By: JON SPENCER (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- LEXINGTON -- Leave it to a Michigan Wolverine to bend the rules. Even though he didn't meet the age requirement, Dominik Crawford, 5, of Madison Township, participated in Friday's session of the two-day Lexington All-American Youth Football Camp masquerad-ing as Lex star and Michigan recruit Courtney Avery. A basketball commitment kept Avery from attending the camp, but his stand-in got plenty of attention. Crawford was decked out in an oversized blue Michigan jersey with "C. Avery" taped ... Read More

By: Jeremy Jeffries (BleacherReport.com) -- You are not going to hear names like Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline, Teddy Ginn or Anthony Gonzalez. For the first time in quite a few years the Ohio State Buckeyes will be starting the season without a legitimate star at wide receiver. The Buckeyes have always had great receivers names like Carter, Glenn, Galloway, Boston, Jenkins, Germany, Gamble, Holmes, and the before mentioned Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez. The 2009 Ohio State Buckeye receivers have not yet made ... Read More

By: Matt Hinton (Yahoo.com) -- One of the themes of the last couple weeks is contenders, and what makes (or breaks) a team's shot at No. 1, and as I indicated in premature assessment of Ohio State, OSU -- a ubiquitous contender the last four years -- looks like a definite "break." This has much less to do with the Buckeyes' recent failures in their biggest games (though they've become too obvious for even an OSU defender to overlook) than with the much ... Read More

 By: Jon Moffett (Vindy.com) -- Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie signed autographs for fans at the Eastwood Mall in Niles. NILES — Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie have made a career out of catching a football. Now, the former Ohio State Buckeye wide receivers hope to catch on in the NFL. Both were selected in last month’s NFL Draft. Robiskie was selected in the second round by the Cleveland Browns. Hartline was the fourth-round pick of the Miami Dolphins. The rookie receivers participated in an autograph signing ... Read More

By: Ken Bradley (Sporting News) -- When Terrelle Pryor committed to Ohio State last year, big things immediately were expected from the dual-threat quarterback from Pennsylvania. buy prescription drugs online It didn't take long for him to become the Buckeyes' starter. He ran for 631 yards and threw for 1,311 while completing 60.6 percent of his pass attempts. Despite that success, concern lingers: Can a running quarterback be successful throwing the ball? He answered that question in OSU's spring game, completing 13 ... Read More

BY: BARRY JACKSON (MiamiHerald.com) -- Dolphins coach Propecia buy cheap Tony Sparano likes what he has seen so far from two receivers the team drafted last weekend -- Southern California's Patrick Turner and Ohio State's Brian Hartline. And both hope to exceed the expectations of draft analysts. Turner said he did not hear the criticism from ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. -- who said ''he's not that good a player'' and was a ''reach'' in the third round -- or ESPN's Todd McShay, ... Read More

By: Jeremy Jeffries (BleacherReport.com) -- Just how will The Ohio State Buckeyes fill their holes on Offense? With the likes of Chris "Beanie" Wells, Brian Robiskie, and Brian Hartline all off to the NFL. What ever will they do? The Ohio State Buckeye fans every couple of years find themselves asking that same question. The Buckeyes always find talent, sometimes the talent is a new recruit that can step in and fill the hole or it is a guy like Austin Spitler who has ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Now that spring practice is complete, I'll have five thoughts on each Ohio State position group this week: offensive line, receivers, running backs, quarterbacks, defensive line, linebackers and defensive backs. Let's start with the receivers. Ohio State receivers Thought No. 1 Brian Robiskie and Brian Hartline will be more difficult to replace than you might think. One thing we know by now is that Ohio State produces NFL quality receivers on a regular basis. In the last six years, eight ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Ohio State should have eight or nine players drafted over the next two days. A final look at the draft possibilities of OSU players today and Sunday: * Malcolm Jenkins, CB/S: The most likely Buckeye off the board first, he could go as high as No. 9 to Green Bay and doesn't look like he'll get past New Orleans at No. 14 or Houston at No. 15. Guess: No. 14 to New Orleans * Beanie Wells, ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (Toledo Blade) -- COLUMBUS - When the Ohio State receivers got together for their first spring meeting with position coach Darrell Hazell, they instinctively lined up by seniority, with the youngest players in the back of the group. It was at that moment Dane Sanzenbacher realized that if the group had a couple of gray beards, one of them was him. After just two seasons with Ohio State on his resume, the former City League star was now one of ... Read More