'17 AZ DE Odua Isibor (UCLA Verbal)

[BobbyMac]

Defensive End
Phoenix, AZ
St Mary's Catholic
US Army All-American Bowl

Measurements:
Ht: 6-5
Wt: 230

Rankings:

247 Comp..... ..... #31 WDE ..... #528 OA ..... .8656 rating
247............... ..... #35 WDE ..... #649 OA ....... 87
ESPN............. ..... #52 DE ................................ 79 rating
Rivals............ ..... #37 WDE ............................. 5.7
Scout............ ..... #55 DE

Offers:
Yale ............... OV - 9-30-17
Arizona
ASU ............... OV - 1-20-17
Colorado
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa St
K State
New Mex
Oregon
Ore St
SJSU
Tex A&M ....... OV - 1-27-17
UCLA ............. OV - 1-13-17
USC

Media Links:

Twitter - @odi_ii

Odua Isibor - Hudl

Highlights:

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[BobbyMac]

Saw some ND follows back and forth a few weeks ago but this afternoon all the follows hit including BK's. Offer watch for sure. Supposedly a very good student and on of AZ's premier Catholic schools.

US Army All-American Bowl.

Max Prep's Medium School 2nd Team All American

Senior Stats:

10 G ..... 110 Tkl ..... 13 TFL ..... 9.5 Sck ..... 19 QBH ..... 3 FF

Saw him twice this year. Big time motor. Looks 230+. More of a SDE than a WDE. Was a handful for a loaded Saguaro OL. Stats said he only had 9 tkls but he was all over the place. Very good film. Not as lightning quick as Jalen Harris (not many are) but he's much stronger.

OV'd to UCLA last weekend.

Scheduled to OV this weekend at ASU

Texas A&M OV scheduled for Jan. 27


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[BobbyMac]

Older Freebie from Richard Obert @Arizona Republic

Phoenix St. Mary's DE Odua Isibor hopes to make college decision before football season

Odua Isibor's first college football offer came from the University of Arizona in late February.

Now up to 12 offers, including Oregon and Texas A&M, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound Phoenix St. Mary's 2017 defensive end has a lot on his plate to figure on a college to play football.

He said he'd like to make that decision before the season begins in August.

And don't think it's going to be just about football. Isibor's grade-point average is off-the-rails good. He wants to get into pre-med, become an anesthesiologist. His dad is a parole officer and mom a hospice worker.

They've raised him to have a plan besides football.

"Whatever has the best academics," Isibor said.

That's what makes Stanford intriguing. It has Isibor high on its recruiting board, but it usually waits until it has all of the athlete's transcripts and college test scores before offering.

If that happens, who knows. It could be a quick commitment.

But Isibor is his own person, and he is spending June having fun, moving from football to basketball.

Coaches love him, because Isibor's work ethic is unmatched. He is committed to both sports. College football coaches admire kids who play multiple sports, because it shows they want to compete.

"He shows up to football, gets his workout in, then he shows up for basketball," St. Mary's basketball coach Ty Amundsen said after Isibor's grunt work in the post helped the Knights beat Phoenix Arcadia earlier in the week at the Grand Canyon University high school team camp. "He makes it work.

"We know he's got this great football career ahead of him. We also know he's a tremendous basketball player, too. Great athlete, great kid. He does both sports well. And, on top of that, he's a 4.3 GPA student. He's a very focused individual."

 

[dublinirish]

is this the kid who some predicted might go Ivy League?

 

[BobbyMac]

is this the kid who some predicted might go Ivy League?

He did take his first OV to Yale. He says in most interviews he wants to be an anesthesiologist.

The 4 for 40 pitch should resonate with this young man.

Here's another USA Today/AZ Republic freebie:

Army All-American DE Odua Isibor looks toward goals beyond football | | USA Today High School Sports

Odua Isibor is a highly regarded defensive end; he’s 6-4 and 220 pounds; and he’s a cat-quick tackling machine.

But he also recognizes a higher calling than playing football, even if the game becomes a means to a more significant end.

“The ideal child would be (growing up) to be the doctor, the lawyer, the fireman or whatever,” Isibor told Gannett partner AZCentral. “But growing up, I was always wanting to help people in some way. Whatever helps to contribute to society. Become a doctor. But also I want to give my future family a better life than I have, than my parents have. I feel if I can be successful enough, I can help out my children and help out the world, too.

