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DE Jamel Turner (Butler Community College; transfer to Akron)

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DaBuckeyes;1727253; said:
Apparently Youngstown isn't working out too well for him.
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Turner had what every kid dreams of...athletic ability, full ride to a major university to play football, and probably a good chance at the NFL. However, when all was said and done he just "blew it". He "blew it" in the classroom, he "blew it" by making some really bad decisions, and he "blew it" by hanging around with the wrong crowd (and who knows, maybe he was the wrong crowd). Anyway he undoubtedly has lost that (i.e. football) opportunity; heck, worse than that, he almost lost his life. Hopefully others will learn from his mistakes.

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News roundup: Henderson and Turner (Blogging the Buckeyes)

2. Former OSU recruit Jamel Turner is out of the hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds that left him in critical condition in Youngstown last month. A source close to Turner indicated he is expected to make a full recovery eventually, but at this point, any talk of what he might do in the future is very premature.

Coach Jim Tressel has said Turner still needs to finish up high school, so that would be the first step. Any chance of playing college football would be in 2011 at the earliest.
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So...since:
1. Described in the above post as a "former" recruit
2. Apparently did not graduate high school
3. Did NOT die as the rumor at the time of his shooting went...

When do we go ahead and move this back to the "2010 Football Recruiting" category...where this belongs IMHO, he will almost certainly never see the inside of a college football uniform.

The Cactoman
 
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Video from outside the Youngstown Clerk of Court office at this morning's arraignment of Melvin Shaw. Shaw appeared via closed circuit TV from his jail cell and was not involved in the melee. Shaw's bond is $750K for the murder charge and $500K for the attempted murder charge.
 
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wadc45;1828192; said:
Scout $ - Turner Looking For Fresh Start
12/4

By The Bank...says he is doing well and is back to working out...heading to Butler Community College in the spring and hopes to make it to OSU eventually.
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Great news. Hopefully we continue to hear nothing but good news about Jamel
 
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He's lucky to still be living. Hope he can put his life, grades in order then worry about the playing football part. Sometimes our paths in life aren't what we expected but they can still lead us to were we need to be. Go get 'em Jamel!
 
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Former recruit Jamel Turner back on track? (Blogging the Buckeyes)

Seven months after gunshot wounds left him in critical condition, former Ohio State recruit Jamel Turner is in college and hoping to continue his football career.

Turner, a defensive end, has enrolled this semester at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan., according to Dan Reardon, Turner's coach at Youngstown Ursuline High School.

"We'll see, he certainly has some obstacles to overcome," Reardon said. "But he has so much potential, you hope everything comes together for him. It's really been one of those screenplays, with the ups and downs and everything."

Turner's saga began in the winter of 2009, when he was kicked off Ursuline's basketball team for disciplinary reasons and declared ineligible for sports the rest of the school year.

He enrolled at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy that fall and signed with Ohio State in February 2010. But he left Fork Union before finishing the school year, and trouble soon found him back in Youngstown.

Turner was involved in two shooting incidents, the second of which - in June - left a 17-year-old girl dead and Turner fighting for his life.

Reardon said he is encouraged that Turner has "has had a pretty good past four or five months. He has made good decisions and removed a lot of negative things from his life."

At this point, Reardon said Turner simply is focused on getting back to playing football and going to school. Butler was the national runner-up in the junior college ranks last season, losing in the title game.

Any talk of where Turner might end up - including Ohio State - is premature.

However, Reardon said, "In a year or two, if he's done everything he's supposed to do, I wouldn't rule it out."
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