Ohio State finally has a defensive end in the 2018 recruiting class. Four-star Cleveland Heights prospect Tyreke Smith (6-3 260) committed to Ohio State on national television Thursday evening during the Under Armour All-American Game. Smith chose Ohio State over his other finalist, Penn State. He also held offers from Alabama, USC…
It is officially High School All-American Game Week as both the Under Armour All-American Game and the Army All-American Bowl take place this week. Up first is the Under Armour Game, which kicks off at 6:00 pm on ESPN2 and features four current Ohio State signees, and potentially a couple more. Here is your list of future Buckeyes…
The Buckeyes do not yet have any true defensive ends in their 2018 recruiting class, but that could be changing on Thursday as two of the nation’s better prospects at that position announce their verbal commitments. Ohioan Tyreke Smith (Cleveland Heights HS) and New Jersey prospect Jayson Oweh (Blair Academy) will both be announcing…
The Buckeyes went into Oklahoma and signed one of the nation’s best safety prospects in 2018 defensive back Josh Proctor, and they are trying to do it again in the form of 5-star 2019 Tulsa safety Daxton Hill. On Tuesday, Hill (6-2 182) released his Top 12 via Twitter and the Buckeyes made the cut. They were joined by Michigan…
Six months ago, it was looking like Ohio State would be bringing in a defensive end haul for the ages. The Buckeyes were heavily involved with 5-star prospects Micah Parsons and Brenton Cox, as well as 4-star athletes Tyreke Smith and Jayson Oweh. Finding room for all four was possibly going to be a problem, but a problem…
The second signing period of 2018 doesn’t get here until the first Wednesday in February, but this past Friday night, Ohio State made its best sales pitch to defensive end recruits Tyreke Smith and Jayson Oweh, and anybody else who was watching. The Buckeye defense sacked USC quarterback Sam Darnold eight times.
St. Louis wide receiver Cameron Brown signed with Ohio State on Wednesday after spending months as a Nebraska verbal commit. After he received his OSU offer in June, he decommited from the Huskers and many thought it was just a matter of time before he was a Buckeye. Brown ended up recommitting to Nebraska two months later…
Here is the thing about trying to point out five “Instant Impact” signees from Ohio State’s 2018 recruiting class — there is talented depth in front of each of them, and I think most of them could benefit greatly from a redshirt season. So we should probably dial back what we mean by “instant impact.” For this class — which is arguably…
Ohio State was going to land a very talented quarterback in the 2018 recruiting cycle, it’s just that most people thought it would be Emory Jones. Instead, the OSU coaches could never get Jones to fully commit to Ohio State, so they had to set out to find a fall-back plan. That plan took them through tapes of quarterbacks from all over the place.
Every year after signing day, I like to just give a rundown of my general thoughts on Ohio State’s recruiting class whether people want to hear it or not. It makes me feel like a big man. And as long as I’m talking about the guys in OSU’s class, you don’t have to read about the ones who aren’t. We both win. While the story of signing day…
So far in the 2018 recruiting class, Ohio State has only signed four players from Ohio, which is the fewest in Urban Meyer’s tenure, and likely the fewest in OSU’s history. There is still another signing day to go, and it is expected that Ohio State will land at least one more in-state prospect, but even five would be an all-time low number for Meyer.