“I really want to get to a place where I’m influential enough so that I can say the truth, and have people listen.”

Isibor from St. Mary’s (Phoenix) will be on a bigger stage at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 7 in San Antonio.

He received his honorary Army Bowl jersey Monday during a ceremony at his school as part of the Selection Tour presented by American Family Insurance. He was honored in front of friends, family and classmates.

Isibor, ranked as the No. 7 recruit in Arizona and as the No. 31 weak-side defensive end, is choosing among Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State and Texas A&M among others. He also recently took an official visit to Yale and is attracted to the Ivy League education.

His goal is to become an anesthesiologist.

“Sure, you’d love to go to the NFL,” Isibor said. “But even if I do get to the NFL, there is so much life after that, that I have to worry about.”

 

[dublinirish]

all that and he schedules a visit to ASU?

 

[PANDFAN]

all that and he schedules a visit to ASU?

19,042 out of 22,581 applicants or 84% were admitted making Arizona State University an easy school to get into with a very good chance of acceptance assuming you meet the requirements. Academically, it has easy requirements for admission test scores. Arizona State University typically accepts and attracts B+ average high school students. Only 40% of those admitted chose to enroll in the school.

its the Havard of the west

 

[BobbyMac]

19,042 out of 22,581 applicants or 84% were admitted making Arizona State University an easy school to get into with a very good chance of acceptance assuming you meet the requirements. Academically, it has easy requirements for admission test scores. Arizona State University typically accepts and attracts B+ average high school students. Only 40% of those admitted chose to enroll in the school.

its the Havard of the west

There is a large portion of the school that caters to your standard, gimme any bachelors ya got crowd

BUT

It's WP Carey Business School and the O'Connor School of Law are both very good schools and it's ASU Skysong is a fantastic Tech co-op facility/program. I've been in some sort of Internet or Tech commerce since the 90's and have been working on a start up for the past year. Because of ASU there's enough brainpower in the Valley that I don't have to relocate to the Bay, at least yet at least. There's a lot of innovation happening at ASU & the Tempe/Scottsdale area.

It ain't K State now.



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[pkt77242]

There is a large portion of the school that caters to your standard, gimme any bachelors ya got crowd

BUT

It's WP Carey Business School and the O'Conner School of Law are both very good schools and it's ASU Skysong is a fantastic Tech co-op facility/program. I've been in some sort of Internet or Tech commerce since the 90's and have been working on a start up for the past year. Because of ASU there's enough brainpower in the Valley that I don't have to relocate to the Bay, at least yet at least. There's a lot of innovation happening at ASU & the Tempe/Scottsdale area.

It ain't K State now.

WP Carey is particularly known for supply chain management (#5 undergrad program in the country) and their Walter Kronkite School of Journalism is very good as well.

 

[stlnd01]

all that and he schedules a visit to ASU?

He lives in Phoenix. Being close to family can have its appeal.

 

[PANDFAN]

UCLA it is

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[BobbyMac]

My girl called this one. She is currently taking her anesthesia continuing ed classes at UCLA. She said UCSF is the best school in the country for anesthesia, UCLA is Top 5. So he does his undergrad in Westwood and then post grad in SF. Can't blame him for having a plan.



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[irishff1014]

My girl called this one. She is currently taking her anesthesia continuing ed classes at UCLA. She said UCSF is the best school in the country for anesthesia, UCLA is Top 5. So he does his undergrad in Westwood and then post grad in SF. Can't blame him for having a plan.



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That's the true meaning of doing what's best for yourself.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Good for the kid, I wish him well

 

[ACamp1900]

My girl called this one. She is currently taking her anesthesia continuing ed classes at UCLA. She said UCSF is the best school in the country for anesthesia, UCLA is Top 5. So he does his undergrad in Westwood and then post grad in SF. Can't blame him for having a plan.



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SO, about your girl's Asian friends......

 

[BobbyMac]

That's the true meaning of doing what's best for yourself.

Yeah, you can't rag on a kid that chooses a top public school for a field the school excels in... especially when he has shown in HS that he takes his education Ivy League serious.

