'09 OH OL/DL Ryan Spiker (West Virginia Verbal)

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Dresden (OH) Tri-Valley

Height: 6-foot-4.5
Weight: 293 lbs.

Watch the kid's film and you will see someone who plays with some violence in their game...

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I've been told that both Wisconsin and WVU have sent Ryan letters.

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My information is coming from a senior football player at Tri-Valley, just so everyone knows.

Apparently, Ryan visited Indiana over the weekend and is visiting Notre Dame this weekend.

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He's heard from most Big 10 schools (not OSU or scUM). Not visiting ND as I previously said, but going to a camp during the summer instead. Indiana is very interested.

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From a friend who talked directly to Ryan, Indiana has offered and West Virginia offered today.

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2/29

By BK...talks about his contact with Coach Bollman and says he would like to be a Buckeye. Visited OSU last weekend.

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Times Recorder - www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Zanesville, Ohio

Tri-Valley's Ryan Spiker played in the shadow of All-Ohio teammate Adam Bice last season, when the Scotties rolled into the Division II Region 7 semifinals.
If recent weeks are any indication, he'll soon be leaving his own impressive legacy.

Spiker, a 6-4, 295-pound two-way lineman, recently received Division I scholarship offers from West Virginia and Indiana, and visited Ohio State for its junior day last weekend.

Scotties' coach Justin Buttermore said Spiker has also drawn interest from other BCS programs, including Notre Dame and South Carolina.

It has been a whirlwind three weeks for the junior, who wasn't sure what his college plans would be before the recent turn of events.

"We're getting a lot of stuff at once," Spiker said. "Because of NCAA rules they can't call me which is probably a good thing. I'd be getting 1,000 calls a day."

Like many recruits around Ohio, Spiker would love an offer from Ohio State, "because obviously it would be great to be able to go there. I think every kid in Ohio wants to play there."

But Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel told Spiker and other line recruits that they will be competing for scholarship offers. He met Tressel and spent time with incoming freshmen Mike Adams and Michael Brewster, both blue chip line recruits already enrolled at OSU.

"There are five other guys and only three scholarships," Spiker said. "A lot will depend on what happens at their summer camp. We're already working hard to get ready for next year."

Buttermore said it's a common theme with big-time programs.

"(OSU) obviously has a lot more people they can offer being Ohio State," Buttermore said. "That will be something that happens late (in the process) if it happens."

The process picked up speed after Spiker and Buttermore made an unofficial visit to Indiana the weekend of Feb. 16. After spending time touring the facilities and discussing the program with coaches and other recruits, he received an offer shortly before leaving for home.

The following Tuesday, Buttermore received a call from the Mountaineers.

"They offered him on the spot," Buttermore said. "We set up a visit, and one of their assistants showed the film to their head coach (Bill Stewart) the next morning, and they liked it so much that they wanted to offer him immediately."

Buttermore expects more offers to follow.

"He's 295 pounds and he's got great hands and great feet," Buttermore said. "He's just a tremendous athlete for a kid his size. Guys like him and (Bice) only come around about once every 20 or 30 years. They're just big athletic kids."

In the meantime, Spiker will visit WVU on March 15 and set up visits with other interested schools.

"Once you get that first offer they start coming in from other schools," Spiker said. "I know I'll have some decisions to make."

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3/19

From O&B News...has offers from Indiana, West Virginia and Miami (OH) and is very interested in Illinois and Ohio State. Has been to junior days at Ohio State, West Virginia and Indiana and plans to camp at Illinois and OSU.

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4/16

By Crabtree...talks about his hometown and his style of play. Has offers from Indiana, West Virginia, Miami University, Buffalo, NC State and Cincinnati. Will be at OSU's spring game and will camp at Illinois.

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4/23

Talks about his OSU spring game visit. Still hoping for an offer from Ohio State and says Illinois is showing a lot of interest as well.

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4/25

From the Cincinnati site....talks about his interest in Cincinnati. Says Ohio State has been in contact with him and talks about his Spring Game visit. Talks about his off-season workouts and about how this is a once in a lifetime experience.

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5/8

Ryan has offers from Cincinnati, West Virginia, Indiana, Miami of Ohio, Buffalo, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Bowling Green and Michigan State. He wants to decide before his season and has tOSU as his favorite.

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6/23

From DeaconsIllustrated.....has recently visited Illinois, Michigan State & Indiana. Is getting interest from Ohio State. Says he may visit Wake Forest on his way back to Ohio from vacation. Says he wants to make a decision before the start of his senior season.

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Two way linemen Ryan Spiker from Tri-Valley (OH) High School became the Mountaineers third offensive line commitment in the Class of 2009.
Spiker chose WVU over Michigan State and Indiana. He also had offers from Cincinnati, North Carolina State and Wake Forest, among others. He had 12 Division I offers total.

"I went to their spring practice," Spiker told the Zanesville Times Recorder. "I really like the offensive line coach (David Johnson) and (Head) Coach (Bill) Stewart seems like a really good guy. Just going around campus and all of that, it just kinda stuck out to me. I fit in there."