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Ohio State Recruiting Insider: 5-Star Wide Receiver Dominates Camp · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyees tomorrow morning for Saturday, June thirteenth. I'm
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  Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about a couple wide receivers
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  Speaker 1: who earned offers at Ohio State Camp this week. A
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  Speaker 1: couple very impressive young prospects can be joined by Tony Gerdaman,
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  Speaker 1: not a young prospect necessarily, but always impressive at Buckeyeinsiders
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  Speaker 1: dot com. Tony, let's start with Lorenzo McMullen. This is
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  Speaker 1: an offer that has felt like when is this going
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  Speaker 1: to come? When are they going to offer him? Because
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  Speaker 1: he is a five star in the composite in state
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  Speaker 1: prospect It's like, come on, what are you waiting for? Here?
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  Speaker 1: Got a chance to talk to him after camp and
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  Speaker 1: before he actually had received the offer, and he said
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  Speaker 1: they just wanted to see him in person, have him
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  Speaker 1: come camp. He was happy to do that, went and
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  Speaker 1: did that earn that offer. You'll get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: hear that whole interview with Lorenzo later on in the show,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, watching the wide receivers on Thursday working
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  Speaker 1: with Cortez Hankton, it was pretty apparent why he's ranked
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  Speaker 1: where he is and why he got that Ohio State offer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's uh six' two one seventy one, eighty he's
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  Speaker 2: got some length to. Him he's, quick he's, fast he's,
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  Speaker 2: aggressive and being arguably the number one player in the.
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  Speaker 2: State if he had come to this camp like he was,
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  Speaker 2: asked and he left without an, offer you might want
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  Speaker 2: to just go ahead and, say you, know happy, sales
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  Speaker 2: see you later because you've now asked him to come
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  Speaker 2: try to earn an offer and not get him, one
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  Speaker 2: not give him, one so say. Goodbye but he was
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  Speaker 2: what a lot of us were there to, see and
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  Speaker 2: we were, impressed and that was whether it's just routes
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  Speaker 2: on air and working on his cuts in and working
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  Speaker 2: on some crispness in his routes to then going going
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  Speaker 2: into the one on ones against some of the top
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  Speaker 2: defensive backs at the camp and showing out there as.
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  Speaker 2: Well he certainly got the speed to pull away and
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  Speaker 2: you saw some of the ball skills as. Well it
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  Speaker 2: is sometimes difficult with these one on ones because there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of grabbing allowed and no referees in, sight
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  Speaker 2: so it gets a little bit. Physical but if they hadn't,
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  Speaker 2: offered it would have been a.
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  Speaker 1: Surprise, yeah it was kind of what are you waiting on?
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  Speaker 1: Here it was he just sort of checks all the
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  Speaker 1: boxes where he's got the size to play. OUTSIDE i
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  Speaker 1: think he probably has the short area of quickness to
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  Speaker 1: play inside if they wanted, To you could kind of
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  Speaker 1: put him just about anywhere you want to as a
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver and still has a couple of years of high,
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  Speaker 1: school a couple seasons of high school still to. Go and,
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  Speaker 1: yeah that would be that would be a very very
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  Speaker 1: nice addition For Cortez hankton if they could bring him.
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  Speaker 1: In you Got Jamiir, brown a five star in state
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  Speaker 1: prospers already part of the twenty twenty seven. Class if
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  Speaker 1: you could Add lorenzo McMullen five star twenty twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver to the top of your twenty twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver. Class that would really really be a nice
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  Speaker 1: a nice addition For Quartz. Hankton and again you'll be
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  Speaker 1: able to hear a full interview With lorenza McMullen at
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  Speaker 1: the after this. Episode we'll just put that on the
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  Speaker 1: end of this. File you can watch that or listen
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  Speaker 1: to that. Afterwards very very impressive, kid BOTH i think
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  Speaker 1: on and off the. Field so that was one one
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  Speaker 1: player who earned an offer On. Thursday the other One Maddox.
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  Speaker 1: Porter now he is a twenty twenty nine wide, receiver
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  Speaker 1: so there's still you don't have Recruit you don't have
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  Speaker 1: rankings out there for most of those. Guys but WHEN
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  Speaker 1: i do have rankings out there For Maddox, Porter i'm
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  Speaker 1: going to guess he is going to also rank as
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  Speaker 1: a pretty highly on a lot of those national. Lists.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, now if The ohio state offer is also offered
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  Speaker 2: from From. Alabama as an, example another six two one
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  Speaker 2: eighty one ninety long receiver went in looking for, him
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  Speaker 2: didn't have to look hard to find, him and he
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  Speaker 2: was working with the top group of, receivers and he
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  Speaker 2: was standing, out stood out.
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  Speaker 1: In one on.
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  Speaker 2: Ones he was he was giving people some, trouble good,
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  Speaker 2: size good, attitude and all of the measurables that you would.
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  Speaker 2: Want has the long speed as, well maybe a similar
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  Speaker 2: player To lorenzo, McMullen maybe a little bit bigger and
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  Speaker 2: stronger at this. Point and easy to see why as
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  Speaker 2: we're watching like, that the only question was what they offer.
