'09 OH QB Austin Boucher (Miami (OH) Verbal)

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'09 OH QB Austin Boucher


Pro-style quarterback
Kettering (OH) Archbishop Alter
Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 197 lbs
Forty: 4.7 secs
Bench max: 300 pounds
GPA: 3.5
Class: 2009 (High School)

Dispatch

Ohio State football: QB puts himself in running
Boucher's showing in title game gets Tressel's attention
Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:16 AM
By Tim May


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Austin Boucher knows the score. He understands he is not the No. 1 quarterback prospect on Ohio State's list for the 2009 recruiting class. He's roughly No. 3 at the moment, behind blue-chippers Tajh Boyd of Hampton, Va., and Kevin Newsome of Chesapeake, Va., by way of Hargrave Military Academy.
The important thing to Boucher (pronounced boo-SHAY) is that he is on the list, period. About two weeks ago, he wasn't. That was before he led Kettering Alter to a state championship win over Steubenville while OSU coach Jim Tressel watched from the press box.
Tressel can't comment on prospects, but his actions did a lot of talking. He dispatched OSU assistant coach/recruiting coordinator John Peterson to Kettering the next week to meet with Boucher.
"He said they were hoping to sign one quarterback for sure with this class, maybe two," Boucher said. "And he said to me, 'Regardless, Austin, coach Tressel thinks you can play at this level.'
"He said they have one or two guys ahead of me, and if they don't commit, they said they were definitely going to come my way because they think I'm a guy who can help their team."
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By D Berk. Ohio State has offered Boucher and would like him to visit this weekend. He has to talk things over with his family first, but says that everyone knows he will have to do what's best for him.

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Columbus Dispatch

Another quarterback turns down Ohio State
Boucher 'going to stick with Miami'
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:27 PM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Quarterback Austin Boucher of Kettering (Alter), Ohio, said this afternoon that after quick but thorough consideration he turned down the scholarship offer from Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel.
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