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Your biggest misses on predicting former Buckeyes careers

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16 months ago

I would say Sam Maldonado the RB out of New York. I think he was in the 1999 or 2000 class. He was supposed to be a stud! That is why you never know what is going to happen. lol.
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16 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Ncanhyfte, good post, but why didn't you offer to buy the ring from Ross to help him out?
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16 months ago

I was a big Eric Haw guy.
On the flip side, I wasn't a big Troy Smith guy when he was a freshman...certainly not to the point that I thought he would be what he was in the end.
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16 months ago

Donnie Nickie: from a signing day available slot to 4 year letterman, and into the NFL
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I'm not going to name names, but I know one of the reasons some of the fellas listed or thought of didn't pan out is simply steroid use. In high school you can get away with more than at the college level. The injuries that come with steroid use for some guys can also be an issue. I know a couple of fellas spoken of or that come to mind are confirmed juicers. That is one reason talent is hard to judge sometimes. It is sad and ugly....but true.
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Great story, I recall Lydell being very big fast and talented hejust seemed to get hurt easily and seemed to have bad vision. He should have been better but oh we'll.
Mo C would have been a nightmare (in a good way) his jr year.
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nvanhyfte - What is Lydell up to these days?
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16 months ago

I thought Keith Wells was going to be a guy that would be great here. He never played a down!! Guys like him are way bigger misses than guys who played but maybe just didn't live up to the hype. I don't like to rag on the guys who he did their time, played, and got their degree. To me that is not a huge failure. Guys who arrived with a ton of hype and potential and never did squat on or off the field are the real misses. IMO james Scott is another guy that comes to mind in "recent" history.
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Jason Ott, the next Big Kat!
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Rob Murphy.....flunked out. Could have been AA.
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16 months ago

I always thought Freddie Lenix would be big out of Glenville.... nope, I don't even remember if he ever enrolled
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This list has all the usual suspects I can think of. Let me drop a hoopster name on you from my hometown. Greg Simpson. Kid had serious skills, wish it could have worked out different for him.
Credit Google Images, from which I steal all my pics.
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Terry Pogue, only because he was a classmate of mines. Couldve been a solid linebacker or rush end. Had speed and power.
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Smash through to Victory
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16 months ago

Scherzo said...
Ncanhyfte, good post, but why didn't you offer to buy the ring from Ross to help him out?

i was wondering the same thing. or at least let him pawn it, so he could buy it back from you when he could.
An Ohioan by birth, a Buckeye by the grace of God.
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Pula_86 said...
I've been following recruiting since Coach Tressel took over for Coach Cooper. I thought it would be interesting those players who you thought would be great, but never turned out. Here are a few of mine:
Mike D'Andrea--I remember how obsessed everyone was over his recruitment. Everyone thought he was going to be one of the greats. Ironically enough, it was fellow 2002 recruit AJ Hawk who would add to TOSU's LB lore. Injuries derailed his career.
Louis Irizarry--Long recruitment. Went from TOSU lock to surprising Miami verbal before signing with TOSU. He was suppose to be the transformational TE. Similar to how it never worked out for Irizarry (off field legal problems), TEs never became more than blockers in the Tressel era.
Jamario O'Neal--Was offered as a sophomore and I believe was a verbal early his junior year. He did end up contributing a little bit, but never came close to the hype.
Eugene Clifford--Was our top recruit in 2007. Thought he would be the one to change around our safety recruiting. Loved his weed more than his football and eventually left the program.
Dorian Bell--Continually had off the field issues that led to suspensions. So much talent in HS. Perhaps he makes a mark after transferring, but I will not hold my breath.
David Durham--Why is Durham on my list? This is my personal miss. Although Durham was not highly rated, It thought he would be a monster at DE. Never saw the field on defense and was switched to FB. May make an impact there after transferring from TOSU, but he will always be a big miss from what my expectations were for him.
There are so many others out there, but I'd like to hear some of yours.

Irizarry comes to mind as a huge disappointment, but does anyone remember Ira Guilford(4 star safety) who was stealing laptops with him. He had some hype himself. Those two kids were high on the recruiting boards and I thought both were going to be huge buckeyes.
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