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  Speaker 2: Already and because he's as you, said he's a twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 2: nine but he's not far from you, know he's NOT
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  Speaker 2: i think he's From. Tennessee he's not far. Away get
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  Speaker 2: in now and continue to work.
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  Speaker 1: Him, yeah and not one where you would expect a
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine to probably take a little while and
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  Speaker 1: take some take some time in the process because you're
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  Speaker 1: just you're really just kind of getting started at that.
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  Speaker 1: Point he just finished his freshman year of high, school
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  Speaker 1: so still three more years to go. There but, yeah
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  Speaker 1: get get your foot in the door there, early because
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  Speaker 1: there is there's probably going to be quite a line
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  Speaker 1: to try and get him on campus in future. Years
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  Speaker 1: and you, know this is a spot WHERE i think
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  Speaker 1: there's been a lot of questions around the recruiting because
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  Speaker 1: it's a little bit different right now With Cortez hankton
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  Speaker 1: than it was Under Brian. Hartline And Brian HARTLIN i
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  Speaker 1: think had sort of earned the benefit of the doubt
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  Speaker 1: over the years With Ohio state, fans and right now
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  Speaker 1: It's Cortez, hankton and this is the first time you're
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  Speaker 1: going through a cycle With Cortez, hankton and there were
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  Speaker 1: a lot of concerns, that you, know, what why is
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  Speaker 1: he not offering more? People why is he not getting
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  Speaker 1: in there with more. Players it feels, Like, okay you're
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  Speaker 1: now he's still now only been In. Columbus they brought
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  Speaker 1: him in What, january so he's still been In columbus
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  Speaker 1: for five, months so you're still very much in the
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  Speaker 1: first the first cycle for. Him it feels, Like, okay
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  Speaker 1: maybe everyone can take a little bit of a deep
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  Speaker 1: breath there and let the twenty twenty seven and twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight cycles play, out because you're to see, now,
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  Speaker 1: okay there is some movement. There.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah AND i also think With Cortez hankton the transfer
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  Speaker 2: portal opens up as well in terms of some incoming
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  Speaker 2: AND i think that's a good thing because let's not
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  Speaker 2: pretend like everything was a home run From Brian, hartline
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes those receiver rooms were. Thin the idea at all.
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  Speaker 2: Positions now it's just it's not just high school. Recruiting,
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  Speaker 2: yes it's what you want to start, with but the
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  Speaker 2: ability to bring in veterans through the portal is also
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  Speaker 2: going to be. Key but, yeah if if you can't
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  Speaker 2: land like the number one guy in, STATE i think
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  Speaker 2: that's always a. Concern and you would hope if you're
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  Speaker 2: in The buckeyes that you can do that With lorenzo
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  Speaker 2: McMullen and then you have your footprint and then you
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  Speaker 2: have the national reputation where you can should be able
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  Speaker 2: to get into any high school and at least build something.
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  Speaker 2: There but at some point you still want to see
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  Speaker 2: you want to see some, results some recruiting, results and
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  Speaker 2: maybe these are the first.
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  Speaker 1: Step so there you. Go so a couple of names to,
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  Speaker 1: watch a couple, names and no coming out of camp this.
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  Speaker 1: Week we'll be back at camp next Week tuesday And
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  Speaker 1: thursday for, Camps wednesday for and seven on seven. Day
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  Speaker 1: so it should be much more interesting, stuff a, lot
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  Speaker 1: a lot of interesting. Prospects SO i was just pulling
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  Speaker 1: up the twenty twenty eight in state list for the
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  Speaker 1: state Of. Ohio we Saw Jamier weis already. Committed we
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  Speaker 1: saw him. There he did not work, OUT i don't.
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  Speaker 1: Think but the number, one number, two number, four and
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  Speaker 1: number six players were all there last. Week out of the,
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  Speaker 1: two four seven composite may have a couple more there
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming. Week so a lot of top prospects already
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  Speaker 1: coming To columbus and we'll get a chance to hopefully
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  Speaker 1: see a couple more coming up this upcoming. Week and
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  Speaker 1: again you want to hear From lorenzo. McMullen you will.
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  Speaker 1: Hear you'll get a chance to hear that. Interview and
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  Speaker 1: again that this was before the offer had officially, come
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  Speaker 1: so we'll hear a question or two about. That but,
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  Speaker 1: yeah just some overall interesting thoughts from. Him and then
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  Speaker 1: thank you guys all for joining. Us have a great.
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  Speaker 1: Day we'll talk to you. Tomorrow how much you've gotten
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  Speaker 1: to work With Coach hank so? Far and what was
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  Speaker 1: your takeaway from getting to work with him a little bit?
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  Speaker 3: Today we had a workout before the, camp so it
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  Speaker 3: was more hands, on just me and a couple of
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  Speaker 3: the guys, HERE i, guess the weak, GUYS i. Guess
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  Speaker 3: but it was cool AND i like the way he
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  Speaker 3: explained the drill breakdown in drill befo we.
