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LB Justin Hilliard (2020 B1G Champ Def POG)

Four-star LB Justin Hilliard to commit in late June, wants to bring other elite prospects with him to his destination: Buckeyes recruiting
Hillard, perhaps one of Ohio State's top remaining recruiting targets, also Tweeted that he hopes to bring top talent with him to wherever he goes – including five-star running back Damien Harris Berea (Ky.) Madison Southern, four-star tight end Chris Clark of Avon (Conn.) Old Farms and defensive end Jashon Cornell of St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin-Derham Hall.
 
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Love hearing this, and does it seem to anyone else that the kids he's speaking about in LitlBuck's quote are recruits that have either mentioned or had the crystal balls pointed in tOSU's direction for some time? I'll take the kids listed above, plus a couple of OL, and a DL, and call it a recruitment. PLus adding Baker to make a starting LBers of all Ohio kids. Go Bucks!
 
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http://www.cincinnati.com/story/blo...-hilliard-expected-to-announce-soon/10745141/

St. Xavier 2015 LB Justin Hilliard is reportedly expected to announce his college decision, according to multiple media reports and his Twitter account.

Making my decision this month at St. X. I'll know the exact date as early as tomorrow.

— Justin Hilliard (@JHilliard47) June 18, 2014

Hilliard, who is 6 feet 2 and 235 pounds, is ranked the nation's No. 49 player overall in the 2015 class by Rivals.com. He is a four-star recruit and is ranked the nation's No. 1 outside linebacker in the 2015 class by Rivals.com and 247Sports. He is a five-star recruit by 247Sports.

Hilliard had narrowed his college choices to Alabama, Notre Dame, Iowa, Ohio State and Michigan in May. Hilliard announced on Twitter the night of June 17 he planned to make his college choice known in June.

He played in seven games for the Bombers in 2013 before injuring his foot. He had 76 tackles, seven tackles for a loss of 24 yards, four sacks, one interception for 47 yards, six broken up passes and one fumble recovery for 18 yards in the regular season. He had 3 ½ tackles (three solo) in a playoff game against Moeller in early November.

He has had offers that includes Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, University of Southern California, Virginia, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Missouri, Boston College, Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska, South Carolina, Iowa, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Indiana and several others.
 
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Justin Hilliard's Crystal Ball Predictions
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Entire article: http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Justin-Hilliard-at-St-Xavier-50346/CurrentExpertPredictions

These "so called" experts may not know anymore than any of us; however, they just have a recruiting information website to express their opinions. Regardless you have to like their prediction.
 
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I agree with the "experts" that OSU is looking good here, but ND is the competition here and not scUM. Although the dominoes have been falling rapidly, I think Hilliard is the key domino to getting some of the elite OOS guys like Cornell, Harris, etc. He really looks primed to be a leader in whomever he chooses, so I'm hoping it is the good guys.

One element I had not really thought about in Hilliard is the real swing we have seen in our recruitment of Cincinnati-area players. Recently we have Hubbard, Jalin Marshall, and looking good for Haussman and Kraemer...hopefully Hilliard would help further solidify our efforts there.
 
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I agree with the "experts" that OSU is looking good here, but ND is the competition here and not scUM. Although the dominoes have been falling rapidly, I think Hilliard is the key domino to getting some of the elite OOS guys like Cornell, Harris, etc. He really looks primed to be a leader in whomever he chooses, so I'm hoping it is the good guys.

One element I had not really thought about in Hilliard is the real swing we have seen in our recruitment of Cincinnati-area players. Recently we have Hubbard, Jalin Marshall, and looking good for Haussman and Kraemer...hopefully Hilliard would help further solidify our efforts there.

Don't forget about Diesel Washington
 
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