K Noah Ruggles (1st Team All American)

[MaxBuck]

Surprised no one else has posted this. Grad transfer, consumes one scholarship for 2021 at a minimum.

https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2021/...io-state-football-as-a-graduate-transfer.html

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Thanks for starting the thread

Buchtel’ first mentioned this guy in the special teams thread on Wednesday

There are some YouTube clips of him kicking there; looks promising

 

[ScriptOhio]

https://247sports.com/Player/Noah-Ruggles-94607/

Just sayin': In 2017 Blake Haubeil was a 3 star .8321 recruit and Noah Ruggles was a 2 star .7978 recruit.

https://247sports.com/Season/2017-F...kings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&Position=K

 

[charlohiottean]

Ruggles. Isn’t that some sort of Australian banana pyjama based kid’s show?

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

 

[DZ83CK]

When I hear the word Ruggles, I think of ice cream.

 

[RB07OSU]

If nothing else, he makes the all name team. And hopefully he can improve our special teams, we need it.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[Dryden]

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...fident-and-blessed-as-ohio-state-s-new-kicker

NOAH RUGGLES FULFILLING GRANDFATHER’S DREAM, FEELING CONFIDENT AND BLESSED AS OHIO STATE’S NEW KICKER
Dan Hope on September 9, 2021 at 8:35

Noah Ruggles will make his grandfather’s dream come true when he kicks in Ohio Stadium for the first time on Saturday.

Ruggles’ grandfather Homer Hilty, who was an Ohio State season ticket holder and lived in Wintersville, Ohio, before his death in 2015, had hoped to see his grandson play for the Buckeyes one day. Ruggles, who grew up in Odessa, Florida, wasn’t offered by Ohio State out of high school and ended up starting his college career at North Carolina in 2017.

Four years later, however, Ruggles is now wearing the scarlet and gray as Ohio State’s new starting kicker.

Even when Ruggles entered the transfer portal in December, that opportunity didn’t come right away. He didn’t enter the portal with visions of ending up at Ohio State or any other specific school. But when Ohio State special teams coordinator Parker Fleming reached out to him in mid-April, which ultimately led to an offer to become a Buckeye after he worked out at Ohio State in June, he felt like destiny had come calling.

“My grandfather, he had season tickets to Ohio State and he always used to want me to come play here out of high school, and the opportunity never came up,” Ruggles said. “And I think it’s pretty crazy that last minute, this turned up out of nowhere. So I just think that’s God.”

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[bukIpower]

This man deserves a bump... he's really come in and calmed a major major concern for this program. He'll miss kicks eventually because every kicker does. That said he's been great has earned his Buckeye leafs this year.

 

[Steve19]

He's been a rock.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[brodybuck21]

Huge pickup through transfer portal

 

[Jaxbuck]

Woody bless you lad.

Now when I hear Ruggles, I'll think of Day saying "oh shit" like they caught Tressel saying "Oh fuck" about a kicker and beating Penn State....so all good things.

(let's not make a habit of that 'goofy looking kick for the win' bullshit)