| 08 December 2009
This has been as turbulent a recruiting season as I can remember. The board has changed so many time. The way it looks right now any Buckeye fan has to be looking forward to National Signing Day.
Who we have already qualifies as a top 15 class. I don't care where anybody else ranks us. I don't think several players are getting their proper respect like David Durham. I don't know how anyone can watch his film and not see a four-star player. How we finish this class should push us into the top ten for sure and I think there is an argument for top five should this class break like it very easily could.
The news is all good with Seantrell Henderson, Sharif Floyd and LaMarcus Joyner. Christian Bryant is for all intents and purposes a Buckeye. Latwan Anderson just needs a test score. I am saying the Buckeyes are the team to beat on all those national top 100 players. If adding five top 100 players does not dramatically impact the rankings then we need to change the system.
We could see an even more impressive class but nobody knows where Jordan Hicks and Matt James are. I don't know anyone who is sure of where James is. I think the Notre Dame situation makes it all the more complicated. James has UC in there because his dad is an alum and because of where Kelly has the program going. If he leaves that has to make it a more difficult choice, especially if no coach is in place when he is ready to make his decision. Hicks seems to be in a similar situation. The only difference is when you ask people about Hicks you get a different answer, Ohio State, Texas, Florida. They seem to be interchangable. If one or both choose the Buckeyes I put this class up against anyones.
There has been a new offer. Verlon Reed, the athlete from Marion-Franklin, has been offered. He will likely be a Buckeye. Where he plays is the only thing that remains to be decided. He is a fine athlete and has the prototype body for a safety but some will argue that all he needs is more time under center. I wonder if the decision to offer has anything to do with the injury history with Taylor Graham. Quarterback is the most difficult position in all of sports to master. He has missed the bulk of the last two years. I wonder if the staff is looking at Reed as insurance for Graham. At least until they are comfortable that he is coming along. I have concerns about him as a safety. This staff has a very suspect history of going off the board with safety recruits. I think with Bryant and Anderson, and it looks like Joyner, that there are enough safeties coming in. This offer is about a very raw quarterback recruit who fits the mold of the kind of quarterback Jim Tressel wants.
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