Sitting Down With 2014 Offensive Lineman Jamarco Jones

More offers are sure to be on their way

As of right now, 2014 offensive lineman Jamarco Jones is not ranked by 247. It's no concern for us though, as Jones has the size (6'5", 290-pounds) and power for a solid blocker. Ohio State obviously realized this and reached out to Jones at the Ohio State camp on Sunday to give him an offer.

It's now only a matter of time until Jones will be ranked. On top of being an excellent athlete, Jones maintains a 4.8 GPA at his high school. Yes, you read that correctly, a 4.8.

With Jones attending more and more camps (MSU tomorrow, Notre Dame on 6/22 and Wisconsin on 6/25) he is sure to garner the attention of the coaches that will be in attendance.

Read the interview after the jump.

Ohio State Offers Tyquan Lewis, Jamarco Jones At Senior Camp

Lewis has a mean streak

Ohio State’s first Senior Advanced Camp concluded Sunday with two more offers as the Buckeyes reached out to 2013 three-star defensive end Tyquan Lewis (Tarboro, N.C./Tarboro) and 2014 offensive tackle Jamarco Jones (Chicago/De La Salle Institute) after impressive showings. 

From RecruitingNation:

"Being recruited as a hybrid by Ohio State, Lewis made the trip this weekend with the purpose of stitching up a few loose ends.

“It was a non-committable [offer], but now it is committable,” Lewis said. “Today it changed.

“This one means a lot. I’ll have to get my mom back up here. We’re going to sit down and we’re going to discuss this and we’re going to talk academics and things like that and see how everything else is.” "

The 6'3", 220-pound Lewis is still mulling offers from LSU, Ole Miss, Clemson and North Carolina, but he certainly put the Buckeyes in the mix after Sunday. Lewis registered eight sacks his sophomore season. He made 63 tackles with 12 sacks during his junior season.

“They’re up there pretty high,” he said. “I loved it here. This was a great visit. I don’t want to make a decision based on a place I’ve never been. [The facilities] are top notch. Everything is nice here.”

As for Jamarco Jones, who has offers from Illinois, Toledo and Vanderbilt, he thought much of the same after his trip to Columbus.

“It means a lot to me,” the 6'5", 285-pound Jones said. “They’re one of the premier college football schools in the nation, so I was pretty excited.”

Jones has hit the recruiting phase early, being a 2014 prospect. He has 2 more years in high school, meaning that although he's not ranked right now, he has plenty of time to establish himself as one of the better offensive lineman in this class.
Ohio State’s second Senior Advanced Camp is June 23.

How To Bounce Back Against Colorado

Fickell wasn't happy.

Well, we lost, and are out of the Top 25 for the first time in 7 years. On Saturday night, as I watched my Twitter feed, I thought the sky was falling and the world was coming to an end. Right now, I am not sure any of us know what the right answer would be for us to bounce back. We know we looked flat, unprepared and didn't adjust at the half.

Here are my 5 keys for a more positive outcome in Ohio Stadium this coming Saturday against the Colorado Buffalo's.

5. More intensity...I've never seen Luke Fickell so collected as he has been in both the games I have watched this season. Maybe he is trying too hard to be the Senator, but he was great at getting the defense fired up on the sidelines as a coordinator...what happened to that guy?

4. Better preparation....The team looked confused as to who they were playing. I don't know if the Maryland game film and the absence/return of the suspended players for Miami caused that much confusion or if we just didn't spend our time wisely in the film rooms this week. Classes start this week so it should be interesting to see what happens.