March 19, 2013  Ohio lineman pleasantly surprised by offer
Prior to receiving an offer from Stanford last week, Ohio
offensive lineman Alex Dalton wasn't being recruited by the
Cardinal. Sure, Stanford requested a transcript and sent a few
generic emails, but Dalton hadn't so much as even had a phone
conversation with one of the Cardinal coaches.  "Personally I
had never talked to Stanford. I hadn't heard anything from them
until about two days ago. The first thing I ever heard anything
from them verbally. I hadn't even received any letters from them
at all. I got a couple of emails maybe or something like that.
They had sent in for my transcript. I heard from guidance
counselors from that viewpoint, but before that I had never
heard anything.  So you can imagine Dalton's surprise upon
receiving the Cardinal offer.  "The offer was kind of blind to
be honest," Dalton said. "I had no idea."  That's not to say
Dalton wasn't excited, however.