'08 PA LB Shayne Hale (Pitt signee)

[osugrad21]

'08 PA LB Shayne Hale

Monroeville (PA)
Gateway

Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 218 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.5 seconds

Shayne is from the same high school as current PSU player and former Buckeye target Justin King. He started receiving interest as a 9th grader and is receiving mail from a number of schools already. He lists schools of interest as Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pitt, PSU, and tOSU.

 

[OSUBucks22]

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9/1

Shayne got his first offer today from Tennessee. He has an offer from Pitt on the way as well, and ND wants him to go to the PSU game next weekend.

 

[wadc45]

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9/5/06

From the ND site...Shane got 9/1 offers from Tennessee, Rutgers, Pitt and UNC. He will be at the ND/PSU game this weekend in South Bend.

 

[wadc45]

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9/6/06

By Lichtenfels...Shayne received his official offers from Pitt and OSU today.

 

[unionfutura]

solid player, be nice to take one away from a school that gladly sends its kids to Penn State

 

[osugrad21]

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9/11

Shayne enjoyed his visit to ND. He grew up a Pitt fan and has offers from Pitt, Tennessee, Rutgers and North Carolina.

 

[wadc45]

Did he forget about his OSU offer already?

 

[osugrad21]

Did he forget about his OSU offer already?

That is what I was wondering...then again, IrishEyes may have just chosen to omit that one too

 

[wadc45]

That is what I was wondering...then again, IrishEyes may have just chosen to omit that one too

I was thinking that too, because in the interview Lichtenfels did he quoted Hale as saying offers had come in from Toledo and Ohio State. The ND article also quotes Shayne and he does not mention either Toledo or OSU. This may be one of those things where what he meant in the Lichtenfels interview was that the offers were on the way and in the Irish interview he was being literal in stating which offers had actually come in.

 

[wadc45]

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9/18/06

From the Pitt site...update on Hale and '08 teammate Cameron Saddler and how their season is going.

 

[osugrad21]

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10/2

Shayne says plenty of great things about tOSU and his visit to Columbus. He admits to being a Buckeye fan.

 

[RhodeIslandBuck]

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10/2

Shayne says plenty of great things about tOSU and his visit to Columbus. He admits to being a Buckeye fan.

That must help.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

This could really alter the offers for the in-state guys next year. We are loaded in state but Hale is a can't miss.

 

[osugrad21]

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WVU has offered and now joins Rutgers, Ohio State, Pitt, North Carolina and Tennessee on the offer list.

 

[osugrad21]

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Video

My Take: Very polished...obviously well-coached. Shayne is definitely a downhill LB who is well schooled on his keys. I was impressed with his lateral speed, polished square shoulders on the line, closing speed/burst, use of the flipper, and ability to bring impact on the hit instead of dragging down. Excellent prospect.