Washington will wear Scarlet and Gray
Dave Thurman (2:22 pm)
In a classic good news/bad news scenario Ohio State received a verbal commitment from one of the two stars from Cincinnati Taft High School, but lost out on the other one. Defensive End Adolphus Washington will continue his playing career in Columbus, while teammate Dwayne Stanford will take his receiving skills to Oregon. The hope was that both would desire to don the Scarlet and Gray but in the end Ohio State got the more decorated of the two.
Washington is ranked by many recruiting services as the best player in the state of Ohio, with Scout and 247Sports both rating him as a 5-star player. Considering the fact that the Buckeyes have struggled to mount any kind of pass rush this year, signing Washington is a big coup, and the staff had to consider him a must get. In 2011 he recorded 23.5 sacks, and could jump into the two deep immediately, even though the Silver Bullets return a bevy of talented young linemen.
Losing Stanford hurts, especially since many observers predicted he and Washington would head to the same school. He is a big, physical wideout that would have been a nice fit in the B1G, but was not considered an instant impact player like Washington. In addition, Ohio State already has verbal commitments from three receivers in Frank Epitropoulos. Michael Thomas and Roger Lewis.
So while it would have been nice to land both players from Taft, clearly it is a good day, as the Buckeyes added the one they needed most.
In a classic good news/bad news scenario Ohio State received a verbal commitment from one of the two stars from Cincinnati Taft High School, but lost out on the other one. Defensive End Adolphus Washington will continue his playing career in Columbus, while teammate Dwayne Stanford will take his receiving skills to Oregon. The hope was that both would desire to don the Scarlet and Gray but in the end Ohio State got the more decorated of the two.
Washington is ranked by many recruiting services as the best player in the state of Ohio, with Scout and 247Sports both rating him as a 5-star player. Considering the fact that the Buckeyes have struggled to mount any kind of pass rush this year, signing Washington is a big coup, and the staff had to consider him a must get. In 2011 he recorded 23.5 sacks, and could jump into the two deep immediately, even though the Silver Bullets return a bevy of talented young linemen.
Losing Stanford hurts, especially since many observers predicted he and Washington would head to the same school. He is a big, physical wideout that would have been a nice fit in the B1G, but was not considered an instant impact player like Washington. In addition, Ohio State already has verbal commitments from three receivers in Frank Epitropoulos. Michael Thomas and Roger Lewis.
So while it would have been nice to land both players from Taft, clearly it is a good day, as the Buckeyes added the one they needed most.
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