Ohio HS Football '18: medium school quarterbacks

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Ohio HS Football '18: Medium School Quarterbacks (Div. III-IV)

Key names to know Fridays this fall.

Player, School, Ht, Wt, Graduating Class

* Mark Waid, Girard, 6-3, 215 (2019)
Reigning OPSWA D-IV Ohio Offensive Player of the Year. Set Trumball County records for passing yards (3,506) and touchdowns (37) last season. Also ran for 1,129 yards and 19 touchdowns. Has committed to Fordham. Threw for 2,624 yards and 22 touchdowns as a sophomore and 1,152 yards and 10 touchdowns as a freshman. Has accounted for 108 total touchdowns in career.

* Connor Bazelak, Archbishop Alter (Kettering), 6-4, 200 (2019)
Ohio’s top quarterback prospect holds 25 offers including Georgia, Iowa, Boston College, Pitt, Purdue, Maryland, North Carolina and NC State. First team All-Greater Catholic League Co-Ed North Division. Completed 67-of-134 passes for 1,097 yards and 11 touchdowns last season.

2017 Ohio HS Football Statewide Postseason Brackets

* Evan Prater, Wyoming (Cincinnati), 6-5, 180 (2020)
Honorable mention OPSWA D-IV All-Ohio selection was first team All-Southwest District last season after throwing for 1,638 yards and 26 touchdowns. Also ran for 760 yards and 11 touchdowns. Holds offers from Pitt, Cincinnati, Akron and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

* Isaac McAdams, Elida, 6-3, 190 (2019)
Second team OPSWA D-III All-Ohio selection and Western Buckeye League Offensive Back of the Year. Completed 202-of-324 passes for 2,407 yards, 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions and ran for 1,120 yards and 12 touchdowns in 10 regular season games. Was The Lima News 2017 Dream Team Offensive Player of the Year.

2017 Ohio HS Football Statewide Statistics



* Baron May, New Philadelphia, 6-0, 175 (2020)
Second team OPSWA D-III All-Ohio selection and East Central Ohio League Offensive Player of the Year. Threw for 1,775 yards and 24 touchdowns and ran for 1,007 yards and eight touchdowns.

* Cameron Crouch, Granville, 6-1, 180 (2019)
Third team OPSWA D-III All-Ohio selection has thrown for 3,952 yards and 45 touchdowns in his career. Coming off season in which he threw for 2,124 yards and 25 touchdowns. Is a two-time All-Licking County League selection.

2017 Ohio HS Football Pictures

* Otto Kuhns, Bloom-Carroll (Carroll), 6-3, 195 (2020)
Third team OPSWA D-IV All-Ohio and first team All-Central District selection. Completed 120-of-188 passes for 1,919 yards and 23 touchdowns and ran for 663 yards and eight touchdowns last season.

* Ethan Heller, Sheridan (Thornville), 6-1, 170 (2019)
Honorable mention OPSWA D-III All-Ohio and first team All-Southeast District selection last year.

* Clay Davis, Athens (The Plains), 6-3, 205 (2019)
Honorable mention OPSWA D-III All-Ohio and first team All-Southeast District.



* Justin Mcclelland, Gallia Academy (Gallipolis), 6-1, 195 (2019)
Honorable mention OPSWA D-IV All-Ohio and first team All-Southeast District.