His JR film is on youtube...he doesnt look like a 2 star not sure why 247 has that.

2012 really? Thats the only film you could find on him? There is newer film on the kid you just have to actually look.

Being able to point to Mitchell & Carrie from Ohio in the league has got to help.

I'm excited to read this news.

This kid would most likely play immediately (even if he's significantly less talented than advertised). The defense has an immediate, critical, need for a tall CB with a big frame to match up against opponents tallest wideouts.

More so than the other commitments, I hope this one holds.

Look no further than TJ Carrie to see what kind of success a 6 foot, 190 lb+ CB can have at the MAC level.

This young man will soon find out a bird in the hand ......... I expect Ohio to give him a date, not too far distant, to really commit. To stop reaching out, even stop taking calls from other schools or see the Ohio offer go away.

All I saw from his twitter was him tagging programs/coaches of the football camps he attended. That is hardly "reaching out to bigger programs for a follow or phone call."

Also, his last tweet was a retweet of an article mentioning that he committed to #OHIO..

Did you look at "Tweets & Replies"? He signed up for Twitter on Sept 8th from what I see and spent the next two days tweeting at the following programs with either "follow back" or "follow back coach"....Mizzou, WVU, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, NC State, Clemson, Kentucky, and Miami. He did put up pics of himself at a couple camps but that's not what I'm talking about.

He listed his measurables and position in tweets to WVU and Louisville and says specifically he's waiting for their call.

He tweeted at AL Golden and says he wants to follow in his Uncle's footsteps and be a Cane, in a separate tweet to another coach on the staff he says "I want to be a Cane"

Given, a lot can change in 6 weeks but to me it looks like he's fishing for more attention from bigger programs. The only mention of Ohio is the retweet you mentioned. 247sports shows offers from Indiana, UC, Maryland, and Purdue so who knows what's going on.

I do think he's a talent, and I hope he becomes a Bobcat. I'm just a little concerned that he doesn't really seem to be excited about it. That's speculation on my behalf but often recruits change profile pics, backgrounds, their bio info and at least tweet about their commitment.

Please... this kid is rated as a top ten DB in the state of Florida...If I read correctly, I think he is an early enrolle to school as well (January enrollment) so I highly doubt that this commitment isn't solid. Kids do not commit, decommit and then recommit again to the same school unless they intend on going there. Even if he was indecisive as to where he is going, I think that our Bobcats are going to remain loyal to him all the way to the end, because they know what caliber player they have an opportunity to get.

I read an article about this kid and there basically saying we are getting a stud coming in.

This is the link to the article:http://recruiting.scout.com/story/1473669-lengthy-db-to-h...

On paper, this looks like Frank's best class yet.

I am particularly excited about the defensive backs. Not only Howell, but the whole group. The safety from Florida looks like a stud as does the kid from Colerain (in Cincinnati)
Those three are gonna be fun to watch together. All three are high major athletes. They had the offers to back that up. They are going to light up the MAC.

P.S. From the article above.. "I also met the president of the university" I love Rod.

Jarrid Brown moved to WR, and Devin Jones is more of a Safety, though he sometimes plays both. That means there are really only 7 cornerbacks, of which 4 will be Seniors next year. That's why corner remains a recruiting priority.

I strongly agree with your premise that Ohio needs to recruit more cornerbacks. On the bright side, cornerback is a position where true Freshmen often come in and play right away. Two of the three Freshmen recruited last year played this year. Kylan Nelson played in 10 games, and Curtis Brunson played in 5.

Cornerback, Safety, and DT are the three positions where Ohio appears to be very thin after next year. There is one of each in this year's recruiting class.

...and he's enrolled, and officially a Bobcat.

Welcome to Ohio.