High School: Recruited by all the Midwest heavyweights … has “excellent footwork, speed and agility for a man of his size,” Tim Boeckman, his high school coach, said … also played basketball (started) at St. Henry High, which also has produced such notable Buckeyes as Jim Lachey and Bob Hoying, who both went on to play in the NFL … Bill Kurelic’s No. 19 player in Ohio prior to senior season … an honorable mention all-Midwest selection by the Detroit Free Press … the son of Deb and Ron Zahn.