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'08 OH DB Donnie Fletcher (Boston College signee)

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OT: In point of fact Chambers did attend Glenville for a couple of years before before transferring. He has contributed financially to Glenville using the money he's made in the NFL and attends other functions associated with the school. His association with both the Badgers and Glenville has helped us recruit players from their program such as Daven Jones.


Glenville football coach Ted Ginn Sr. said of Jones' commitment.......

"He's always wanted to go to Wisconsin, because of Chris Chambers, who went here before he went to Bedford. Just trying to keep that Cleveland-Wisconsin thing going."
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Didn't know he transferred out...usually the other way around at Glenville :wink:

For the context of your argument though, I don't see how Chambers would count in a discussion of Glenville leftovers when he was not there during his recruitment.

Anyway, rep given for the tidbit and back to Donnie...
 
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A question for the BPRT that somewhat relates to Fletcher. When JT first took over, we heard about a desire/preference for taller corners. I am curious as to which DB coach over the years has had the greatest influence: Dantonio? Tucker? Beckman? Or was this one of JT's things? It will be interesting to see the direction that the recruiting of corners takes with Taver Johnson's hire. How does this relate to Fletcher? He looks every bit of 6 feet in those photos, a rangy type of athlete, and he's from Glenville. Dependent on what happens with some other guys, and I'm not talking DB's, Fletcher may well be someone we are discussing in December/January.
 
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I'm obviously not part of the BPRT, but form my point of view, the preference for bigger corners is more of a necessity for our style of defense than any single coach's preference. We always have a safety deep and generally do not ask our corners to play a lot of man to man. However, we do require the corners to be very involved in stopping the run game and going up and making tackles on screens, etc. So man to man coverage skills are not quite as important in our system, but tough, sure tacklers are at a premium.

It seems then that there will be a strong preference for physical corners in recruiting and its possible that we will have guys that might be safeties in some systems (Dustin Fox for example) that are perfect for what we look for in a CB. Obviously, bigger guys are generally more physical and the majority of our CBs have been at least 5'11. But, we wouldn't turn away a guy like Antoine Winfield just because he's short (James Scott is a good example). And we won't take a guy with good height who isn't physical (Kyle Jefferson?).

The perfect guys for our system seem to be the guys who are S/CB tweeners like Donte Whitner, Eugene Clifford, Kurt Coleman, Dustin Fox, Malcolm Jenkins and guys like that who can cover and tackle.
 
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I think tlinc is putting in an app to join the BPRT...:biggrin:

Great answer and I couldn't agree more...this staffs loves versatility. Some may call that a fancy word for 'tweeners. but obviously when there are thousands of high school kids to choose from I think the staff is always looking for some very specific. I think Tucker's ideaology included the notion of having bigger corners to defends bigger receivers...the Charles Rogers of the world as it were at that time.
 
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From the Nebraska site...talks about his trip to Nebraska last weekend for an official and says he plans to take the rest of his officials before deciding. Says he is being recruited the hardest by Iowa and Boston College and also hears from Michigan State, Ohio State and West Virginia.
 
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Scout.com: Familiar Coverage

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Sep 28, 2007

Cornerback Donnie Fletcher took his official visit to Boston College on Sept. 22. The Eagles are recruiting him the hardest. "I like that it's a small campus and just a very comfortable place," Fletcher said. "It's a great college town. I also like the coaches at Boston College too. They remind me of my high school coaches and we actually run the same coverages they do. The game atmosphere..."

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Scout.com: Leader Emerges

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Oct 31, 2007

Donnie Fletcher, Scout.com's No. 42 cornerback nationwide, said he now favors Boston College slightly over Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio State and West Virginia. All of his favorites have offered, except Ohio State. "Ohio State hasn't offered yet, but they were at my game last week," Fletcher said. "I know they said they want to evaluate me some more this season..."

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Scout.com: Eagles in Sight

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Nov 19, 2007

"I'm graduating in December and I'll be starting college in January, so I want to make my decision soon," Donnie Fletcher said. "I really like that Boston College plays in the ACC and I like my chances of playing early there," he said. "They also have really good academics and offer a great degree. They've had a really good year considering they've had a new first year coach..."

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