Jeremy Ebert Accepts Northwestern Football Invite

Jeremy Ebert played the wide receiver position on Hilliard Darby High School Panthers' senior class of 2008's football team. Ohio High Magazine rated him as the number 95 senior prospect in the state of Ohio. During his sophomore year at Hilliard Darby he scored 14 touchdowns and accumulated over 2,100 yards of total offense. He is six foot zero and weighs 178 pounds. He runs the forty in 4.4 seconds. Some fans worry that Ebert's break away speed could make it difficult for nicklebacks and safeties to adequately cover him on the field, thus leaving him open to the opposing team. While maintaining a dominating presence in high school athletics, Ebert also earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.2.

Jeremy Ebert and College Recruitment

During the summer of 2007, Ebert was made offers to play football for Northwestern University, Ball State University, Eastern Michigan University, and United State Naval Academy. On June 6, 2007, Ebert participated in a one-day training camp at Northwestern University. While there he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds and 4.41 seconds. Immediately following the training camp, Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern University's football head coach, offered Ebert a scholarship opportunity. This was the first made to him. Ebert neither accepted nor declined the scholarship, choosing to attend ten more college camps during the summer before making his decision. Eastern Michigan University soon extended a scholarship offer to him, followed by Ball State University and the United State Naval Academy. It was rumored around this time that Ebert would be making a verbal commitment to Northwestern University. Following an interview with the football player, This Week News was the first to report that Ebert had made a solid verbal commitment to joining the Northwestern University Wildcats for the 2008 season.

Northwestern Football

When Jeremy Ebert joins the Northwestern University Wildcat's the team may still be recovering from a variety of looses the team experienced in 2006. On June 29th, 2006, head coach Randy Walker died unexpectedly of a heart attack. The head coach position was then filled by Pat Fitzgerald, who recruited Ebert. Not only did the team lose their head coach, but they also had to replace their offensive line coach, their offensive coordinator, and Brett Basanez, a three-year starting quarterback who held many records for the school. Their season did not go well. Had they not defeated University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the final game of the season, they would have finished last in the Big Ten.