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4/12/2008 1:25 AM
 
OH OL Corey Linsley - Ohio State  (United States) Modified By srpatterson  on 4/28/2008 3:35:36 PM
Corey Linsley
6-4/285
Boardman Youngstown, OH
Offensive Line
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4/13/2008 1:13 AM
 
Re: OH OL Corey Linsley  (United States) Modified By srpatterson  on 4/28/2008 3:33:36 PM
Latest News on Corey: 2009 OLs
 
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4/28/2008 4:34 PM
 
Re: OH OL Corey Linsley  (United States)
Linsley Becomes Lucky No. 13
Linsley is verbal commitment No. 13.
Linsley is verbal commitment No. 13.

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Posted Apr 28, 2008


Ohio State picked up verbal commitment No. 13 for its class of 2009 today when Boardman, Ohio, offensive lineman Corey Linsley opted to join the class. A three-star prospect, Linsley gives the Buckeyes two offensive linemen in the fold.

The train that is Ohio State’s class of 2009 just keeps rolling.

Boardman, Ohio, offensive lineman Corey Linsley was using two things to figure out where he would go to college: his mind and his heart. On Monday, those two things gave him the same answer and he pulled the trigger, issuing a verbal commitment to the Buckeyes.

“We sat down for a second and figured out that Ohio State was the best place for me on paper and it was No. 1 in my heart,” he told BuckeyeSports.com. “I just felt that I had to seal the deal right now and get it over with.”

A three-star offensive guard as ranked by Scout.com, Linsley is ranked as the No. 4 prospect at his position in the country. A versatile athlete who also throws the shot put for his school’s track team, the 6-4, 285-pound Linsley also mans a tackle spot in high school.

Linsley was first offered by OSU on March 7 and he followed that up with a trip to Columbus for a junior day event. While there, he nearly wound up issuing a verbal commitment but opted to hold off and contemplate visits to other schools such as Illinois and Stanford. He has visited the Fighting Illini unofficially and took part in a combine at Pittsburgh as well.

He can bench press 415 pounds, squats 585 and has been timed at 5.2 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

With Linsley’s commitment, the Buckeyes now have 13 members for their class of 2009. He becomes the sixth player to commit to the program since the school’s spring game April 19, a figure that includes the transfer of former Michigan offensive lineman Justin Boren into the program.

OSU now has verbal commitments from two linemen for its class of 2009 in Linsley and Toledo St. John’s tackle Jack Mewhort.

 
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4/28/2008 5:37 PM
 
College football: Offensive lineman from Youngstown picks Buckeyes
Monday,  April 28, 2008 4:10 PM
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Corey Linsley, an offensive lineman from Youngstown (Boardman), this afternoon became the 13th commitment to Ohio State's 2009 class, according to Bill Kurelic of Bucknuts.

The 6-foot-4, 275-pound Linsley reportedly picked the Buckeyes over Stanford, though he also had offers from several other schools.

"With his commitment, Ohio State is poised to make a clean sweep of the top three offensive line prospects in this state," Kurelic said.

Linsley joined Jack Mewhort of Toledo (St.John's) who committed to the class in late December. The other in-state linemen the Buckeyes covet is Marcus Hall of Cleveland Glenville, whom rivals.com considers to be the 34th best overall prospect in the country.

Linsley, meanwhile, is ranked No.154 by rivals; Scout.com rates him as the fourth-best offensive guard prospect nationally.

 
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4/29/2008 9:53 AM
 
Youngstown lineman will come aboard with Buckeyes
Tuesday,  April 29, 2008 3:10 AM
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has secured commitments from 13 recruits for the class of 2009.
RENEE SAUER | DISPATCH
Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has secured commitments from 13 recruits for the class of 2009.

Corey Linsley can fling the shot put without distraction these days, now that he has decided to play football for Ohio State.

Linsley, an offensive lineman from Boardman, said yesterday that he has committed to Ohio State, becoming the 13th member of the 2009 class. Rated as the third-best line prospect in Ohio by analyst Bill Kurelic of Bucknuts.com, Linsley (6 feet 4, 285 pounds) chose Ohio State over Stanford, among others.

"My coach (D.J. Ogilvie) and I sat down and figured out, on paper, Ohio State was the best decision I could make," Linsley said. "And in my heart, growing up a Buckeye fan, it felt like the right time to do it."

Now the junior can concentrate on his other athletic pursuits, taking part in the discus and shot put. He has the second-longest put of the year (58 feet) in Division I.

"Yeah, I'm looking to win state (in the shot put); I'm looking forward to coming down to Columbus and winning it," Linsley said.

The Buckeyes' 2009 class is already more than half full, and it's not even May. They are also winning the competition for in-state football talent, Kurelic said.

Ohio State has commitments from Jack Mewhort of Toledo St. John's and Linsley. If Cleveland Glenville's Marcus Hall commits, "they will have a clean sweep of the top three offensive line prospects in Ohio," Kurelic said.

Rivals.com considers Hall to be the 34th-best overall prospect in the country.

Linsley is ranked 154th by Rivals.com. Scout.com rates him as the fourth-best guard prospect nationally; Mewhort is 20th among tackles.

 
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