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    Ohio State coach Urban Meyer thinks this highlight reel is ‘borderline ridiculous’

    New Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer earned plenty of headlines with his staff's huge recruiting surge to transform a lackluster incoming crop of recruits into one of the nation's best classes. Yet, buried within his comments about his new signees -- as noted by Prep Rally's excellent college football brotherly blog Dr. Saturday -- was a comment about a North Carolina linebacker.

    When asked about Durham (N.C.) Hillside High outside linebacker Jamal Marcus, a relative unknown to most in-state focused Buckeyes fans (he was deciding between the likes of North Carolina, Auburn, North Carolina, East Carolina and Ohio State on signing day), Meyer mentioned that one of his highlight reels was "borderline ridiculous."

    "Borderline ridiculous," especially for a straight shooter like Meyer, is about as glowing an endorsement of a recruit's athleticism as you'll ever find. Now we know why he was so enthused; just check out the video above.

    [Related: Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel takes Akron administrative job]

    In fact, "borderline ridiculous" might be a nice understatement. Marcus is in on every single play, no matter what side of the field he starts on. Naturally, that's only fitting for a highlight reel, but Marcus' athleticism almost makes him look like he's playing at an entirely different speed. He creates a handful of fumbles, registers sacks and creates havoc of the highest order throughout. In short, the kid appears to be quite a player.

    Be sure to check out Marcus' other highlights from Rivals.com right here. He has quite the body of work, as well as an impressive body for work on the field; Marcus stands 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, and he runs a 4.6 40-yard dash.

    That dynamism and natural athleticism should serve him well at Ohio State, whether he finds his way onto the field in his first season or two or not. Given Meyer's enthusiasm for the southeastern import, something tells us he might see the field sooner rather than later.

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    • Happymrzot  •  La Mirada, California  •  3 months ago
      Did Lincoln High smash this guys car?
      • Name 3 months ago
        Brilliant!
      • Devo 3 months ago
        Crushed by Jefferson!
      • stumpjumper 3 months ago
        Don't worry his dad is a t.v. repair man with a great set of tools lol.
    • FrankB  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      He looks fast, strong, and has a high motor but know one is really BLOCKING him.
      • Mark 3 months ago
        Really? "Know one"?
      • Balance208 3 months ago
        Know one...... lmao
      • Mike 3 months ago
        he no's too much...
    • pharkme!  •  Concord, New Hampshire  •  3 months ago
      whoever he has been matched up with.... CANNOT block if his life depended on it.
      • Jesus Tamez 3 months ago
        That's what college is for, weed out the okay from the nfl prospects
      • MitchellB 3 months ago
        Umm, that's because he's superfast and has a nose for the ball. The blockers on the other team are OUTMATCHED. Pharkme, why are you so dumb?
      • Bacon11b 3 months ago
        That kid is extremely fast off of the edge. If you see the play that he picked it up and returned it, the wide receivers couldn't catch him. That is speed and talent. Not a reflection of the offensive tackles. He sacked a #$%$ punter for God sake.
    • Elmo  •  3 months ago
      I'm going to start taking screenshots of grammar mistakes in Yahoo! articles.
      • WhoDat92450 3 months ago
        Is it "screenshots" or "screen shots," two words? LOL! Grammarian heal thy self!
      • Ray 3 months ago
        That time could be better used getting a life. Try it sometimes...
      • Muzzle Velocity 3 months ago
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    • Photogski  •  Santa Fe, New Mexico  •  3 months ago
      Has anyone else noticed how few times #34 is actually blocked?? He DOES seem fast, but I wonder how "ridiculous" the performance would be if the offensive linemen would notice his existence...
      • Jaime 3 months ago
        I agree man in most of the plays no one even touches him much less block him.
      • Kelly B 3 months ago
        Felt the same way when I watched it. No doubt he is fast and the talent is there but doubt would look as dominant if at least some initial contact was made by O-Line. Good luck to him in college though.
      • Dill Pickle 3 months ago
        This guy would start in the NFL today.
    • Jomama  •  3 months ago
      All he needs now is a decent 3.5+ GPA!!!
    • Jejuan  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      Wht are y'all talkin about? He runs by the teams offensive line so he's just average? I'm a basketball recruit myself and I can tell you we don't look at the obvious on highlights (made shots, rebounding every player should have that) we look at intangibles (stuff you cant teach or skills that exceed the HS level). His speed, size, instincts!!! you can't teach! trust me there is a reason he looks like a man among boyz and trust me in 2 years so will the Big Ten. It really doesn't show sports intelligence when you decide how bad someone is based on their competition the only measurement that you can take a chance on is how good he is because he doesn't choose his competition.
    • g_ingram_50  •  Chula Vista, California  •  3 months ago
      As much as you guys want to, you can't blame the kid for not getting blocked. Being able to run as fast as he can, read plays as well as he can, and being as strong as he is, happens because he worked at it. If he ends up playing OLB, then it won't really matter as much anyway because as you can tell, he can get away from FB's. Offensive Tackles, now, we'll just have to wait and see. Nontheless, this kid is going to own the Big Ten. Well, as long as he can maintain his academic eligibility without the schools help -___-.
    • brian  •  Dunellen, New Jersey  •  3 months ago
      Yes, as some others have alluded to - I'd like to see his highlight reel when someone on the other side of the line of scrimmage is actually making a concerted effort to block him.
    • JimiM  •  3 months ago
      I like turtles.
    • richard  •  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  •  3 months ago
      look out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Steven  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      Who is the big fat kid #91? He looks like he is taking on three blockers on half the plays shown.
    • mberman8479  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      Instead of the comments section this should be called the haters section.
    • Derek  •  3 months ago
      also it does appear that the competition he is playing against is below average because there are 3 or 4 of his teammates who look just as good on every play :\
    • AC  •  3 months ago
      He never overcommits, brilliant!
    • BraysonK  •  Aurora, Colorado  •  3 months ago
      "Marcus is in on every single play, no matter what side of the field he starts on".....well it is his highlight reel....
    • Robert Hinton  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      He shed his blocks so quickly it looks like no one was there; however, there were way too many grab and throw to the ground tackles. Those won't work when everyone is as strong or stronger than you. Fickell and Vrabel will have to teach him how to plant somebody. He will also have to learn cover skills. The 2012 Buckeye DL class is already stacked.
    • Jon E. Holiday  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      The kid's got great speed, but he definitely needs to learn how to tackle. Way too many tackles above the waist, which is no way to stop a strong runner. Tackling has become a lost art over the past 20 years. Sports Illustrated recently had an article about this, and I couldn't have agreed more. There is no reason to ever tackle above the waist. In my day if you did that, you got your #$%$ benched. But then again... in my day, receivers didn't need synthetic gloves to catch footballs, and quarterbacks called their own plays, and...well, you get the idea.
    • Arnoldas  •  Hammond, Indiana  •  3 months ago
      The most impressive thing about a high school recruit like this one is that he can contain and has great vision. There are plenty of his type that has speed and strength, but don't have vision and containment. I hope he has good grades too.. Good luck kid!
    • Haywoode Jablowme  •  3 months ago
      It's the Medula Oblongatta!

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