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2009 OL Recruiting

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I'd agree with BGriff...Ricky Harris and one other for sure. If you can find a third stud that wants to follow in Block O's footsteps than maybe you take a third. Rest of the class could be LBs. :biggrin:
 
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We could potentially lose 5 OL at the end of 2008-09 season(Boone, Rhering, Mitchum, Person, and Skinner). They're getting a good haul this year that will number around 4-5 only losing one this year(Barton). I think the staff goes after 4 next year with an interior guy like Harris and a true tackle with Hall maybe they go after two more guys with versatility who can play G/T to give some depth.
 
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wadc45;907300; said:
I'd agree with BGriff...Ricky Harris and one other for sure. If you can find a third stud that wants to follow in Block O's footsteps than maybe you take a third. Rest of the class could be LBs. :biggrin:
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Newark's Danell Smith and Walsh Jesuit's Pat McShane are two to keep in mind from Ohio. They are probably in the running with Longo for the third best OL in the state after Marcus Hall and Ricky Harris. Moe likely, though, is that any other OL would come from OOS.
 
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BGriffBuckeye;907297; said:
Well Barton is the only SR and Boone could leave early and we have a lot of seemingly good, walk on OLmen to add depth... I will say 2-3 at the most.
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I disagree. We need 4 guys this year (even though we are only losing 1) just to get us up to a normal amount of scholarship lineman. We will still have less than most schools in 2008. Then, we will lose 5 guys and just to keep the numbers in the 12-13 range we will have to take 4 or 5.

By my count, in 2009 when these guys would show up we will have only Cordle, Browning, Smith, Blankenship and Block O as true scholarship O linemen. That's 7 guys (8 if we get Jenkins) and I just don't see how you could only take 2.

With as many scholarships as we'll have, we will definitely be in position to take a few. We are going to be loaded with young talent at RB, QB (if we get Pryor) and WR so I don't see any reason to take big numbers there. Big numbers on D, O line and TE with just a few skill position guys.
 
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I could go for another 4 OLmen maybe. You have the 8 you mentioned, plus Kerr is in the same class as Cordle I believe and Andrew Moses has been getting very good reviews as a 3rd string Center at least.

EDIT: Andrew Miller as well could be in for a position change to one of the tackle positions....
 
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According to this (posted by some knucklehead), you want around 18 scholarship OL on roster. We only have 11 OL on scholarship right now. After next year (2008) we lose six OL--either only Barton this year and Boone, Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner next year; or Barton and Boone this year with the other next year. Regardless, we lose six.

I will not be surprised at all if we take five OL this year (hopefully Jenkins, and one other). If we only take five this class (2008), that means we'll have only the current five other OL (Cordle, Smith, Browning, Kerr, and Blankenship) plus the five from the 2008 recruiting class. That's only 10 OL on scholarship after Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner finish their eligibility. I don't see why we shouldn't take at least five OL for 2009, seeing as we'll have 24 ships available after the 2008 season.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;907506; said:
According to this (posted by some knucklehead), you want around 18 scholarship OL on roster. We only have 11 OL on scholarship right now. After next year (2008) we lose six OL--either only Barton this year and Boone, Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner next year; or Barton and Boone this year with the other next year. Regardless, we lose six.

I will not be surprised at all if we take five OL this year (hopefully Jenkins, and one other). If we only take five this class (2008), that means we'll have only the current five other OL (Cordle, Smith, Browning, Kerr, and Blankenship) plus the five from the 2008 recruiting class. That's only 10 OL on scholarship after Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner finish their eligibility. I don't see why we shouldn't take at least five OL for 2009, seeing as we'll have 24 ships available after the 2008 season.
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Good luck finding five kids who will want to sit behind the Block O for the majority of their careers...

Going to split this off...good discussion but should not be in this thread.

I will go as high as 3 in 2009...and that is assuming Miller is a tackle eventually.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;907506; said:
According to this (posted by some knucklehead), you want around 18 scholarship OL on roster. We only have 11 OL on scholarship right now. After next year (2008) we lose six OL--either only Barton this year and Boone, Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner next year; or Barton and Boone this year with the other next year. Regardless, we lose six.

I will not be surprised at all if we take five OL this year (hopefully Jenkins, and one other). If we only take five this class (2008), that means we'll have only the current five other OL (Cordle, Smith, Browning, Kerr, and Blankenship) plus the five from the 2008 recruiting class. That's only 10 OL on scholarship after Mitchum, Person, Rehring and Skinner finish their eligibility. I don't see why we shouldn't take at least five OL for 2009, seeing as we'll have 24 ships available after the 2008 season.
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IMO, that seems way too much and I do not think we have ever had near tht under Tressel. I would say make it 4 TE and 11-12 WR. Having a 3-deep at each OL position works for me.
 
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BengalsAndBucks;907541; said:
Who is the staff still looking at, besides Jenkins and German?
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Stoller, Coates, Robinson, Walker, Current, etc. There are several players still being evaluated. No idea if Greg Shaw is still one of those guys.
 
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BGriffBuckeye;907515; said:
IMO, that seems way too much and I do not think we have ever had near tht under Tressel. I would say make it 4 TE and 11-12 WR. Having a 3-deep at each OL position works for me.
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I dont see it as being "way" too much. With our rotation of the OL, player development, and the fact that some just don't pan out (e.g. Mitchum, Skinner), you want a large amount of OL. Right now, we have only 11 scholarship OL...if we get a couple of our experienced guys hurt we won't even have a full two-deep, and three of those (Smith, Browning, Blankenship) haven't even set foot on the field yet. That could be disasterous over the grind of a Big Ten season.
 
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wadc45;907513; said:
Good luck finding five kids who will want to sit behind the Block O for the majority of their careers...
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You would hope that the kids we recruit to Ohio State wouldn't mind the competition. And we rotate our OL a ton (wasn't the entire second string on the field for our first TD at Texas last year?), so even if they are "behind" Block O, if they're good enough to get into the two-deep they'll see plenty of action. Plus, if "Block O" turns out to be as good as we hope, several of them will probably bail early to the NFL (after the 2010 season), so OL in the 2009 class will only be "behind" them for two years.

Hey, Brandon Saine and Boom Herron committed to us despite knowing that Beanie was going to be here two more years (at least), so why wouldn't some top-notch OL come here even if we have the full Block O?
 
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