‘22 OL Derek Osman - Mercer Island, WA

[97and03]

Half of his stuff says WA and half CT, either way fairly unusual for us to recruit those areas. Looks like Rice also offered the same day.

https://247sports.com/Player/Derek-Osman-46094617/

Edited June 17, 2021 by 97and03

[Danish43]

Kid is smart. Has around 4 or 5 offers from Ivy League schools. I have read that Ivy League schools use some kind of financial incentives when recruiting athletes. They are not referred to as athlete scholarships. Can somebody here explain the intricacies on how these Ivy Schools pay for an athletes education?

[meangreen11]

6 minutes ago, Danish43 said:

Kid is smart. Has around 4 or 5 offers from Ivy League schools. I have read that Ivy League schools use some kind of financial incentives when recruiting athletes. They are not referred to as athlete scholarships. Can somebody here explain the intricacies on how these Ivy Schools pay for an athletes education?

To my understanding Ivy league schools do not offer traditional athletic scholarships.  Found this online:

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the Ivy League as a group does not award merit, talent, or athletic scholarships to prospective students. Instead, Ivy League colleges offer some of the strongest need-based financial aid programs in the world.

So if you have a financial need they can assist you with books tuition and living expenses.

My understanding is that the same applies for the service academies either:

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Strictly speaking, there are no athletic scholarships at the service academies. Every student at Army, Navy, and Air Force is on scholarship. Athletes get considerations in the nomination and admission process, but there is no financial aid earmarked for athletics.

So given that to enter one of the service academies requires an appointment from a member of congress and outstanding grades, extra curricular etc, you could say that an athlete might receive a commendation over a regular applicant with higher stats.   They do not offer athletic scholarships.

[meangreen11]

 

[El Paso Eagle]

Thanking nothing away from UNT, but Harvard and Rice .. this must be a very smart young man

[UNTLifer]

4 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Thanking nothing away from UNT, but Harvard and Rice .. this must be a very smart young man

Obviously, he included those two with North Texas.  

[UNTLifer]

I am sure he is a nice player, but I don't understand this offer.  Why are we offering a young man out of Connecticut rated 80 by 247?  Lineman with that rating are a dime a dozen in Texas and probably play much tougher competition.

[El Paso Eagle]

Rice and Harvard - Good fallback schools if we don't work out.

Maybes he from Texas?

[UNTLifer]

Not sure, but the original post by @97and03 states that half of his background is from Washington and half from Connecticut.  Truly a head scratcher.