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BOOM! 4-Star Cornerback Deontay Malone Commits To Ohio State · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: live breaking news show for you. Deontay Malone, a four
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  Speaker 1: star cornerback out of Maslin, has committed to the Buckeyes.
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  Speaker 1: He was just visiting this weekend. I'm joined by Tony
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  Speaker 1: Gerderman at Buckeye Insiders dot com. Tony, this is a
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  Speaker 1: really nice solid addition for Tim Walton at the cornerback
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  Speaker 1: position for twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the first cornerback in the class. Deontae Malone, a
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  Speaker 2: guy that in Ohio and that you want to get
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  Speaker 2: a talented three way player. Basically talented receiver, special team
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  Speaker 2: or a defense back, not unlike Gary un Connelly also
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  Speaker 2: from Ascelin Washington, who is a talented receiver and corner.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, you go back in those days and Denzel
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  Speaker 2: Ward was the same way in Marshall Lattimore and so
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  Speaker 2: it's interesting to see another talented and productive receiver. But
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  Speaker 2: also he is viewed as a corner for sure, and
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  Speaker 2: one of the top guys in the state and in
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  Speaker 2: the Midwest at that position. So I guess a late
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  Speaker 2: start in terms of getting your first corner in the class,
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  Speaker 2: especially when there are two other corners in Ohio who
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  Speaker 2: have already committed elsewhere, but a good way to get
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  Speaker 2: the ball rolling for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a spot where they had some work
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  Speaker 1: to do to sort of round out the class at
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty seven class is already substantially sort of
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  Speaker 1: locked in, but corner, as you said, obviously an area
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  Speaker 1: where they needed to bring some guys in. This is
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  Speaker 1: a very good start for them. They have another guy
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  Speaker 1: visiting this weekend as well, another in state corner who
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  Speaker 1: you know, not something that we're necessarily expecting to be
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  Speaker 1: doing a show in the next thirty minutes or so
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  Speaker 1: on another commitment, but certainly another name to know and
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  Speaker 1: another another player who they could potentially bring in in
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  Speaker 1: state at that spot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Cincinnati Princeton's mont Santa Torbert, who I believe was
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  Speaker 2: previously committed to Indiana decommitted. Open things back up. He's
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  Speaker 2: almost a near top one hundred player, a little maybe undersized,
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  Speaker 2: listed at five to ten or so. That's why the
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  Speaker 2: the commitments Indiana and the five to ten there were
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  Speaker 2: some comparisons to D'Angelo Pond's there, but you know, it
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  Speaker 2: looks like from the way programs are reacting, size isn't
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  Speaker 2: much of a concern there. They like his ability to
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  Speaker 2: hold up against whether whether it's in the slot or outside.
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  Speaker 2: So another one of the top players in state. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, you look at over over the state of
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  Speaker 2: Ohio in the twenty twenty seven class, and there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys going elsewhere, and so if you're in
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  Speaker 2: a position of need and you're looking for something, there
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  Speaker 2: are four guys in four corners in Ohio that are
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  Speaker 2: kind of national guys. And at this point, if the
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  Speaker 2: buck Eys can get two of them, then I guess
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  Speaker 2: you'll have to take that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's probably not not a bad outcome. This
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  Speaker 1: is definitely a very good year for corners in the
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  Speaker 1: state of Ohio. The two guys who are committed elsewhere,
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  Speaker 1: one's going to Notre Dame, ones going to Penn State.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, not the good news is not you know,
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  Speaker 1: you don't see Penn State every year now. You definitely
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  Speaker 1: don't see Notre Dame every year now. And but the
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  Speaker 1: two guys, you if you they can add those two
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  Speaker 1: guys in state, that would be that would be a
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  Speaker 1: very very good, uh baseline for this corner class. You
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  Speaker 1: don't you don't need to bring in four corners every year.
