![]() ![]() Had this happened in reverse, where a high-end Columbus-area prospect chose Washington because Ohio State didn’t make the effort, the Buckeyes would be in for just as much criticism. Hartline found someone he wanted in his receivers room, identified Scott early and closed before Washington could get into the picture. There was an opening with Scott, and Hartline pounced on it. Ohio State has built a roster by picking its spots nationally and grabbing talent from coast to coast. I am a Buckeye and I am going to be a Buckeye for life.” “But that is not going to do anything with my recruiting process. “I am definitely appreciative of the Washington coaching staff willing to take a chance on me, willing to say, ‘Hey, I think you’d be good for my team,’ ” Scott said. I don’t know if that’s the reason it all happened this way, but that’s just (my) opinion.”Īs for Washington’s offer to Scott in June? He is the first coach on that staff who took the time to get to know my son and what he found out was, ‘Oh, he’s a pretty good kid.’ I think that kind of sparked the offer. It took the wide receiver coach, the new one, Junior Adams, to get hired. I think there was a narrative about my son as far as maybe being immature, but I think there is a narrative about the average 14- or 15-year-olds as they mature. “I think they had the wrong opinion of him,” Scott Sr. It’s all speculation until Petersen is allowed to publicly address his 2020 class in December. is a self-made radio personality in Seattle who does some work with the Seattle Seahawks, so maybe Petersen and his staff weren’t fond of the family dynamic. You can say what you want about Washington’s decision-making and that perhaps Scott wasn’t a good fit for the Huskies. Scott, by all accounts, is a confident, personable and talented football prospect. That competitive fire is a desirable trait, and it’s not as if Scott has had any off-field incidents. But as Ohio State’s coaches are fond of saying, they’d rather pull the reins on a dog rather than have to teach the dog how to hunt. said he feels as if his son has developed a bad reputation in the Seattle area for celebrating too much. The Scotts were hurt and confused by Washington’s actions. Scott looked extremely good at The Opening earlier this month, leading to talk that he eventually will be a five-star prospect. That video ended with Scott wearing purple foam Husky claws on his hands, but it obviously never saw the light of day, given Washington didn’t offer until last month, six months after he committed to the Buckeyes. And that prospect would be a Washington commitment had the Huskies’ staff offered - and that was evident in the commitment video the Scotts put together in case Gee announced for the Huskies. ![]() After his performance at The Opening and other camps during the summer, it’s seemingly a foregone conclusion that he’s going to end up a five-star prospect. Scott (6 feet 3, 207 pounds) currently is one of the top-15 receivers in the class as well a consensus top-70 prospect nationally. “That is how the decision was made,” Scott’s father, Gee Scott Sr., told The Athletic. Instead, Scott went home that day in November, looked his father in the eye and said, “I’m going to Ohio State. It would have taken a two-minute visit - even if the Huskies’ staff wasn’t sure about offering yet - to alter Scott’s thinking. Why? Nobody knows for sure, though that decision could wind up haunting Chris Petersen and his staff for the next three or four years. Soon after, a time during which Scott’s recruitment was about to explode, Washington’s coaches visited Eastside Catholic and sat down with every top athlete on the team except for Scott. Buckeyes receiver coach Brian Hartline identified Scott - who stars at powerhouse Eastside Catholic in suburban Sammamish - as a top-tier 2020 wide receiver more than a year ago, and Ohio State offered Scott a scholarship during an unofficial visit to Columbus in October. The second question is far more important than the first, and Ohio State, who earned a commitment from Scott on Christmas Day in 2018, is glad Washington dragged its feet. How could it have possibly taken Washington so long to offer such an elite prospect from the Seattle area? How on earth is this kid not a five-star prospect?Ģ. While Scott was making even the most elite defensive backs in the 2020 recruiting class look silly, you’d hear reporters murmuring from behind their camcorders.ġ. ![]()
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