Guest Guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Any good scoop on his choice? According to Scout.com One of Ohio's best overall prospects and top three defensive linemen. A dominating player on both sides of the ball. Hight: "I might have to go to junior college. I'm taking my ACT and SAT for the first time in August. I have about a 2.5 GPA. I'm not going to summer school." Dec 11 first-time ACT unreported--"I'm going to qualify for sure." SR (10-3) stats: 95+ tackles/11 TFL/5 FR/2 FC "I'm big and fast. I can rush the passer. I have a good forty and a good shuttle too. I ran a 4.5 shuttle at Ohio St last year. I could be a lot stronger though (BPs 375/SQs 550/PCs 325), and I could improve my maturity and my attitude." Schools Akron Toledo Iowa West Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JJ Huddle Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hight to Akron via Prop 48 - a great get for the Akron staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentZip Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 He must be coming to Akron. Since this afternoon, when I last looked, Scouts.com took away one star. He is now a three star recruit. The Zips are listed as the 82nd ranked recruiting class and are shown on that screen with ZERO three star recruits, even though Scouts.com has them with one on another screen. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zff Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Nice Read on Antwon. Wednesday only the start for Pups Tuesday, February 1, 2005 By CHRIS BEAVEN Repository sports writer The road to major college football often travels through McKinley High School. That road, though, does not always come without obstacles. For a pair of Bulldogs who helped lead McKinley to last fall’s state finals, their road to an NCAA Division I-A school includes overcoming self-made academic hurdles. Ryan Brinson and Antwon Hight will sign national letters of intent with West Virginia and Akron, respectively, Wednesday morning. But each player realizes academic work remains for them to eventually play college football. “I’m on that thin line right now where I’ve got to work hard and work toward the future,†Brinson said. “I have to keep my head on. ... I have to make sure I stay focused and that I’m getting the grades I need.†The state’s Associated Press Co-offensive Player of the Year in Division I last fall, Brinson is working towards solidifying his grade-point average during his final semester at McKinley. He also will take the ACT again next week in hopes of improving his score to ensure his eligibility at West Virginia this fall. “If I do my part, it’ll work out for the best,†said Brinson, McKinley’s career rushing leader with 4,772 yards and scoring leader with 336 points. Hight, a defensive lineman, is maintaining the same attitude. “I need to stay focused in the classroom a lot more than I’ve been,†Hight said. “I know if I’d done that a long time ago, I wouldn’t be in the situation I am in.†Hight realizes Akron, in a sense, is his “second shot†to get things right. “They’ve been with me since Day 1,†Hight said. “They’re the only ones to give me a chance. They kept coming down and kept talking. They said ‘We really want you, and you can get through this.’ †McKinley head coach Brian Cross is doing what he can to help both players. He just wishes they had realized the importance of academics much earlier. “You’ve got to get on these guys early, their freshman year,†he said. “By the time they juniors and seniors, they’ve had such a bad start, they’re so deep in the hole, they’re struggling to get out of it. Then they don’t see a chance to get out, and they go through the motions.†Cross said coaches can talk all they want, but it is up to the players to do something about it. “You can have your parental support, your teaching support and your coaching support,†he said. “But (they’re) the ones that have to do the work.†Brinson’s problem was a common one. “It was just being hard-headed and not having good study habits,†he said. “I was looking to have more fun instead of sitting down, doing homework and then having fun.†Brinson said he has great support. His mom, Felicia Smith, held him out of a game his sophomore year to drive home the importance of academics. His grandfather and uncles joined his mom in doing their best to push him. “Ryan started doing better last year when he realized if he didn’t turn around, he didn’t have a chance,†Cross said. “He’s got himself close.†Hight said he wasn’t mature enough to listen to the advice. “Everybody was telling me, ‘Get your grades up,’ †Hight said. “I thought I had time. I had three more years. That time flew by, and now I’m a senior already. “I was just young and stubborn, and didn’t want to listen. I was too lazy. ... But hey, I’ve got to live with what I did. I can only learn from it.†To help its players, McKinley has the “Play It Smart†program, a tutuoring service offered by the NFL. Former McKinley and Can't State standout DeMarlo Rozier serves as the academic coach of the program. “Having a guy like him is important, too,†Cross said. “He went to school got a degree and played football, and now he’s trying to help them do the same things.†Cross has been a high school head coach for 23 years. This is nothing new to him. “The frustrating part is it seems like these guys think something will happen in the end that will make it all OK,†Cross said. “It doesn’t work that way. Maybe they’ve seen too many movies where the star player magically in the end became eligible. That’s not the way it is.†You can reach Repository sports writer Chris Beaven at (330) 580-8345 or e-mail: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDSCHOOLZIP Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 For those of you who wanted JD to take some risked on talented yet troubled players, well, here's one for you. Hopefully he'll pan out well for us, and not just waste a scholarship and cause trouble in the locker room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zff Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Well he will not be on scholarship this coming school year or will he will allowed to do anything with the team but if he does get his grades up he can play in two years. So I see him as a no risk player...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hello Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Where do you get two years? If a kid is a prop he sits out the frosh season and has 3 years remaining. If he gets his grades up he can petition the NCAA for a 4th season, just like Piccirillo did this past season for Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDSCHOOLZIP Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Where do you get two years? If a kid is a prop he sits out the frosh season and has 3 years remaining. If he gets his grades up he can petition the NCAA for a 4th season, just like Piccirillo did this past season for Akron. He meant as in not next year, but two years from now. I think zff knows what a prop is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zff Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Thanks oldschoolzip that is what I ment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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