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Yes...the long-awaited trek of the two big, "mystery" DL's to the University of Akron is nearing a close!Sources say by the end of this week we could see a commitment from a big defensive tackle from Canada who committed to Michigan State in 2006, but never attended the school. I believe he would be eligible to play in 2007. Who is it? I'll speculate it is 2007 Milford Academy DL:VAUGHN MARTINDT • 6-3 • 323London, Ontario (South Secondary School)HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Represented Team Canada in the 2006 NFL Global Junior Championship in Detroit . . . named to the NFL Global Junior Championship X All-Tournament Team after helping Team Canada to a perfect 5-0 record, including five shutouts . . . ranked fourth on Team Canada in tackles with 9.5 (9 solos, 1 assist) . . . produced four tackles for losses (12 yards) in the tournament, including two sacks (9 yards) . . . recorded three solo hits, including a 4-yard sack, in Team Canada's 10-0 victory over Team U.S.A. in the championship game . . . made three solo stops, including one for a loss, in a third-round game vs. Team U.S.A. . . . registered his first sack of the tournament in the opening-round game vs. Team Japan . . . spent the last two summers playing for the Forest City Thunderbirds in the Central Ontario Football League . . . three-year starter for Coach Mike Stenning at South Secondary School in London, Ontario . . . ranked among the top 12 defensive ends in Ontario by All-Star Football and Weir's Magazine . . . posted 90 tackles in 2004, including five for losses . . . saw action at defensive end, defensive tackle and fullback in high school . . . son of Doreen Francis . . . born Dec. 30, 1989 in Jamaica. The name of the second "mystery" DL is also TBD. Stay tuned... ;)

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I thought that i read somewhere the other DL who is thought to be ready to sign with the Zips is 6'6 ansd 295 lbs. Is this true captain. and also....what does everyone think of the move of Zach Anderson to the DL? Im not sure I like it, Guard is the position he has grown up playing and he was rated as one of the top 100 guards in the country coming out of HS. Keep him at his natural position.

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  timmyboy said:
I thought that i read somewhere the other DL who is thought to be ready to sign with the Zips is 6'6 ansd 295 lbs. Is this true captain. and also....what does everyone think of the move of Zach Anderson to the DL? Im not sure I like it, Guard is the position he has grown up playing and he was rated as one of the top 100 guards in the country coming out of HS. Keep him at his natural position.
The "other" Canadian I hope has already signed his letter of intent is 6'5", about 240 lbs.The Zach Anderson move strikes me as a bit odd too. I had a friend who's a big OSU fan call me when Anderson signed with the Zips and congratulated me. This guy NEVER does stuff like that, so it made me pretty pumped about Zach. But, he didn't play last season...and our OL struggled...so it makes you wonder a little.OL's usually don't see the field until their Soph year anyhow, so I'm not all that concerned.Our DL needs help bigtime. If our OL depth is such that we could afford to shift a guy to the defensive side, I'm all for it.We'll see if there's anything to it tomorrow, I guess. It could be JD was just playing "mad scientist" for a day.
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  • 2 weeks later...

Here is the other name:Former Pickering Trojan/Toronto Thunder DE Hassan Hazime who played with Cegep Vanier this past fall has become the second member of Vanier to commit to a Division 1 school for 2007Hassan an extremely quick and athletic pass rusher has committed to the University of Akron Zips

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  Zipgrad01 said:
Don't fret about team USA losing to Canada in football. It happens all the time. They put together their best team. We put together............? I don't know of one player that ever played in the tournament. lol
Not to mention their school system is different and you are in high school at age 19 instead of 18 like in the US.
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