OSU Commitment Watch - RB Ezekiel Elliot
In the spirit of knowing thy enemy, OSU just received its 6th commit for 2013, St. Louis, Mo RB Ezekiel Elliot. A 3* or 4* by the major sites, he did not hold a Michigan offer.
By all accounts, this was/is supposed to be a big recruiting weekend for OSU, with half a dozen high profile recruits visiting campus, including Anzalone and Pocic. Elliot's commitment will serve to calm buckeye nation which was starting to get uneasy without a commit in the last month while Hoke continues to show that his recruiting success last year was no fluke (and with a couple of expected prospects either cancelling (Devin Butler) or rescheduling (Tim Kimbrough?) their visits this weekend).
Good size, fast, and good hands (playing RB, WR, CB in this highlight clip), but hard to judge the quality of competition.
Why do I care about this?
up to? Personally, I'd like if we got regular recruiting updates on Ohio, State, and ND. I'd even do them if people would would be interested.
Personally, I'd love to hear updates on all of our rivals. It's good to know the competition. Besides, the Fall is a LONG time away, so I need my football fix.
Fair enough, I suppose if folks are interested in a topic, well then that's the purpose of the board.
That is the nature of the board. I don't care about half of the board posts, but I also realize that there probably is someone who cares... and more importantly, no one around here cares if I don't care, so I keep it to myself.
whether you cared or not but, suddenly, now I care. With that said, I don't care if you don't care that I care.
Don't you try to rationalize your way out of this.
But I can rationalize it.
Please do this! It would be really interesting to see. Even a bi-weekly or monthly "Know Thy Potential Enemy" recruiting update would be great.
Yea i would love if you did updates on the our big rivals, mainly ohio. Please believe if you go to any ohio blog/forum, you'd see plenty Michigan related threads.
How about MSU too?? Their recruiting should be easier to track since its nationwide and all.
Ahem..."International"...get it right or Dantonio punches a puppy.
It made ND fans annoyed, and you should care about that.
I am also interested to know what they enemy is up to, as for the suggestion to make regular recruiting updates on our rivals I don't think I'd be that excited for it. I could get flamed for this, but I think we already have great content on this site... I do think threads like these would be great though.. just m opinion
updates. I was leaning more towards the idea the updates coming from the community every once in a while, maybe every 2 weeks or so.
maybe a weekly or bi-weekly diary for someone ambitious (and connected) enough.
I'd take Deveon smith over him any day.
So would Urban and Ohio.
Hello "Plan B".
Honestly, no. Smith fits a different role than Elliott. Elliott will play the athlete role in our offense while Smith would have been used soley as a RB. Also, we offered Elliott well before we offered Smith. Many people considered Smith our plan B behind Derrick Green. And I don't think Meyer would take Smith over very many RBs that we've offered as we already have a number of physical RBs on our roster. And I don't think Smith can be considered outright better than anyone we already have. Green, though, is comparable to Smith accept that he probably has a higher ceiling. He's also a more explosive athlete with better speed.
Gotta love the trolling tag for well written, logical posts just because they don't agree with every Michigan fan.
Usually the good posts will get corrected. If you start providing a lot of useful analysis (see: RDT) then you'll routinely be voted up.
On the other hand, complaining about getting downvoted only gets you more downvotes.
Thanks for your analysis.
Not helping your case.
but you should also consider, Michigan didn't offer Elliot at all and obviously Hoke wanted Smith badly. If you think we are a little negative towards buckeyes and their fans, you should see how Wolverines and their fans are treated over at 11 warriors.
Stop whining!
11 warriors is on par with RCMB as far as being comically homer-ish goes. They say mgoblog is full of homers, which it is, but we don't come anywhere close to them in my opinion.
You know how we joke about how awesome Ohio fans think Urban Meyer is? They say the same things, except for they're not joking. So much hyperbole over there.
Don't agree. 11W is pretty good. RCMB is unreadable. Bucknuts and Scout free boards are a lot worse than 11W. The Stadium and Main board on Scout is pretty bad too.
Do agree with this. The scout and bucknuts boards are ridiculous. I avoid them even as a Buckeye. 11W has its share of obnoxious homers, but most aren't bad. Out of the Michigan sites I've checked out, MgoBlog is the best. Good writers and mostly sensible posters. Every fan base has its crazies, though, and Wolverines and Buckeyes aren't the exceptions. I appreciate the respectful and thoughtful posts that most of you write on a daily basis. It's nice to have informative information and opinions from the rival.
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It seems like a long time since we've had a commit. I was king of hoping for a random this weekend.
All hail to the King!
It appears that we recruit best when you are not following...
Notre Dame fans thought they had this kid in the bag. I guess Kelly told him it was 50/50 whether he'd play him at RB or CB. Meyer told him he wanted him as a RB. Needless to say Elliot wants to play RB in college.
I bet he does... To bad meyer doesnt use rb's. Kid got jinxed on april fools day!
Twitter rumors are that Jayme Thompson has flipped from WVU to OSU as well.
Wasn't there a teammate of Jayme Thompson on the board who said he would change his mind a few times along the way?
He only accepts commits ranked high **** or ***** stars!
Do the cooler poopers have their own 3 star mafia?
ofcourse they do... I suspect all high end programs have a branch.
That being said, Ezekiel is the #9 RB on Scout's rankings, so he's not exactly a reach.
He's only a 3 star on 247. Everyone else has him as a 4.
February 1st, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
Must be a good talent evaluator
February 1st, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
Must be a good talent evaluator
February 1st, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
Must be a good talent evaluator
Have any 3 star RBs become stars at Ohio the way they have at Michigan despite higher rated competition? I don't know much about any individual players they've had, but I know they have a lot of highly rated RBs in the fold currently.
was a low 4 star who started over more highly-touted guys like Jamaal Berry.
Why are you visiting the thread?
before I'd find the one that...echo my sentiments. Tuos fanbase spouting the line...'Slow but steady' is too funny.
They're now talking about a possible Jayme Thompson commit? I know we talked quite a bit about him before he commited to WVU in early february.
I don't post much but I've been following this kid for a while and figured I could provide some insight. I went to the same high school as he did and as far as I know he is the highest rated recruit ever to come out of the school. He has great speed and good hands coming out of the backfield. I have no idea how he projects to the next level because the level of competition is very suspect in the league that he played in.
I was surpised at how highly rated he was just because of the lack of talent he played against every week. That being said, I've watched him play a few times on the football field and the basketball court and I would project him as an athlete at the next level. He may not have the size to be a full time running back and I could see him switching to the defensive backfield or slot reciever at some point. He has good leaping ability but the main thing is his speed although I don't know how legitimate his 4.40 40 is. He had zero offers before signing day this year so he must have done something right between the end of the football season and then. I hurts to see him go to OSU because I'm going to have a hard time not pulling for him.
You can still pull for him to have many many yards and touchdowns. Just none against Michigan.
Look like a good player but he runs very upright (McGuffie) and that would scare me.