Every year following Ohio State spring football we recap what happened position by position. Who stepped up, who stepped back, what got fixed, and what didn’t? With 12 of the 15 spring practices cancelled due to the pandemic, however, essentially nothing happened, nothing got fixed, nobody stepped up, and no questions got answered. So since we can’t talk about which…
According to the latest Heisman odds released by FOXBet, Ohio State junior quarterback Justin Fields is now the betting favorite to win the 2020 Heisman Trophy. After finishing third in last year’s balloting following a season where he threw for 3,273 yards with 41 touchdowns and just three interceptions, Fields is now +350 to win the award in 2020.
Along with ranking recruits, the fine folks over at 247Sports also rank the assistant coaches doing the recruiting. They are awarded points for the commitments they receive as the primary or secondary recruiter for a given prospect. As the assistant coaches land commitments, they move up and down the rankings. And since recruiting is the only sport going…
Ryan Day and his coaching staff have signed two classes at Ohio State and are a little more than halfway through putting their third class together. Day’s first class (2019) ranked 14th nationally, but that’s because it was a small class with just 17 signees. The average ranking per player, however, was third-highest in the nation, behind only Alabama and Georgia.
Dunn attends South Warren High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A 6-foot-2, 180-pound prospect, Dunn is the No. 22 Athlete in the 2021 class and the No. 318 player in the 247Sports Composite. The Buckeyes are interested in Dunn as a safety. Last May, Dunn was clocked at 4.54 in the 40-yard dash and posted a shuttle of 4.15 seconds and a vertical of 40.8 inches.
Hudson Wolfe, a 4-star tight end from Tennessee, just listed the Buckeyes as one of his five top schools. Joining Ohio State in that group are four programs from the SEC: Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Tennessee.
