Introducing the Spartan football class of 2008

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Johnny Adams

5-foot-11, 170-pound cornerback

Hometown Akron, Ohio (Buchtel High School)

Rivals.com and Scout.com rating (out of 5) 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “The thing that sort of impresses me is the guy must have some toughness, because when we went and watched him play in person (his high school coach) came back and said he’s playing middle linebacker. He also played some defensive end.”

Charles Burrell

6-foot-1, 207-pound safety

Hometown Detroit (Southeastern High School)

Ratings 3/2

Dantonio’s dig “He’s a big body strong safety — a thumper. He covers a lot of ground and should be an immediate contributor for us.”

John Deyo

6-foot-6, 265 pound offensive lineman

Hometown Battle Creek (Gull Lake High School)

Ratings 2/2

Steve Gardiner

6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker

Hometown Dublin, Ohio (Coffman High School)

Ratings 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “He reminds me a lot of A.J. Hawk, in terms of what he brought to Ohio State. A.J. was not the fastest linebacker coming in or the big best linebacker coming in.”

Tyler Hoover

6-foot-7, 273-pound defensive end

Hometown Novi, Mich. (Novi High School)

Ratings 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “We went through our first winter conditioning program (Wednesday) at 5:30 in the morning and that young man performed as well as anybody on our entire team.”

Zach Hueter

6-foot-7, 295-pound offensive lineman

Hometown Columbiaville, Mich. (North Branch High School)

Ratings 2/2

Cameron Jude

6-foot-3, 235-pound defensive lineman

Hometown Chesterfield, Va.(Manchester High School)

Ratings 2/1

Keshawn Martin

6-feet, 185-pound athlete

Hometown Inkster, Mich. (John Glenn High School)

Ratings 3/2

Dantonio’s dig “He’s a guy that’s phenomenal. I think he fits the bill as far as playing the position that was vacated recently by (Devin Thomas).”

Chris McDonald

6-foot-5, 271-pound tight end/defensive end

Hometown Sterling Heights, Mich. (Henry Ford II High School)

Ratings 3/2

Caulton Ray

5-foot-9, 197-pound running back

Hometown Southfield, Mich. (Brother Rice High School)

Ratings 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “He came to camp with some highly touted running backs and at the end when we really looked at films and looked at all this stuff we said ‘That guy right there is as good as anybody in the state’.”

Trenton Robinson

5-foot-10, 180-pound cornerback

Hometown Bay City, Mich. (Bay City Central High School)

Ratings 2/2

David Rolf

6-foot-3, 225-pound linebacker

Hometown Piqua, Ohio (Piqua High School)

Ratings 3/2

Ethan Ruhland

6-foot-6, 270-pound offensive lineman

Hometown Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion High School)

Ratings 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “This guy’s an outstanding football player. He played defensive end, defensive tackle and also offensive tackle. Whenever (we) watched him … he showed up over and over and over again.”

Fred Smith

6-foot-2, 207-pound wide receiver

Hometown Detroit (Southeastern High School)

Ratings 4/4

Dantonio’s dig “Tremendous athlete showing … gets off the line of scrimmage very well, has great han,600 yard plus last season and is a young man who could have played anywhere in this country.”

Drew Stevens

6-foot-4, 220-pound athlete

Hometown Delaware, Ohio (Olentangy High School)

Ratings 2/2

Brynden Trawick

6-foot-3, 218-pound safety

Hometown Marietta, Ga. (Sprayberry High School)

Ratings 3/3

Dantonio’s dig “When it comes down to what type of safeties we want to recruit, we want thumpers. We want guys who can blitz and play the ball in the deep part of the field and Brynden is that type of individual.”

Myles White

6-foot-1, 160-pound wide receiver

Hometown Livonia, Mich. (Stevenson High School)

Ratings 2/2

Jamiihr Williams

6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker

Hometown Lima, Ohio (Trotwood-Madison High School)

Ratings 2/2

Dantonio’s dig “He’s an outstanding linebacker. He’s able to shed blockers, he’s a big bodied guy (and a) very good athlete.”

Glenn Winston

6-foot-1, 215-pound running back

Hometown Detroit (Denby Tech)

Ratings 3/3

Anthony Woods

6-foot-3, 305-pound offensive lineman

Hometown Melvindale, Mich. (Melvindale High School)

Ratings 3/2

Jerel Worthy

6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive tackle

Hometown Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne High School)

Ratings 3/2

Photos courtesy of Scout.com.

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