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Ohio-Midwest
Afternoon Session Brings Out the
Potential 5 Star Athletes!
NUC MIDWEST 1,
THE SPORTS BARN, COLUMBUS, OH-
4/14/07
While the National Underclassmen
Combine in Ohio may have had the
best overall talent so far, the
afternoon session was where the
cream really rose to the top.
There were a number of players
that have the potential to
become major D-1 recruits, so
picking an Overall MVP was not
an easy one. That honor finally
went to sophomore TE Matt
Milner, who made the trip up
from Cardinal
Gibbons
High School in North Carolina.
Matt Milner with Coach
Schuman
Milner, 6-foot-3 and
218-pounds, is one of the best
athletes to ever attend the
National Underclassmen Combine.
During 1-on-1’s, he managed to
get open continuously, he has
very good hands, and he is
strong. He could be a 20-offer
kid down the road. During the
combine events, he had a
31.5-inch vertical, 9’8 ˝”
broad, 4.56 shuttle, 4.85 40,
and 22 reps at 150-pounds.
Winning the WR/TE MVP was Kraig
Appleton of East St. Louis
High School
in
Illinois. Appleton, 6-foot-2 ˝
and 190-pounds, was one of the
best receivers we have ever seen
and the best receiver to date at
the National Underclassmen
Combine. He is big, strong,
fast, and smooth, and just as
with Milner, he is destined to
become a 20-offer kid down the
road. He also had a 28.5-inch
vertical, 8’11” broad, 4.57
shuttle, and 4.66 40.
Kraig Appleton with Coach
Schuman
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MIDWEST 1 @ THE SPORTS BARN,
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Midwest Morning
Session Provides An Athletic
Show!
NUC MIDWEST 1,
THE SPORTS BARN, COLUMBUS, OH-
4/14/07
The Ohio area has long been
known as a top region for
college level talent, so it
should come as no surprise that
the two sessions recently held
by the National Underclassmen
Combine in the Buckeye State
produced some of the best skill
talent that has been seen during
the Combine’s history.
 Headlining the morning session
was Overall MVP Brad Rogers of
Toledo Central Catholic in
Ohio. The sophomore linebacker,
who measured in at 5-foot-9 and
214-pounds, was dominant during
1-on-1’s, had a 4.65 40, 4.68
shuttle, 27-inch vertical, and
23 reps at 150-pounds. Another
dominating linebacker was
sophomore Deshawn Morton of
Mifflin High School in Ohio.
Mifflin, who won the LB MVP, had
23 reps at 150-pounds and a 4.81
shuttle, but the testing does
not tell the whole story with
Morton. At 5-foot-7 ˝ and
210-pounds, he was completely
dominant during 1-on-1’s, as he
stopped 8 of the 10 running
backs he faced by simply
manhandling them physically.
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Brad Rogers Overall MVP
of Morning Session |