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  Speaker 1: Go so what was what was something you learned from
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  Speaker 1: him or From Coach jordan or whoever?
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  Speaker 3: Today tempo tempo and making not so fast look fast
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  Speaker 3: like smooth as. Fast that's one THING i took a web.
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  Speaker 4: START i know you guys have been building a relationship
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  Speaker 4: for a. While do you feel like you maybe walk
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  Speaker 4: out of here with an?
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  Speaker 3: Offer? Hope so you mama From, columbius so might just feel? Amazing?
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  Speaker 2: Okay what would that mean to?
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  Speaker 1: YOU i mean?
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  Speaker 3: Everything because my Whole saturay family still live here On.
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  Speaker 3: Okay IF i wanted to stay, HERE i can. Go
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  Speaker 3: my grandma lived by like minutes away from her.
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  Speaker 2: Where about do you know where about some.
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  Speaker 3: Films oh, no, NO i don't. KNOW i don't know that. Draft,
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  Speaker 3: obviously Coach hankton's new.
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  Speaker 1: Here had you known him at all before with withou Su, No,
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  Speaker 1: no it's a change from coach. Hardline but what did
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  Speaker 1: you like about working with? Him what stands out About?
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  Speaker 3: Yes LIKE i, SAID i like your hands, On like
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  Speaker 3: he would get out and do the. Jill if we
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  Speaker 3: don't know what we're, doing he probably throws incluson or
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  Speaker 3: here go catch a bother or.
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  Speaker 1: Something that's one. THING i, like what does it mean
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  Speaker 1: to have a coach.
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  Speaker 2: Who has been there and done, that played, college played
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  Speaker 2: in THE.
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  Speaker 3: Nfl SO i think it's a plus because, really if
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  Speaker 3: he's telling us what to, do it obviously work because
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  Speaker 3: he did it and he had success with. It so
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  Speaker 3: that's one thing for.
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  Speaker 1: Sure what's something the feedback that you've gotten before where
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  Speaker 1: you either you don't have an offer yet as of
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  Speaker 1: this moment right, now but what kind of feedback have
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  Speaker 1: you gotten on what they're looking for you to improve
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  Speaker 1: on or areas for you to sort of work.
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  Speaker 3: On, Nothing, really they just wanted me to come camp
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  Speaker 3: because you, KNOW i know they like seeing people what
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  Speaker 3: they own two, Ays like the film is one. Thing
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  Speaker 3: everybody feeling look, good but seeing somebody work and going
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  Speaker 3: to juriors that you putting them. THROUGH i understand why you, know.
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  Speaker 1: What other schools are you looking at right? Now what
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  Speaker 1: other schools or relationships you know that you have with other?
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  Speaker 1: Coaches like who else are standing out right?
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  Speaker 3: Now because McDonald AT lsu can't stay. Origin that's the right.
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  Speaker 1: Way it's very.
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  Speaker 4: Obvious it's just like a trading, scenario you being, There
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  Speaker 4: we're coming To Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: State isn't that that?
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  Speaker 4: Right it's Somebody at the same, time this is. Recruiting
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  Speaker 4: there's patience, involved but there's also like how long do
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  Speaker 4: you want to wait on certain things like trying to
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  Speaker 4: balance those? Emotions maybe how difficult has that? There it's
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  Speaker 4: like you're, working you're, working you're. Working you really hope this,
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  Speaker 4: happens but at the same time you understand that everything is.
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  Speaker 3: Possible it's definitely just a mad, thing like you, know
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  Speaker 3: you don't see you guys get the offer regardless of
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  Speaker 3: how to stay guys and stay, guys but you want to.
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  Speaker 1: Have you gotten a chance to talk to the guys
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  Speaker 1: in the current wide receiver room about their experiences and
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  Speaker 1: what that's been like and gotten any feedback from.
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  Speaker 3: Them, Yeah chris, said played us To scinati soon years,
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  Speaker 3: ago AND i was just talking to him a little
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  Speaker 3: bit earlier about it because you, know they were playing
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  Speaker 3: and all that's and not. Level but he had to
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  Speaker 3: offer eighth. Grade but you, know you know the process
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  Speaker 3: for people.
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  Speaker 4: Who maybe habits and you played, football how would you,
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  Speaker 4: describe you, know for people who maybe habits and you played,
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  Speaker 4: football would you Be New?
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  Speaker 3: YORK i would say, bad, physical contested catch specialists.
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  Speaker 1: Testing that's.
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  Speaker 4: Far it sounds like you've been playing a video game
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  Speaker 4: with the contested.
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  Speaker 2: Specs for.
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  Speaker 3: When you guys are there doing the one on the,
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  Speaker 3: one what's that life to?
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  Speaker 1: Get there are players out, there like everybody's spice around you.
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  Speaker 4: Guys that's.
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  Speaker 3: Fun it was around Your friday NIGHTS, us but it's
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  Speaker 3: Like friday, nights but you got the top of the
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  Speaker 3: top guys on the team and that's trying to try to.
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  Speaker 3: Offer so it's fun and the coaches everybody watching especially
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  Speaker 3: more than. That otherwise that's the.
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