KIRK HERBSTREIT-WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN

KIRK HERBSTREIT WAS THE 1ST EVER PERSON RECRUITED BY COACH JOHN COOPER WHEN HE TOOK OVER AS THE HEAD COACH IN 1989. KIRK HAD BEEN THE OHIO PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS A SENIOR FOR CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. HERBIE FINALLY GOT HIS CHANCE TO LEAD THE TEAM IN 1992 AS A SENIOR. HE HAD TO WAIT HIS TURN BEHIND GREG FRY AND KENT GRAHAM. HE HAD A 271 YARD PASSING PERFORMANCE AGAINST IN ARCH RIVAL MICHIGAN WHICH LED TO A 13-13 TIE, WHICH TILL THIS DAY SAYS THAT IT SAVED COOPER'S JOB AT THE TIME. HIS FATHER JIM ALSO WAS A CO CAPTAIN ON THE 1960 TEAM AND WAS LATER AN ASSISTANT COACH UNDER WOODY HAYES. KIRK AND HIS FATHER ARE THE ONLY FATHER SON COMBO TO HAVE BEEN NAMED CAPTAINS AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.