him. Everyone is so loyal to him. I also saw them practice this spring and they looked pretty good.

“Nebraska has a ton of tradition like Penn State. It seems like a great place to play and that entire state is all about Nebraska football.

“Both Florida and Florida State have so much talent year in and year out. And many of those players go to the NFL.

“Oklahoma has won so much recently… so many games and conference titles. They are just a great team that put players in the NFL. “So does Ohio State. They also have a great atmosphere and play in so many rivalry games. “I just want to narrow this list down some time during the season and then make my visits.”


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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

scout.com$

6/22/05

Scout.com has posted video of Walton in action.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

The Buckeyes are still in the mix....

BSB - Mike Wachsman - 07/04/05

JB had some interesting Nike numbers - an acceptable 5.25 forty, but only 15 bench reps; he did post a really nice 4.87 shuttle. These numbers just go to show how measurables can misrepresent a player's abilities - JB is a terror on film. With a redshirt year and a great college strength and conditioning program, JB should be a monster at the next level.