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  Speaker 1: So if you can bring in two solid ones, that's
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  Speaker 1: a really good one. And Deontay Malone he seems like
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  Speaker 1: he sort of fits what they're looking for. Six feet tall,
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  Speaker 1: playing at Masslin Law Washington. That goes a long way
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  Speaker 1: because you're playing good competition, the big school competition in
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  Speaker 1: northeast Ohio. When you bring in a guy like that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, yeah, he's camped at Ohio State, you've seen
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  Speaker 1: him in person, but you've also seen game film against
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  Speaker 1: good competition. That really sort of helps you know what
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  Speaker 1: you're getting well.
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  Speaker 2: And this is also a guy that in his huddle
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  Speaker 2: video his hole highlights from last season intercepted RJ Day
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  Speaker 2: Ryan day Son and they make sure to let you
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  Speaker 2: know RJ Day at quarterback Ryan days Son. And so
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  Speaker 2: that's interesting. Certainly Ryan Day has seen him play, and
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  Speaker 2: maybe not in person because of the schedules, but as
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  Speaker 2: certainly you know was watching on his phone on a
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  Speaker 2: bus or on a plane. Is something of that nature.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like, who's this kid playing corner and making
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  Speaker 2: plays And that's kind of what he is. He's a
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  Speaker 2: playmaker with the ball in his hand. And that's the
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  Speaker 2: kind of guy that's kind of athlete. Those ball skills
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  Speaker 2: are those are some things that you look for where
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  Speaker 2: you know, like a Jayalen MacLean, he just he just
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  Speaker 2: finds the football. These corners that can just find the football,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's safety corner or whatever. Defenders who can find
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  Speaker 2: the football that just it's one other box that gets
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  Speaker 2: ticked for them.
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  Speaker 1: Now, there is still plenty of work to do in
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  Speaker 1: this class. It feels like there are certain spots where
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  Speaker 1: they're in pretty good shape. You got five offensive linemen committed, sorry, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: five offensive lineman committed, and you know, if you can
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  Speaker 1: add another one, sure, but if you don't, that's not bad.
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  Speaker 1: You get a couple of safeties in the class already.
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  Speaker 1: You've gotten out one corner, you got a couple of linebackers,
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  Speaker 1: got a couple edges you do need to you know.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterback Brady Edmonds. That one's a little bit up in
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  Speaker 1: the air right now. We'll see how how that shakes
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  Speaker 1: out and how that plays out. There's been obviously some
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  Speaker 1: conversation about him maybe flipping somewhere else and are they
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  Speaker 1: going to go after Trey Taylor, the current Nebraska commit.
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  Speaker 1: That's a little bit up in the air. Also, running
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  Speaker 1: back did not mention it. Running back committed yet. David
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel George the guy that we're kind of keeping an
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  Speaker 1: eye on there. He's committing on July twenty second. What's
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  Speaker 1: the latest on him? Just because I know that that's
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  Speaker 1: one where people are kind of always looking for a
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  Speaker 1: barometer on where things stand with him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, It's it's interesting because I think both Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: and Tennessee feel good about it, like they've presented their
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  Speaker 2: their strongest cases and Ohio State feels good about where
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  Speaker 2: they stand. Tennessee feels good about what they can offer,
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  Speaker 2: and then it just becomes you know what does what
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  Speaker 2: does David and his family? You know what do they prefer?
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  Speaker 2: I think based on everything that's being said right now,
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee has made a strong push, has made him feel
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  Speaker 2: like a priority, not that Ohio State hasn't, because both
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  Speaker 2: schools are You are the number one, you are their
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  Speaker 2: number one target. And so it's going to be interesting
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  Speaker 2: to see how this goes down, whether there has to
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  Speaker 2: be some you know what kind of negotiations there are
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  Speaker 2: the fact that with so many eggs in this basket,
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  Speaker 2: can either program afford to lose him? And then what
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  Speaker 2: does that? What does that mean that they have to
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  Speaker 2: do to make sure that they don't.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that that is one that whichever one of those
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  Speaker 1: programs does not get him, that is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a real tough blow for them. And I'm sure you
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  Speaker 1: will see continued pursuit from that July twenty second commitment
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  Speaker 1: until pen meets paper in early December. But that is
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  Speaker 1: definitely a commitment and a recruitment that we are going
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