S Donte Whitner (Official Thread)

[MililaniBuckeye]

First Tarblooder to make the jump, by the way. Hopefully the first of MANY.

Actually, I hope he's the last Tarblooder to leave early...I want all our Tarblooders to make it to the NFL but just take their four full years of eligibility to do so.

Only AJ was a greater loss than Donte, Best of luck

I'd say Carpenter will be a slightly bigger loss. Either way, I wish the best for Donte, and I'm sure he'll do as well as any of our recent safeties in the pros...

 

[jimotis4heisman]

with the new cba i cant blame the kid. a lot of kids should go early in reality. it is almost foolish if they dont.

best of luck with sunday play.

 

[martinss01]

judging from the last few responses i take assume its official..?

 

[jwinslow]

the page before it would be a useful read...

 

[seed702]

I might have misspoke when I said a few, but here is one. He has 5 Buckeyes going in the 1st round...

http://www.draftnotebook.com/draft_projection.htm

And he is not a newcomer and some nobody. This is a legit scouting service, really.

Just FYI, that page has 2 rounds on it. I guess they've changed it a bit also, the order is different now, they have AJ going #3 overall.

 

[RugbyBuck]

We'll be fine. Looking forward to seeing some of the younger talent. Congratulations, Donte. Best of luck.

 

[martinss01]

the page before it would be a useful read...

thats what i get for skimming :p. this is a very painful loss. ill refrain from a knee jerk reaction. but i was really hoping he would stick around for another year. while aj hawk was the leader on defense, boby carpenter was the teams emotional leader. i expected donte to take over atleast one if not both those roles. the lack of leadership will hurt us the most with this loss.

good luck donte. :osu: :)

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Kudla will get drafted...might be the second day, but someone will pick him up.

 

[AJHawkfan]

Kudla will get drafted...might be the second day, but someone will pick him up.

I agree with MIli 100% on this. Kudla will floor a lot of people at the combine with his strength and speed. He will earn himself a lot of money while breaking the combine bench press record.

 

[buckeyeboy]

It looks official -- from NBC 4:

http://www.nbc4i.com/cfoot572/5888369/detail.html

 

[Cincinnatibuck]

Hope Donte has a very long and successful career in the NFL. Bengals have pick 26 and could use a safety that likes to hit to along with Madieu Williams.

 

[CONGERSBUCKEYE]

Donte will be missed and always gave it all on the field. Good luck and think we should have seen this coming with Lyons switch to Safety. He is the sleeper for next year!!

 

[Jagdaddy]

Kudla - rhymes with Mamula. I expect Kudla will be more than just a combine freak, however

 

[Folanator]

with the new cba i cant blame the kid. a lot of kids should go early in reality. it is almost foolish if they dont.

best of luck with sunday play.

Look at the Rivals draft day board. Looks to me like 50% of the forcasted 1st and 2nd round pics are Jrs. I have never seen so many younger kids coming out early.

 

[buckeyeboy]

Today on Rome's ESPN show, he interviewed Michael Huff from UT. All I kept thinking was how Donte could have possibly done the same things that Huff did this year (be a team leader, win the Thorpe award, win a NC) if he had only returned for his senior season like Huff did. It reminded me of Doss, who returned for his senior year b/c he wanted to lead tOSU to a NC, even though he could have jumped to the NFL after his junior year. Man, I just keep thinking that our defense, having lost AJ, Bobby, Anthony, Tyler, Nate, Marcus, etc., really needed a leader next year and Donte would have been the perfect one to do it. Depressing.