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2009 Instate Players to Watch

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Magua;838861; said:
Theres a QB from Willoughby South up here east of Cleveland.

Seen him play a couple times and he looks like he has the tools to be a pretty solid QB. I work with his mom and I know he's spoken to a couple of the OSU coaches already and he attended the Nike Camp at Penn State this past weekend.

He's a tall athletic QB, probably 6'5 i'd say(I've met him in person, and he towers over me and im 6ft tall).

I know he's a gym rat and really working on sculpting his figure right now and working on his speed.

oh, name is Patrick Nicely.
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Nicely is a good one. He was listed by South last year as 6-3 195, but he could certainly still be growing.
 
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In addition to Harvey Tuck(who's an excellent running fullback and linebacker, but I'm not sure he's a great blocking fullback), there is a pretty good DT at St. Vincent St. Mary too(my alma mater fwiw). His name is Ben Birch IIRC. About 6'2" and 270 last I saw him. He plays basketball too, so that should speak of his athleticism. He isn't as good as Simon(I haven't seen film on Hall, so I can't compare the two), but he could end up being one to watch along the dline.
 
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Hodgepodge;838873; said:
Nicely is a good one. He was listed by South last year as 6-3 195, but he could certainly still be growing.
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Yeah he's definately grown in the last year. I remember seeing him before his sophomore season(last year) and then just saw him last week when he came up here to work to see his mom before heading to the gym...he's filling out for sure and you can tell he's working hard in the offseason.

He's definately grown in height since the start of last football season and i'd guestimate he's probably 6'4-6'5 and 205lbs maybe?

I'll talk to his mother this week and see how the camp at PSU went this weekend and maybe she'll have a better idea on his height/weight.

It wont be hard as she's the type of mother who just can go on and on about her son and me being a "younger" person who follows football recruiting closer than the average joe we talk about it alot.

Obviously from speaking to both him and his mother his dream is to play for Ohio State. Big buckeye fans. He told me last week obviously without a doubt Ohio State is his dream school but if they dont offer, as long as he can play somewhere on the D1 level.

The last game I saw of him last year was against Eastlake North in the Lake Co. Civil War game(crosstown rivals)...he threw for nearly 400yards and 4 td's in what was supposed to be a close game that turned into something like a 35pt rout.
 
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Cornerback6;838879; said:
Wouldn't be surprised to see Simon as a top 10 overall kid in the class by at least one service. Unblockable, amazing lateral speed for a DT and strong as a bull. Of the 09's, I'd like to get him on board first.
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Agreed...I'm excited to see Marcus Hall as well because I've heard he is equally as talented. Ohio will be loaded at DT in '09.
 
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ShakerBuck;838898; said:
Is Zach Boren Justin's brother who cried when Justin talked about going to tOSU?
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Yep. I seriously doubt he looks at any college but Michigan.

EDIT: While looking through all the Rivals RBs for 2009, I found Boren there listed as a FB, and when I checked his listed schools, he had just one: Michigan, with "high" interest. That kid wouldn't go to anywhere but Michigan even if you held a gun to his head.
 
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Willoughby South, right? He had a huge game against their rival Eastlake North. Interesting...JT has not really favored QBs who operate in a spread offense in HS.
 
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Isaiah Scott from Fairfield is a great cover corner who looked good at the Cincinnati combine.

Couple of other names that have showed well at the combines so far this year:

Ricardo Duncan - WR - Lima
Jowann Peterson - S - Cincinnati Withrow
Travis Freeman - LB - Cleveland Glenville
Darrell Mason - ATH - Youngstown Ursuline
 
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