Good for him. I would have taken him at SDE, Harris at WDE and Thomas at DT in a heartbeat. Hopefully they can at least close Harris on his OV.

 

[woolybug25]

I would be interested in how he came to the conclusion that he wants to be an anesthesiologist? I wonder if he even realizes what they do? He made the comment below.

“But growing up, I was always wanting to help people in some way. Whatever helps to contribute to society. Become a doctor. But also I want to give my future family a better life than I have, than my parents have. I feel if I can be successful enough, I can help out my children and help out the world, too.

“I really want to get to a place where I’m influential enough so that I can say the truth, and have people listen.”

Has he ever met an anesthesiologist? It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's high paying and in demand. But giving pregnant ladies epidurals isn't exactly "changing the world". Nor is it something that makes significant impact to society. It's actually a job that has low flexibility and high stress.

It's also not like wanting to be a surgeon in the sense that its important to get a good undergrad to get into a good med school. Anesthesiologist don't have to have a medical degree from Harvard and a residency at the Cleveland Clinic. They are in high demand and have a low ceiling for how much someone can master the trade. It's not like a surgeon where they are constantly trying to earn pedigree and reputation. You don't do that when your job is simply giving anesthesia to people. It's not this super prestigious job that instantly makes you a pillar in your community. Not sure how he is getting that impression.

 

[ColinKSU]

SO, about your girl's Asian friends......

Hot Asian friends can eventually become #HotAsianWife

 

[connor_in]

My girl called this one. She is currently taking her anesthesia continuing ed classes at UCLA. She said UCSF is the best school in the country for anesthesia, UCLA is Top 5. So he does his undergrad in Westwood and then post grad in SF. Can't blame him for having a plan.



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You just can't sleep on that anesthesia major...amirite? Amirite?

 

[woolybug25]

You just can't sleep on that anesthesia major...amirite? Amirite?

Ya know... I'm getting really tired of your jokes, pal...

 

[BobbyMac]

I would be interested in how he came to the conclusion that he wants to be an anesthesiologist? I wonder if he even realizes what they do? He made the comment below.



Has he ever met an anesthesiologist? It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's high paying and in demand. But giving pregnant ladies epidurals isn't exactly "changing the world". Nor is it something that makes significant impact to society. It's actually a job that has low flexibility and high stress.

It's also not like wanting to be a surgeon in the sense that its important to get a good undergrad to get into a good med school. Anesthesiologist don't have to have a medical degree from Harvard and a residency at the Cleveland Clinic. They are in high demand and have a low ceiling for how much someone can master the trade. It's not like a surgeon where they are constantly trying to earn pedigree and reputation. You don't do that when your job is simply giving anesthesia to people. It's not this super prestigious job that instantly makes you a pillar in your community. Not sure how he is getting that impression.

When your family moved here from Nigeria and work menial jobs, maybe being an Anesthesiologist and making $250k+ will change the world of his family and those in his community?

Perspective brother.

Now alluding to your point... in another article this morning he admitted one reason he's going to UCLA is it allows him to keep his options open as to what medical field he chooses.

 

[Irish#1]

I would be interested in how he came to the conclusion that he wants to be an anesthesiologist? I wonder if he even realizes what they do? He made the comment below.



Has he ever met an anesthesiologist? It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's high paying and in demand. But giving pregnant ladies epidurals isn't exactly "changing the world". Nor is it something that makes significant impact to society. It's actually a job that has low flexibility and high stress.

It's also not like wanting to be a surgeon in the sense that its important to get a good undergrad to get into a good med school. Anesthesiologist don't have to have a medical degree from Harvard and a residency at the Cleveland Clinic. They are in high demand and have a low ceiling for how much someone can master the trade. It's not like a surgeon where they are constantly trying to earn pedigree and reputation. You don't do that when your job is simply giving anesthesia to people. It's not this super prestigious job that instantly makes you a pillar in your community. Not sure how he is getting that impression.

I certainly can't speak to his thought process, but maybe it's as simple as he wants to be an anesthesiologist and since they are doctors, he will be helping people. I applaud the kid for looking to the future, rather than all of these kids that think they'll be having an NFL career.

 

[woolybug25]

When your family moved here from Nigeria and work menial jobs, maybe being an Anesthesiologist and making $250k+ will change the world of his family and those in his community?

