'17 OH OG Matt Bockhorst (Clemson Verbal)

[koonja]

Can't play interior DL I assume? Want him based on his want-to, but can see that he's likely to never play OL with how well we recruit it.

 

[Ironman8]

Junior year highlights:

2015 Junior Season - Matt Bockhorst highlights

 

[GBdomer]

ND and Matt are both moving on, no more visits

Michigan just offered.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Best of luck to him.

Hope we have a good relationship with him though, because a year from now things may be different


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[TheTurningPoint]

Best of luck to him.

Hope we have a good relationship with him though, because a year from now things may be different


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They do.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

They do.

Excellent


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[rtrn2glory]

Got upgraded to a 4* on rivals and cracked the 250 at #250

 

[yankeeND]

Got upgraded to a 4* on rivals and cracked the 250 at #250

I'm glad to hear he is doing well. If for some reason we have a spot next year, I woudn't mind him being a part of the class. Seems like a great kid.

 

[Ironman8]

Committed to Clemson.

 

[GBdomer]

Good for Matt, good luck to him in the future

 

[pkt77242]

NDCrusader upon hearing the news

 

[Crazy Balki]

Shame. Sounds like we're after bigger fish. Seems like it's been awhile since we landed someone from St. X.

 

[BobbyMac]

Bringing this thread back from the dead. Made solid gains in the rankings including #101 on ESPN and a .9171 Comp. More importantly, he measured in at an even 6-5 and 298 at the Opening regional after being 6-3, 308 last year. Sounds like he hit a growth spurt and has been working out. His scores reflect the work with a 4.86/40 and a 4.72 shuttle.

Is this something that could be revisited? Supposedly the knock was size, not ability.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Bringing this thread back from the dead. Made solid gains in the rankings including #101 on ESPN and a .9171 Comp. More importantly, he measured in at an even 6-5 and 298 at the Opening regional after being 6-3, 308 last year. Sounds like he hit a growth spurt and has been working out. His scores reflect the work with a 4.86/40 and a 4.72 shuttle.

Is this something that could be revisited? Supposedly the knock was size, not ability.

I doubt it. We're in a much better spot for higher ranked guys like Smith, Wills, Sarrell, Davis, etc.

 

[BobbyMac]

I doubt it. We're in a much better spot for higher ranked guys like Smith, Wills, Sarrell, Davis, etc.

Smith and Sarell play different positions. There's zero chance with Davis. Wills is the only potential OG at ND and I don't think he's thinking guard at this point.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Smith and Sarell play different positions. There's zero chance with Davis. Wills is the only potential OG at ND and I don't think he's thinking guard at this point.

If Sarell or Smith hop aboard, then Wills is pretty much destined for Guard. That would give us 2 Guards (with Gibbons) and 2 Tackles (Smith/Sarell and Lugg). There's also Hainsey from IMG.

 

[BobbyMac]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to OL Matt Bockhorst of St. Xavier (Ohio) on being invited to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOpening?src=hash">#TheOpening</a> Finals! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Final5?src=hash">#Final5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOTOPEN?src=hash">#GOTOPEN</a> <a href="https://t.co/4S8NZU0EEg">pic.twitter.com/4S8NZU0EEg</a></p>— The Opening (@TheOpening) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOpening/status/738506972295618560">June 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[zelezo vlk]

Looks like Matt tore his ACL at the Opening. Dang.

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[OCIrish]

Damn.......that's too bad, if so.

 

[BobbyMac]

Damn.......that's too bad, if so.

In Crusader's world, Matt goes to an elite Prep school while he rehabs and joins ND's Class of '18 as a 6-5, 305lb OG.

Everybody was worried about his length before but he has definitely grown. Measured in at 6-5 which is believable with the Pace guys, Thomas and Salyer measuring in at 6-4.5 & 6-3.5 respectively.

He also ran the second fasted 40 of any lineman in attendance. Only Josh Meyers beat him, 5.13 vs 5.16. Jeddrick Wills was next at 5.18.

Impossible to question the OL recruiting but it's tough for me to follow kids who start off the process as life long ND fans and become players at other institutions like these two below. In most other years, Sean Clifford and Matt Bockhorst are both Irish.

 

[fightingirish26]

In Crusader's world, Matt goes to an elite Prep school while he rehabs and joins ND's Class of '18 as a 6-5, 305lb OG.

Everybody was worried about his length before but he has definitely grown. Measured in at 6-5 which is believable with the Pace guys, Thomas and Salyer measuring in at 6-4.5 & 6-3.5 respectively.

He also ran the second fasted 40 of any lineman in attendance. Only Josh Meyers beat him, 5.13 vs 5.16. Jeddrick Wills was next at 5.18.

Impossible to question the OL recruiting but it's tough for me to follow kids who start off the process as life long ND fans and become players at other institutions like these two below. In most other years, Sean Clifford and Matt Bockhorst are both Irish.

You just look at that picture and feel bad that those two aren't gonna be playing here

 

[GBdomer]

Both would have walked on broken glass from Ohio to come here. Clifford grew on me a lot and I wouldn't take had any problem if he was our qb this year. Bockhorst has grown a lot and I think he will continue to grow every year but I'm perfectly happy with Gibbons and Hainsey at guard. Good luck on your recovery Matt.