'10 IN RB Roderick Smith (Ohio State Verbal)

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Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 215 lbs.

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Class of 2010 prospect who enjoyed a great freshman season with 1,800 yards on 270 attempts for 15 touchdowns for the 2A State Champion.

Rushed for over 1200 yards and averaged eight yards a carry.

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5/5

By Trieu...coaches from Ohio State, Purdue and Iowa have been by his school. Visited OSU for a junior day. Likes Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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9/17

By Trieu...Iowa has offered. Has been invited to a game at OSU but has not been able to make it yet. Says he will likely make OSU's camp this summer. Georgia and Oklahoma are also sending mail.

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9/22

From the OSU site...talks about his team and individual performance so far this season. Iowa was first to offer. Also hearing from Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue and Arkansas.

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Harding junior headed to Ohio State?- The Journal-Gazette

Harding junior headed to Ohio State?

Signing day next year could very well end up with Harding junior Rod Smith signing on the dotted line with Ohio State.



The Buckeyes have been high on Smith, who will become the city's all-time leading rusher next year, since he was a freshman.


The only reason they haven't offered Smith a scholarship is because of his academics, which caused Smith to miss a couple of basketball games last season.


But Ohio State reaffirmed its desire to have Smith part of the program in a couple of years with a recent e-mail to Harding coach Sherwood Haydock.
It was from assistant coach Dick Tressel.


Part of it read: "Coach - Our offensive staff just watched tape of one the best rbs in the nation - Rod is at the TOP!!"


Smith seems very interested in Ohio State as well and would probably commit once the scholarship offer comes.

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Harding junior headed to Ohio State? | The Journal Gazette

Published: February 4, 2009 11:45 a.m.

Harding junior headed to Ohio State?

Signing day next year could very well end up with Harding junior Rod Smith signing on the dotted line with Ohio State.

The Buckeyes have been high on Smith, who will become the city's all-time leading rusher next year, since he was a freshman.

The only reason they haven't offered Smith a scholarship is because of his academics, which caused Smith to miss a couple of basketball games last season.

But Ohio State reaffirmed its desire to have Smith part of the program in a couple of years with a recent e-mail to Harding coach Sherwood Haydock.

It was from assistant coach Dick Tressel.

Part of it read: "Coach - Our offensive staff just watched tape of one the best rbs in the nation - Rod is at the TOP!!"

Smith seems very interested in Ohio State as well and would probably commit once the scholarship offer comes.

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2/17

By A Trieu. Ohio State has told Smith they plan on offering, and he names the Buckeyes his favorite. Iowa has offered, while the Ohio State, Minnesota, Georgia and Michigan State have been in heavy contact.

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Ohio State Rivals - 02/18/09

Wants to make an unofficial visit to Ohio State (not offered) this spring for a Junior Day.

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Scout.com: Buckeyes Tough to Beat

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Mar 17, 2009

During Roderick Smith's three-year career, he?s amassed 5,285 yards on the ground. Smith now has offers from Ohio State and Iowa and says the Buckeyes remain his solid favorite. "They have amazing history," Smith said. "I've always liked everything about them. I grew up on Ohio State. The coaches there are great people and I've gotten to talk with them a few times already. I've even..."

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4/15

Thinking most about Ohio State and Michigan State.

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5/18

From BuckeyeGrove...Tennessee has recently offered but Ohio State is still #1

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Buckeyes snag top 10 junior running back recruit Roderick Smith - Ohio State Buckeyes Football & Basketball Blog (OSU) - cleveland.com