LB Luke Roberts gives Ohio State's its 10th commitment

[Arapahoe]

LB Luke Roberts (Lancaster, OH) gave his verbal commitment to Coach Fickell and the Buckeyes today. Luke becomes the 10th commitment and second LB for the 2012 class.

Welcome to the Buckeye Family!

‪Luke Roberts 2010 Highlight‬‏ - YouTube
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[PHATBUCK13]

That's a much more updated pic. of Luke. I saw him about a week ago and he was huge (as seen in above pic) and then saw the picture of him posted on his thread, that looked like it was from his freshman year.

Buckeye Nation will absolutely love this kid. He's a hard worker on the field and in the classroom. He will be a fan favorite and a solid player, much like a Ross Homan, Marcus Freeman type of kid. Good pick-up.

 

[PHATBUCK13]

Roberts, 6-2 and 225 pounds, was offered on Monday, discussed it with his parents and "prayed about it," he said, before making the call yesterday. Roberts, who has a 4.3 grade-point average, received offers from Purdue, Wake Forest, Cincinnati and six other schools. He said two factors swayed him.
"Ohio State has a very good business school, and that's going to be my major," Roberts said. "And considering I'm a linebacker, the hiring of coach (Mike) Vrabel was a huge plus for me."
Vrabel, an Ohio State All-American and three-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, was named the Buckeyes' linebackers coach on Monday.

Tim May,
columbusdispatch.com

tmay@dispatch.com

 

[louts8wings]

awesome pickup!

 

[PHATBUCK13]

Roberts verbally commits to OSU...

LANCASTER -- Two days after his hiring, Ohio State already is receiving dividends from new linebackers coach Mike Vrabel.

Lancaster senior linebacker Luke Roberts verbally committed Wednesday to Ohio State, two days after he met with Vrabel and head coach Luke Fickell in Columbus.

"I really liked my meeting with coach Fickell and coach Vrabel. I felt like it was the right fit," Roberts said. "Having (Vrabel) as linebackers coach will be a great asset. With his ability and knowledge, he can really help me get better."

Roberts had offers from eight other Football Bowl Subdivision schools, and he considered Purdue, Wake Forest, Arizona and Cincinnati before deciding to commit to the Buckeyes.

Despite the May 31 departure of coach Jim Tressel and the school's Aug. 12 meeting with the NCAA's committee on infractions that could result in possible sanctions, Fickell calmed any of Roberts' concerns about the state of the program, he said.

"It's still Ohio State," Roberts said. "They've been successful for 40 years, and they'll always be successful."

vnairn@lancastereaglegazette.com

 

[McKraut]

This guy is a big recruiting win for us. I saw two of his games last year and he reminds me a lot of Ross Homan and James Laurinaitis, He reads plays very well, excellent pursuit and sideline to sideline speed. He's a very confident and efficient tackler, he's not afraid to put the wood on people, and he has just an excellent nose for the ball. I'd say it's very possible that he ends up seeing significant playing time early on.

 

[PHATBUCK13]

Luke is a beast.....

He tore Logan up last week. That's a nice rival we have going now. They're D-II but we play them week1 every year now and the teams hate each other.

I'm going to the Pick. Central, Renoldsburg, and Newark games........

Most of our good OCC games are away this season (Pick. North, Gahanna, Groveport, Grove City).........

Luke will tear it up at the HS level. I hope it translates to the B1G........

 

[McKraut]

I'm gonna have to come to a few of the road games in the Columbus area and check him out some more this year... Pick. Central will be a nice game for you to see as it'll pair WR Roger Lewis, and O-Linemen Patrick Elflein and Jacoby Boren on the opposite side of the field from Luke. Even though it's not likely Luke and Roger will line up across from each other, you'll still get to how Luke can square off against the youngest Boren and Elflein on the O-Line. 4 future Buckeyes in one game, that should be fun to watch lol.