OT Nick Richardson has offers, interest 
August, 23, 2012
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Jared Shanker | ESPN.com
A starter in all 11 games last season as a sophomore was something that helped Nick Richardson (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central) land on college programs’ radars. He spent the spring hosting schools and the summer traveling to them. He has spent the past year working on his game, and now he is one of the top 2014 prospects in Central Ohio.
“Last winter and summer I worked real hard in the weight room,” Richardson said. “I put on 30 pounds of muscle and increased my cardio a lot -- that way I can finish my blocks a lot harder and keep my feet more.”
The 6-foot-4, 280-pound offensive tackle had a litany of teams checking up on him during the spring, and Cincinnati, Illinois and Toledo all offered. During the summer, Richardson traveled to camps at Notre Dame, Ohio State, Toledo and Wisconsin.
“Last winter and summer I worked real hard in the weight room,” Richardson said. “I put on 30 pounds of muscle and increased my cardio a lot -- that way I can finish my blocks a lot harder and keep my feet more.”
The 6-foot-4, 280-pound offensive tackle had a litany of teams checking up on him during the spring, and Cincinnati, Illinois and Toledo all offered. During the summer, Richardson traveled to camps at Notre Dame, Ohio State, Toledo and Wisconsin.
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The Midwest Region consists of the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin and is where the foundation of most Big Ten recruiting classes are made up of. It's also where the MAC finds most of its talent and national programs hunt for prospects.