'09 OH LB Mike Marrow (Alabama Verbal)

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3/25

From BWI...Toledo and Nebraska have offered and his PSU offer is supposedly in the mail. Thinks Illinois and ND are close to offering as well. Also receiving contact from Pitt, Michigan State, Louisville, Wisconsin, Rutgers and Boston College.

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4/2

From the Nebraska site...Mike's father talks about how during the move to Toledo there was a mix up and Mike has actually had a written offer from Nebraska for a while now. Has offers from PSU, Toledo and Nebraska and has been told Cincinnati and Illinois will be next. Plans to take officials this Fall.

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4/14

Alabama has offered. Expects Illinois, Notre Dame & Iowa to offer soon. Says he does not have a leader at this time.

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4/30

By Steve Hare...says ND is one of his top schools and talks about his interest in the Irish. Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois are also interested.

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5/13

From HuskersIllustrated.com.....coach believes Notre Dame, Michigan State and Illinois are close to offering. His father says his top two schools are probably Nebraska and Alabama, with Penn State near the top as well.

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Mike has offers from Alabama, Nebraska, Penn State, Army and Toledo.

“I know the head coach Bo Pelini (Nebraska).” said Marrow, “My dad is good friends with Bo they use to play basketball together at Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown-Ohio). Just last week all the Nebraska coaches sent me hand written letters in one big envelope.”

“I don’t know much about Nebraska.” he said, “I’m going to visit them and Alabama this summer.”

“Alabama said I could play early. I know the Alabama coaches well.” said Marrow, “Coach Sabin sends me lots of letters and said they want me bad. I like the area, the SEC. Night now Alabama and Penn State are my top two schools.”

“I like Penn State’s tradition.” he said, “Last year I went to the Penn State and Perdue game. I really liked it a lot, the campus is nice.”

“Joe Paterno’s son Jay came by my school last week I missed him because I had a math test.”

“Notre Dame said they will offer me in June. They want to see my test scores first.” said Marrow, “Notre Dame is the only school that is recruiting me as a fullback. Others want me as a running back. Notre Dame said they only want one fullback (2009 class).”

“We just moved to Toledo last year from Columbus. My dad took a job here. Ohio State said they will offer me later. I went to some of their games last season.” he said

“Michigan State came by last week to get film. It looks like they might offer me later.”

Mike added that he would like to visit schools this summer and make a decision by fall. Alabama, Penn State, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Nebraska are among the schools Marrow would like to visit. Mike said he might not make the Penn State trip because of distance.

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5/23

Has a number of offers including Alabama, Penn State, Toledo, Army, Maryland. Says he's getting a lot of attention from Michigan State and Illinois. Names his favorite....Alabama which is recruiting him at RB. Also mentions that Nick Saban had coached his dad at Toledo.

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6/20

From the Alabama site. Committed to Alabama. Mike says he loved everything about his visit to Alabama, and knew it was where he wanted to go. The staf told him that they felt he was the best big RB in the country. He says his recruiting is finished.

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Central running back Michael Marrow picks up yardage against Bowling Green.
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toledoblade.com -- Irish batter Bobcats

Central's power run game - led by its trio of linebacker/backs - churned out 215 of the team's 266 total yards on 56 ground attempts. Marrow led the way with 96 yards on 21 carries, Iowa-bound Brad Rogers had 72 on 15 tries, and fullback Dave Pickerel added 27 on three totes.