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PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Taco Charlton accomplished what he wanted to this spring and summer. He made his commitment, is a member of the ESPN 150 and made it to The Opening. Now his focus is back on his Pickerington (Ohio) Central team, which is hopi...

Blog | September 04, 2012

Iowa assistant coach Eric Johnson checked out Pickerington (Ohio) Central junior Taco Charlton's junior highlights for the first time Saturday. By Sunday, Charlton had his 10th offer of the recruiting process. "I started to talk to their coach ...

Blog | January 15, 2012

Pickerington (Ohio) Central junior and ESPNU 150 Watch List defensive end/linebacker Taco Charlton spoke with Illinois for the first time Monday, and the conversation ended with an offer. "We were talking on Facebook and he messaged me and told me...

Blog | December 27, 2011

UCLA's name surprisingly comes up often in offer lists for Ohio prospects considering the states are about 2,500 miles apart. Bruins defensive coordinator Joe Tresey spent a number of years in Ohio as a high school and college coach, which explain...

Blog | November 30, 2011

With Pickerington (Ohio) Central playing its playoff games on Saturday, ESPNU Watch List junior Taco Charlton hasn't been able to make any visits since the postseason started Nov. 5. He was planning on making it to Ann Arbor for Michigan's game again...

Blog | November 21, 2011

Wherever junior defensive end prospect Taco Charlton (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central) goes, a great game with an exasperating ending seems to follow. First, Charlton traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., to watch Michigan complete an improbable c...

Blog | October 30, 2011

With Notre Dame bringing in recruits from all over the country this past weekend for the USC game, the news regarding those national recruits is scattered across ESPN.com's regional blogs. Here is everything you need to know about Notre Dame's wee...

Blog | October 25, 2011

Around 50 of the country's top senior and junior prospects were at Notre Dame this past weekend, so the Fighting Irish coaching staff wasn't able to give every recruit -- especially the juniors -- the kind of attention it probably wanted. However,...

Blog | October 24, 2011

One of Ohio's top Class of 2013 defensive ends/linebackers, Pickerington Central's Taco Charlton, doesn't have any favorites at this point but he does plan on visiting some schools and going to some college games this fall. "Maybe some Notre Dame ga...

Blog | Conversation | September 06, 2011