Perspective brother.

Now alluding to your point... in another article this morning he admitted one reason he's going to UCLA is it allows him to keep his options open as to what medical field he chooses.

Your latter point makes sense. A link would be nice.

But everything he has said before this alleged article has been pointing directly at the fact that he thinks becoming an Anesthesiologist would help him "change the world" and be "a voice people had to listen to". Welp, an Anesthesiologist does neither. If making money is the only prerequisite to "changing his community", then why point out the field of Anesthesia in particular? It just seems very poorly thought out. I just find it interesting.

 

[woolybug25]

I certainly can't speak to his thought process, but maybe it's as simple as he wants to be an anesthesiologist and since they are doctors, he will be helping people. I applaud the kid for looking to the future, rather than all of these kids that think they'll be having an NFL career.

Sure. I applaud him for actually caring about his education. Just pointing out that his logic is fatally flawed. That's all.

 

[BobbyMac]

Your latter point makes sense. A link would be nice.

But everything he has said before this alleged article has been pointing directly at the fact that he thinks becoming an Anesthesiologist would help him "change the world" and be "a voice people had to listen to". Welp, an Anesthesiologist does neither. If making money is the only prerequisite to "changing his community", then why point out the field of Anesthesia in particular? It just seems very poorly thought out. I just find it interesting.

Freebie from Scout's Blair Angulo:

3-star DE Isibor Commits to UCLA - Football Recruiting - Scout

Odua Isibor has committed to UCLA, saying "it's always been a dream school."
The 6-5, 235-pound defensive end prospect from Phoenix (Ari.) St. Mary's, was thought to be a strong lean to UCLA for a while, and especially after his official visit this last weekend.

"After the (UCLA) visit I definitely started leaning UCLA above the other options," said Isibor, who chose the Bruins over Yale, Arizona State and Texas A&M.
Isibor aspires to be a doctor or in the medical field, so UCLA was very appealing to him. He said: "It's one of the best medical programs in the country. I was thinking about a specific medical field to begin with but after talking with some of the specialists they have at the UCLA hospital I think it's better for me to keep my options open to all opportunities that might pop up but I'm still definitely thinking medicine at this point."
There were some other factors about UCLA that sold him, too. "I definitely like the culture they have built there," Isibor said. "It's in a good location and close for my parents to see my games. Good weather obviously and it's always been a dream school, I would say."

UCLA defensive line coach Angus McClure recruited Isibor and McClure and the other UCLA coaches laid out what they project would be Isibor's role at UCLA. "The coaches told me I would be playing a defensive end position, but I won't be a 290-pound guy most likely, so I'll be rushing on the outside and stuff like that. It fits my skill set perfectly," he said.

Isibor described his playing style this way: "I would describe my playing style as tenacious -- I don't really give up on the field and I would say I'm a smarter guy more or less so I could handle the adjustment and pick up on things. It's definitely going to be a challenge to balance both football and high academics but I got a chance to go through academic meetings on my visit and they showed me they have an extensive support system that will help me through the process."

 

[woolybug25]

Freebie from Scout's Blair Angulo:

3-star DE Isibor Commits to UCLA - Football Recruiting - Scout

Thanks. From the sounds of it, UCLA told him exactly what I just said. Hence the change to keeping his options open.

 

[Irish#1]

Sure. I applaud him for actually caring about his education. Just pointing out that his logic is fatally flawed. That's all.

He is 18.

 

[woolybug25]

He is 18.

Thanks for the hot tip.

 

[dublinirish]

Infant Mortality Rates - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
Rank (total) Country Total (deaths pers 1,000 live births)
7 Niger 84.59
8 Angola 78.26
9 Burkina Faso 75.32
10 Nigeria 72.70

Infant mortality is a huge deal in Africa. Being a Anesthesiologist would be highly respected.

Infant Mortality Rates / Countries of the World

 

[woolybug25]

Infant mortality is a huge deal in Africa. Being a Anesthesiologist would be highly respected.

Infant Mortality Rates / Countries of the World

Seriously? You think he is going to go back to Nigeria and live in their community? Give me a break.

Furthermore, nobody would be calling upon the anesthesiologist as the savior. Explain to me how better anesthesia would markedly improve infant mortality?

Super reach right there.