'12 OH RB William Mahone (Notre Dame Signed LOI)

[edgesofsanity]

Running Back
Austintown, Ohio
Austintown Fitch

Ht: 5'11"
Wt: 205 lbs
Shuttle: 4.58
Vertical: 35 inches
Bench press: 275 pounds
Squat: 445 pounds
GPA: 3.2

Rankings:
Scout:

, RB #13
Rivals:

, Rivals100 #78
ESPN:

Offers:
Boston College
Bowling Green
Cincinnati
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Miami (Oh)
Michigan State
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
West Virginia

ND Recruiter:

Scout
Rivals

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[edgesofsanity]

Nice free article over at ISD today about the guy; notably his GPA has risen from Rivals' 2.5, now per the article up to 3.2.

Also, seems we're sitting his early top 5.

“I’m getting a lot of letters from Boston College, Oregon, Ohio State, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas A&M, LSU, Iowa, Tennessee, USC, and Notre Dame,” recited Mahone. “Actually, when Brian Kelly was at Cincinnati, they sent me a camp invite when I was a sophomore. (Notre Dame) is interested.”

Mahone already has a list of schools he’d like to communicate more with.

“I’d like to hear more from Texas and Notre Dame,” said Mahone. “I want to see what Oregon’s offering, and maybe some other schools like Florida and Miami. I’ve seen videos on Oregon, and I really like their facilities, and the way they play really jumps out at me when I watch their stuff on youtube. Texas was my favorite team growing up. That’s why I like them. The rest of those schools have great tradition, and have shown a lot of interest in me early. So that’s why I’d like to take a visit and check them out.”

 

[IrishandColts]

any videos?

 

[edgesofsanity]

None of the major sites with anything, but a little digging shows some sophomore highlights:

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[NDPhilly]

saw this on blue and gold and ISD and was about to make a thread. Beat me to it

 

[rtrn2glory]

Let me know if there's anything I need to add

 

[TerryTate]

what's the competition like there?

He looks like a beast, and he can fly

 

[delt1147]

The Lake film would be one to watch. They lost in double ot but Lake was the only high end team they played. The rest were just average at best. His team is a good team in Ohio. Comparing to Mauk's schedule it is much stronger competition than Kenton's.

 

[rtrn2glory]

He plays at the highest level of Ohio high school football. His team finished 9-1 in the regular season with Canton Mckinely (public school in Canton with great tradition) being its biggest win. Team made it to the second round of the playoffs before being defeated...They're playoff region is one of if not the toughest in the state. He plays with several division 1 prospects.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

There is already a thread for this kid, can a mod please merge:

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/2012-recruiting-profiles/56261-12-oh-rb-william-mahone.html

I absolutely love this kid. This kid is my second choice behind Keith Marshal. This kid is so underrated.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Sorry...looked and couldn't find anything.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Sorry...looked and couldn't find anything.

No worries. That thread hadn't been updated in a while and was burried.

I still love this kid and glad he got an offer.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Tough kid with potential to get bigger...would be nice power between the tackles guy that can get ya four yards everytime he touches it...plus he's a decent receiver out of the backfield.

Plays with a set of twins on his team that are getting heavy D 1 interest...not sure if they're packaged or not. Read somewhere he liked his visit to West Virginia. Initial hunch is he's gonna be a tough pull away from Penn St and Michigan St

 

[rtrn2glory]

From ISD;

article about the twins he plays with...sounds like the interest from ND is picking up a bit.

Twins Compete

 

[edgesofsanity]

updated to include offer on March 3rd (and offer list growing); new video:

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[Sherm Sticky]

William Mahone has two recruit profile threads, can a mod please merge. Thank you.

 

[Gencdaddy]

Our own Mark Ingram? Huh? Huh?

 

[JayRock]

He's a friend of my good friend and RB recruit Coy Brown. That's how I know him. Good kid. Not sure about on-field, but he is a nice guy.

 

[GBdomer]

Cut it to 10. ND made the cut.

 

[Ironman8]

ESPN is reporting (citing Bill Kline of the "Morning Call" in Allentown, PA) that PSU has "nearly locked up" Will. Take it FWIW, because they do name the RB as Will Malone, not Will Mahone (dubious typo), and I am not entirely sure what being "nearly locked up" means, especially in this day and age in recruiting. I guess I will just take it as PSU is his leader for now.

 

[GBdomer]

I believe Penn State has always lead. i know him and Jarron Jones are close.

 

[IrishLax]

Looking to visit ND this summer per 247 article.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Mother seems to really like the coaches at Michigan State...and we know from experience in at least a couple instances what mama wants...mama gets.

 

[NYIrish14]

24/7 reporting hes scheduled his visit...dont knwo what day it will actually be tho

 

[NYIrish14]

I dont have a premium subscription

 

[johnnykillz]

24/7 reporting hes scheduled his visit...dont knwo what day it will actually be tho

I dont have a premium subscription

Mahone, per B&G:

"I'll be out there in (late) June and I just want to see what they have to offer me."

 

[irishbird]

Mahone, per B&G:

ASK WHAT YOU OFFER ND NOT WHAT ND OFFER YOU

 

[BeauBenken]

ASK WHAT YOU OFFER ND NOT WHAT ND OFFER YOU

That's really more once they're on the team. When they're a recruit we have to show them what we can offer them. And that we offer the most/best.

 

[irishbird]

24/7 reporting hes scheduled his visit...dont knwo what day it will actually be tho

AND NAME OF CB FROM FLA. ND GOOD WITH THEYRE TWITTER ABOUT

 

[NYIrish14]

AND NAME OF CB FROM FLA. ND GOOD WITH THEYRE TWITTER ABOUT

Donaldven Manning