Football draft prospects, recruiting « Cliff Kirkpatrick

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by Cliff Kirkpatrick

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The East beat the West 24-19 in the East-West Shrine Game over the weekend. The Oregon State football team had four players involved – CB Brandon Hughes, S Al Afalava, WR Sammie Stroughter and DE Victor Butler.

The only stats I’ve found were Stroughter for two catches for 31 yards. I did catch Butler making a few tackles. However, anyone out there who can find more stats please post.

Next up for Beavers representatives in postseason all-star games is the Senior Bowl on Saturday in Mobile, Ala. OL Andy Levitre and CB Keenan Lewis are involved. They are already out there working out for the scouts.

Read more about those two in Tuesday’s GT. Here’s a look at the four in the Shrine Game, incase you missed it last week.

There are other Beavers who have scouts interested, and they are led by DE Slade Norris. He’s not in an all-star game, to the disappointment of some scouts. He’s a possible pass-rush specialist/special teams player or an OLB candidate like Butler.

OL Tavita Thompson’s size interest some, but because he missed a season-worth of games and development due to he NCAA diet pill suspension, he’s most likely a free agent. OG Adam Speer my get a look as a free agent, while OG Jeremy Perry (knee) has fallen off the radar after being considered on the way to being a first-day draft pick early in his career.

Latest commintment

Michael Philipp, a four-star OL from Arroyo High in eastern Los Angeles area, verbally committed to the football team Monday, according to various recruiting services.

He turned down offers from seven other Pacific-10 Conference schools, with the exception of Southern California and Washington State.

Philipp is ranked the No. 1 prep guard in the nation by Rivals.com and the No. 4 guard by Scout.com. Rivals.com rates him as the No. 38 prospect this year in all positions. The Beavers, however, are interested in him as a tackle.

He is a 6-foot-4, 320-pounder who is considered a standout run blocker. Philipp is the 21^st known commitment for the 2009 class, and the sixth on the offensive line.

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aaron says:

January 19, 2009 at 2:51 pm

That is excellent about the commit. He should really help in the run game.
Is there any word on Simi? I know it is an old question Cliff, but he is a big name and we just want to know…

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Cliff Kirkpatrick says:

January 19, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Kuli still has the chance to show up by summer, but the coaches are not expecting anything.

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Chris says:

January 19, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Awesome news about Michael Philipp, i thought he was going to Stanford for sure. I believe his visit to OSU was the only school visit he made with his mom; maybe a little hint was there.

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RenoNVbeavr says:

January 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm

I have been keeping track of Phillips for months and held out a prayer that 1) he actually takes a trip to Corvallis (check) and 2) the family atmosphere and Coach Cav’s tutelage would win him over (check). This is GREAT news on what has been a solid class for the Beavs. I am also excited about lunch pail type OT’s in Braun, West Albany, and Enger out of WA. 6′6′” and 250lbs means they have some room to grow and develope. Have to like the Beavs other OL commits, as well. Maybe the chance to block for Quizz for the next 3 years was the deciding factor!

Cliff – Stan Hasiak, a 4-star OG, who soft verballed to UCLA was also in attendance last weekend. Any word from him or his thoughts on the Beavs? Phillips signing has to add creed to what has been a great recruiting year for the Beavs.

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RenoNVbeavr says:

January 19, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Cliff – I havent seen any DT commits yet (DE, yes, but not DT) on Rivals or Scout.com Do the Beavs plan on offering any DT prospects? They surely need to add depth here. Myles Wade still an option?

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Cliff Kirkpatrick says:

January 19, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Haven’t heard about anyone else, yet.

As for DTs, I’m sure the Beavers are looking at some. They look at every position every year.

However, they are loaded with depth at DT. There are six ready to play with Stephen Paea, Mitchel Hunt, Sieoli Nau, Latu Moala, Castro Masaniai and Jesse Fifita.

And in OSU’s defense, all those guys are asked to do is plug a gap. Anything more is gravy. That’s why you don’t see 4-star DTs at OSU. The Beavers develop guys there.

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ted says:

January 19, 2009 at 4:59 pm

I read in the portland tribune that Hasiak is actually oing to visit next week, but right now he is a verbal to Cal. There is a DT that OSU has offered is a soft verbal to UW right now who visited this weekend. Oh and Cliff you forgot to mention Brennan Olander as a DT that’s ready to play so I guess that makes 7 DTs.

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Cliff Kirkpatrick says:

January 19, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Yes, I did forget Olander. So, yes, seven DTs ready to play.

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ean says:

January 19, 2009 at 5:23 pm

You say they recruited Phillip to play tackle? I was thinking they would start him at gaurd and move him to tackle as he gets more familiar with the system. I guess it depends on how the rest of the guys are doing. No offense to Mike Remmers but if a walk-on redshirt freshman started last year we should be able to work in Mr. Phillip pretty soon.

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Cliff Kirkpatrick says:

January 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Just like with the QBs in OSU’s system, it takes 1.5 years to get the O-linemen ready, according to coach Mike Cavanaugh. True studs, such as Jeremy Perry, take one year. Maybe Philipps is like that. But he’ll most likely be a major contributer by his third season, as a redshirt sophomore.

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TJ "OSU Grad 2005" says:

January 20, 2009 at 1:29 am

Where does this recruiting class rank all time? Ive looked at past classes and it looks like its the best avg as far as overall rank and its still not over. I heard on espn radio that Myles Wade is going to either Texas Tech, Auburn or USC after Oregon State would not offer him a scholarship. I heard that Reggie Dunn is the real deal and has a 4.2 speed and 40″ vertical leap, do you think he will start right away in slot or WR?

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Cliff Kirkpatrick says:

January 20, 2009 at 8:47 am

Dunn is more of an outside WR. As soon as he learns the system, he’ll be utilized. He’ll be behind, obviously, if he doesn’t show up until the summer.

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aaron says:

January 20, 2009 at 10:18 am

i just saw Coach Rob yawning. But he was wearing orange!

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RenoNVbeavr says:

January 20, 2009 at 1:05 pm

TJ – Oregon State wouldn’t offer Wade??? That sounds hard to fathom, unless they feel his academic status or “star” treatment could be a detriment to the program. Wade was considered to be one of the best DL prospects to come out of Oregon. Aside from Paea, no other DT on the Beavs roster seems to be in the same league in talent as Wade. I would think the Beavs could use a DT of this caliber. A very curious call by the Beavs if that is true.

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Chris says:

January 20, 2009 at 1:14 pm

Nothing curious to me about not offering a scholarship to a kid who can’t qualify academically. Seems pretty straight forward if that’s the case.

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TJ "OSU Grad 2005" says:

January 20, 2009 at 7:17 pm

He couldn’t get into to OSU for academic reasons and the coaches never even looked at him for that but for some reason he can get into Auburn, USC and Texas Tech right now which makes me wonder what exactly is going on!

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