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2008 Bowling Green Football Recruiting

Overview
BGSU signed 18 players, which includes three JUCOs. The class is made up of six DBs and five OL prospects, along with two each for QB and DL prospects. There was one each for WR, LB and K. Twelve players come from Ohio, three from California, two from Indiana and one from Georgia. In addition to these 18 players, one additional preferred walk-on was noted, Bart Tanski, Ohio’s Mr. Football Award winner. Tanksi’s addition would mean a total of three QB prospects were added to the program.

Top Players

• Blaec Walker, OL, 6-5, 315, Middletown OH – 2nd Team All-State and rated the #65 prospect in Ohio by Ohio High and the #75 offensive tackle prospect in the nation by ESPN.com; overcame a knee injury during his senior year that caused him to miss two games.
• Charles Robinson, OL, 6-6, 340, Middletown OH – Teammate of Walker (how big was this high school offensive line?) and earned all-state honors during his junior and senior years. Rated the #72 prospect in Ohio by Ohio High and the #55 offensive guard in the country by ESPN.com
• Adrien Spencer, DB, 6-0, 175, Fort Wayne (Bishop Luers) IN - 2007 first team All-State; helped lead his team to a state championship.

Sleepers

• Marc Stevens, OL, 6-5, 300, Mansfield (Lexington) OH - Named District co-Lineman of the Year & 2 nd team all-state honors; listed as the #89 OG prospect nationally by ESPN.com
• Lane Robilotto, DB, 6-1, 176, Painesville (Riverside) OH – Two time All-State performer with reported 4.4/40 speed
• Bart Tanski, QB, 6-2, 195 Mentor OH – Ohio’s Mr. Football Award winner in 2007 threw for over 3,100 yards and 25 TDs as a senior with just 7 INTs in a spread offense similar to the Falcons’ current offensive system; entering the program as a preferred walk-on.

Final Analysis
The strength of this class clearly is the offensive line prospects. There is tremendous size and ability as five “rocks of granite” were added, including one JUCO prospect that will play right away. While having a class full of OL is never ‘sexy’ to rate a class, BG fans will look back at this incoming group as the foundation to block for several skilled position players who will be recruited in future classes. The three QBs added will definitely make that position much deeper entering the fall campaign. Overall this class rates as VERY GOOD even though there are very few athletic ‘show-stoppers’ to highlight.

Of Note:
Winston Etheridge was Coach Gregg Brandon’s 1 st prospect from the very fertile Cleveland Glenville program…Of the 18 players signed, 15 were team captains last year and were a part of 14 playoff appearances…QB Aaron Pankratz is a star basketball player as well at Nordonia High, southeast of Cleveland…Marquese Quiles blocked 10 kicks during his prep career…Adrien Spencer’s brother Anthony was a star DE at Purdue and now plays for the Dallas Cowboys…two of Nicholas Tuminello’s brothers played DI-A football; Chris at Toledo and Kevin at Georgia Tech

Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown (High School) ( Former School)

Andrew Beam QB 6-4 230 Escalon, Calif. (Escalon) (San Joaquin Delta)

Jonathan Davis DB 5-11 170 Ravenna, Ohio ( Ravenna)

Winston Etheridge DL 6-2 254 Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)

Timothy German OL 6-5 300 Newark, Ohio ( Licking Valley)

DeMark Jenkins WR 6-3 202 Gary, Ind. ( West Side)

Robert Lorenzi DB 5-9 170 Concord, Calif. ( Clayton Valley) (Laney)

Casey McHugh OL 6-6 275 San Francisco, Calif. (Archbishop Riordan) (CC of San Fran.)

Keith Morgan DB 6-0 195 Bellefontaine, Ohio (Bellefontaine)

Aaron Pankratz QB 6-6 220 Sagamore Hills, Ohio (Nordonia)

Gerald Phillips K 6-1 195 Green Springs, Ohio ( Clyde)

Marquese Quiles DB 6-0 170 Sugar Hill, Ga. ( North Gwinnett)

Lane Robilotto DB 6-1 176 Painesville, Ohio (Riverside)

Charles Robinson OL 6-6 340 Middletown, Ohio ( Middletown)

Adrien Spencer DB 6-0 175 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers)

Marc Stevens OL 6-5 300 Mansfield, Ohio ( Lexington)

Anthony Stover LB 6-2 200 Akron, Ohio (Northwest)

Nicholas Tuminello DE 6-4 225 Boardman, Ohio (Boardman)

Blaec Walker OL 6-5 315 Middletown, Ohio ( Middletown)

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