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CB Jermaine Mathews, Jr. (Official Thread)

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Bestbuck36 said:
Yeah people following him knew it was a matter of time. Just need his twin to catch up and have both tearing it up in short time
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Mathews had a 5mo head start, so it's expected that he's further along. CSH will see the field some, but next year may be his breakout year. But Mathews looks really good out there. He's hungry
 
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pnuts34 said:
Mathews had a 5mo head start, so it's expected that he's further along. CSH will see the field some, but next year may be his breakout year. But Mathews looks really good out there. He's hungry
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For sure, the head start was a big reason for early PT. CSH will come along in due time. If Burke keeps it up, he'll be a pro this time next year and Mathews and CSH will have a shot for starting or regular roles.

As to Mathews, I just knew that he would fight his way onto the field. Not just the talent, but the aggression...he is straight up a dawg at corner, contests everything and loves to come up to hit on the run game. Loving the CB depth, I would not be concerned at all if Mathews needed to come in for a big game.
 
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Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles repeatedly used one word on Tuesday to describe cornerback Jermaine Mathews Jr.: Moxie.

“For a true freshman, he’s got a lot of guts, got a lot of moxie,” Knowles said. “He’s just talented and he’s shown the ability to make plays, so we’re confident putting him in there.”
It takes moxie, after all, to suddenly replace a star player in a game and perform well, as Mathews did on Saturday after Denzel Burke left with an undisclosed injury against Purdue.
With Burke’s status up in the air for Ohio State’s upcoming top-10 conference showdown against Penn State, Mathews is going to need all the moxie he can muster if he’s called upon for meaningful reps against the Nittany Lions.

Moxie, one could argue, is what earned Mathews his offer from Ohio State back in high school.

The Cincinnati native received his scholarship opportunity at one of the Buckeyes’ first recruiting camp of 2022 after a day of locking down some of the best receivers that the exhibition presented.

Mathews was then considered the No. 517 overall player in the 247Sports composite rankings, a mere three-star. By the time those same rankings were released for the final time, he had vaulted to the No. 51 spot in the country as the nation’s No. 6 cornerback and No. 1 player out of Ohio.

“It felt really good,” Mathews told Eleven Warriors after receiving his offer. “It’s really hard to explain because it’s something you’ve been waiting on for so long. And then when it happened, it’s just like, wow. (Ryan Day) said I earned it.”

He committed to Ohio State one month to the day after earning his offer and enrolled the following spring.

It didn’t take long for Knowles to recognize something special in the first-year player.


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Jim Knowles Says Jermaine Mathews Jr.’s “Moxie” Has Been Evident Since Day One

With an injury to star cornerback Denzel Burke, Jim Knowles feels Jermaine Mathews has the “moxie” to deliver if called upon in Ohio State's biggest test of the season to date.
www.elevenwarriors.com www.elevenwarriors.com
 
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brodybuck21 said:
Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles repeatedly used one word on Tuesday to describe cornerback Jermaine Mathews Jr.: Moxie.

“For a true freshman, he’s got a lot of guts, got a lot of moxie,” Knowles said. “He’s just talented and he’s shown the ability to make plays, so we’re confident putting him in there.”
It takes moxie, after all, to suddenly replace a star player in a game and perform well, as Mathews did on Saturday after Denzel Burke left with an undisclosed injury against Purdue.
With Burke’s status up in the air for Ohio State’s upcoming top-10 conference showdown against Penn State, Mathews is going to need all the moxie he can muster if he’s called upon for meaningful reps against the Nittany Lions.

Moxie, one could argue, is what earned Mathews his offer from Ohio State back in high school.

The Cincinnati native received his scholarship opportunity at one of the Buckeyes’ first recruiting camp of 2022 after a day of locking down some of the best receivers that the exhibition presented.

Mathews was then considered the No. 517 overall player in the 247Sports composite rankings, a mere three-star. By the time those same rankings were released for the final time, he had vaulted to the No. 51 spot in the country as the nation’s No. 6 cornerback and No. 1 player out of Ohio.

“It felt really good,” Mathews told Eleven Warriors after receiving his offer. “It’s really hard to explain because it’s something you’ve been waiting on for so long. And then when it happened, it’s just like, wow. (Ryan Day) said I earned it.”

He committed to Ohio State one month to the day after earning his offer and enrolled the following spring.

It didn’t take long for Knowles to recognize something special in the first-year player.


www.elevenwarriors.com

Jim Knowles Says Jermaine Mathews Jr.’s “Moxie” Has Been Evident Since Day One

With an injury to star cornerback Denzel Burke, Jim Knowles feels Jermaine Mathews has the “moxie” to deliver if called upon in Ohio State's biggest test of the season to date.
www.elevenwarriors.com www.elevenwarriors.com
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So he could play QB at Penn State?
 
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