'09 PA LB Dorian Bell (Official Offer)

[GoshenGipper]

Dorian Bell - ILB (6'1"/205lbs)
Gateway High School (Monroeville, PA)

Schools of Interest:
Alabama
Boston College
Colorado
Florida
Florida State
Illinois
Michigan
N.Carolina
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Pitt
Rutgers
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
W.Virginia

Combine
Forty: 4.59
Bench Reps:
Bench Max:
Squat Max:
Shuttle: 4.44
Vertical:
GPA:

Star Ratings
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2008 - Rivals 100, Scout 100

Multimedia

 

[GoshenGipper]

http://www.pghsports.com/PSR-News/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1202419414&archive=&template=Keystone

DORIAN BELL, Gateway HS (Monroeville) LB
The early favorite as the No. 1 prospect for next year, the 6’1” 210 pounder has already been called by Gateway head coach Terry Smith “the best athlete I’ve ever coached.” Considering that Gateway has recently put more major prospects into college than any school in PA—including NFL-bound cornerback Justin King—that’s saying a lot. Bell is not big yet, but he is tough, aggressive, active, fast and athletic. He already has approximately 30 offers, including Pitt, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, California and Virginia Tech. When the first set of national rankings come out, Bell could be the No. 1 ranked linebacker prospect in the country for 2009, as well as one of the top ten athletes overall. His college choices are wide open now, although has expressed interest to leave the area. He does admit that may change

 

[GoshenGipper]

Already has offers from BC, Ohio State, Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Illinois Colorado, Alabama and W.Virginia.

 

[Irishknight1023]

That's a mighty undersized ILB.

 

[GoshenGipper]

That's a mighty undersized ILB.

Those are old combine numbers, I've heard he's as big as 220 now, but haven't seen anything concrete. Remember that Phillip Wheeler was undersized and Tenuta turned him into quite the player.

It probably won't matter anyway though. From what I've seen Dorian hasn't seemed to show much interest in ND thus far.

 

[GoshenGipper]

Dorian picked up an official offer from Coach Weis yesterday but judging by his response to the offer it sounds like they have some work to do to get him to come to ND.

It's not as if he didn't sound open to ND but he didn't sound all that excited either.

 

[Junkhead]

That's a mighty undersized ILB.

He still has another year in HS to play anyway.

 

[tko]

hopefully tenuta can add some spice to the linebacking group and pique the interest of some of the LB recruits out there.

 

[BDIrish4ever]

YouTube - Dorian Bell Highlights

I like this kid. He is very active, a good tackler and has some good pass coverage skills. He would be a nice addition to the Class of '09!

 

[IrishGrizz]

He looks and sounds like he is worth doing some work to earn his attention. Due-diligence by us at the start could work. Worth the effort.

 

[Ricochet]

Looks like he and his teammate and fellow ND scholarship offer recipient Corey Brown are going to be visiting ND this weekend.

There has been some talk that he was no longer considering ND but I was hearing otherwise but hadn't heard it elsewhere until just recently on some of the other ND sites thats reporting that he's coming to South Bend this weekend.

 

[ant80]

Is a Buckeye!!!

 

[BDIrish4ever]

Is a Buckeye!!!

Is it official yet?

 

[SoCalDomer]

yes. it's official.

 

[Epitome]

I'm glad we didn't land him. I really think he would have been one that we would have to worry about decommitting until NSD

 

[Junkhead]

I'm glad we didn't land him. I really think he would have been one that we would have to worry about decommitting until NSD

That's some weird logic there....

 

[OCIrish]

I'm glad we didn't land him. I really think he would have been one that we would have to worry about decommitting until NSD

Yeah, I agree with ya.

 

[ant80]

I'm glad we didn't land him. I really think he would have been one that we would have to worry about decommitting until NSD

Exactly why do you think that?

 

[irishfan]

Because ND NC knows his stuff hah