Jamel Dean Leaving OSU

[WANG]

2015 CB recruit, highly touted 4*

He was not medically cleared by OSU's medical staff to play (it seems to have something to do with his ACL that he tore in HS) and was offered a medical hardship waiver to stay on schollie, but chose to leave OSU and pursue football at another school.

This really sucks for the kid, because there is no way OSU wouldn't love to see him on the field in S&G, so if they didn't clear him medically it must be a pretty big issue.

Hopefully he heals up and proves the Buckeyes medical staff wrong, but I have a feeling that won't be the case.

Best of luck to him!

www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2015/03/51080/jamel-dean-not-cleared-medically-will-depart-from-ohio-state

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Why would another school medically release him? If so, does he play this season or wait a year??

[mauricxe]

I read on 247 that he was cleared by external doctors and other schools have expressed interest.

I guess we haz standards

[WANG]

Apr 8, 2015 12:02:47 GMT -5 @buckina said:

Why would another school medically release him? If so, does he play this season or wait a year??

Who knows, maybe some schools are willing to risk the kids knee to get a 4*.

So long as the motives behind him not being cleared were NOT to free up roster space, I actually commend OSU's medical staff.

I am not certain, but I would THINK that he is eligible since he is not allowed to play at OSU, so I don't think it is a transfer.

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The only thing that seemed odd to me was this..."The Buckeyes did not have an opportunity to look at the knee themselves before he arrived on campus."

[WANG]

Apr 8, 2015 13:23:08 GMT -5 @jtrbucks said:

The only thing that seemed odd to me was this..."The Buckeyes did not have an opportunity to look at the knee themselves before he arrived on campus."

I know he was an early enrollee, so maybe he was still injured when he got to campus (or was recovering) and just now was able to be reevaluated?

[cwerph]

His high school coach doesn't seem too pleased.

www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2015/04/jamel_dean_ohio_state_roster.html

[mauricxe]

Well....urban may have brought SEC recruiting to ohio state.

Im disappointed. And if its true i want him gone.

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Definitely don't like the sound of this. Not ready to call for Urbans head but I hope we get an explanation about all this.

[cwerph]

Apr 8, 2015 14:48:24 GMT -5 mauricxe said:

Well....urban may have brought SEC recruiting to ohio state.

Im disappointed. And if its true i want him gone.

Or, there may be an honest disagreement among doctors about the status of this kid's knee. The week after he enrolled, the docs did an MRI here and told him he was not likely to ever play again. This was BEFORE national signing day and BEFORE there was ever a need for "roster management."

His doctor told him his recovery would be 2-4 weeks (the surgery was in January - it's been 12 weeks), but he still cannot participate in any sort of drills or team activities. What does that tell you?

James Andrews actively encouraged Braxton Miller to transfer. He is persona non grata at Ohio State. This may be nothing more than a pizzing match between doctors.

However, feel free to leap to whatever conclusions you would like.

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Apr 8, 2015 14:05:35 GMT -5 cwerph said:

His high school coach doesn't seem too pleased.

www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2015/04/jamel_dean_ohio_state_roster.html

You would think the coach would know. This article makes us look bad.

[mauricxe]

He had the MRI in January. By that time the coaches knew the kinds of numbers they would be running against and may have gambled on the news.

The coaches already knew who they wanted to take and didnt want to take in december....if not earlier.

[cwerph]

Apr 8, 2015 15:14:01 GMT -5 mauricxe said:

He had the MRI in January. By that time the coaches knew the kinds of numbers they would be running against and may have gambled on the news.

The coaches already knew who they wanted to take and didnt want to take in december....if not earlier.

In January the class was less than 20 and they had no idea if a couple of the juniors were going to the draft. Up until signing they were still worried about 3-4 kids who had verbally committed and whether they would actually receive a LOI. You are entitled to your own opinion. You are not entitled to your own set of facts.

[mauricxe]

They had enough kids on the board in January to go over 85. That much you can gather from the various recruiting updates on elevenwarriors. When i say on the board i mean kids with committable offers. They count on attrittion to make it under their maximum.

[cwerph]

Apr 8, 2015 15:31:22 GMT -5 mauricxe said:

They had enough kids on the board in January to go over 85. That much you can gather from the various recruiting updates on elevenwarriors. When i say on the board i mean kids with committable offers. They count on attrittion to make it under their maximum.

That is simply not the case.

There were 4 kids listed as committed after the NCG, but the following were "soft verbals" (making visits to other schools after their 'commitment' to Ohio State and since the 1st of the year that the staff was not sure would sign): Torrence Gibson, Mike Weber, Joey Burrow, Matthew Burrell and Joshua Alabi. They also had Eric Glover Williams, who was iffy up to the end because he got into some trouble at school. That is 10 out of 27 that were iffy.

Ohio State offered well over 200 kids last year with "commit-able" offers. They also tell kids exactly where they stand.

As it stands right now, there are 144 offers out for 2016. Expect another 70-80. The first year, Urban played the "offer" or "OFFER" game. Ohio High School coaches let him know that wasn't going to work in Ohio, so now when an offer goes out, it is "commit-able".

Right now, they are going to take one of Tristan Wallace (TX) or Jarrett Guarantano (NJ) at QB for the 2016 class. They both know that whoever commits first (in the next couple of weeks, by the spring game) is in and the other is going to have to look elsewhere.