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BEAVERCREEK — The unofficial world record for speed dialing and text messaging is held by Zach Domicone.

"I think I called or texted everyone on the call list on my cell within a minute after coach told me Nebraska was offering me a (college football) scholarship," Domicone said. "I'm not sure who was more excited, me or coach."

Domicone is a 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound senior at Beavercreek High School. He was an option quarterback, but college coaches project him as a defensive back because of his size and speed (4.46 seconds in the 40-yard dash). His coach is Scott Clodfelter, who guided Beavercreek to its first winning season in 15 years last fall at 6-4.

Beavercreek is usually not on the recruiting radar for Division I college football coaches. If a player from Beavercreek has gone to a Division III school in the past decade it's news. So you can imagine the buzz created when, out of nowhere, Nebraska offered Domicone a full ride. Although it had a down season at 5-7 that got coach Bill Callahan excused, Nebraska is still a perennial top program with five national titles.

Callahan has been replaced by LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini. He is scheduled to make an official home visit to the Domicone family early next week. In turn, Domicone is scheduled to visit Nebraska Jan. 17-19.

"I've told them they're my first choice," said Domicone, "If I like what I see during my visit I'll make it official."

Domicone wasn't getting much attention after the football season. "A lot of schools want to see a season highlight tape," he said. "So coach showed me how to put one together off our tape machine. I went in every day after school for a couple of weeks and picked out what I thought were my best plays on offense and defense."

Domicone's father Fred, who played football at the University of Dayton, and Clodfelter helped him edit a DVD.

How Domicone came to Pelini's attention is a bit clouded. One version is that an LSU graduate assistant coach saw the Domicone DVD and told Pelini "you have to see this guy." Another version is that Carl Pelini alerted his brother to a under-recruited prospect at Beavercreek. Carl Pelini is a former defensive coach at Ohio U. and recently re-joined the Cornhuskers' coaching staff with his brother.

"Who knows, with all the recruiting stories," said Clodfelter.

"All I know is Bo Pelini called and left me a voice mail at school the week before Christmas saying he had seen a tape on Zach, thought he could play for him at Nebraska and an assistant (John Papuchis) next day wanted to talk to Zach. That may not be a big deal at some schools, but it's huge here."

Domicone got a call from Bo Pelini prior to the LSU-Ohio State national championship game.

"He told me to watch how LSU defensive backs Craig Steltz and Ali Highsmith played their positions," said Domicone.

"He envisioned me playing those spots for Nebraska. So that made the game even more interesting for me because I was rooting for Ohio State."