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The mysterious Kenny Guiton
Having the nation’s former top-rated recruit and a former minor-league baseball player making up your quarterback depth chart wasn’t enough for Ohio State. As the Buckeyes’ recruiting class filled with major successes, coaches continued to search for a quarterback to join the group, more as a safety net than a program savior.
The first choice went elsewhere, and second choice Austin Boucher of Alter High School stuck with Miami University. That made Kenny Guiton of Houston’s Eisenhower High School the quarterback signed Wednesday by the Buckeyes.
When fans learned Guiton had committed, they began their frantic search for information on the man who could someday be their starting quarterback.
Let’s start with what’s easy to see. Guiton was the quarterback of a high school team that will send at least 19 signees to college programs, including receiver Greg Timmons to Texas, receiver Jaz Reynolds to Oklahoma and defensive back Craig Loston to LSU.
You’d think the signal-caller for such a team would get more attention, but until the Buckeyes visited his school last week and offered him a scholarship a day later, Guiton’s reported top choices were Houston and Wyoming.
He’s a proven athlete, as one could see by his credentials as the basketball team’s point guard and a hurdler in track.
While Guiton might be an unknown character in Ohio State recruiting, his choice has caused many fans to remember Troy Smith, who was, legend has it, the last member to commit to hsi recruiting class.
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By Texas Buckeye
February 5, 2009 9:09 PM | Link to this
Good Job Bucks picking up this kid out of Aldine Eisenhower. I’m from Houston and this kid is no mistake.