At one point in his high school career, Bryson Shaw was committed to Maryland to play lacrosse. The Potomac, Maryland native attended the Bullis School, which is the same school that produced former Buckeye quarterback Dwayne Haskins. Once he decided to pursue football in college, Shaw received offers from the likes of West Virginia, Duke, and Wisconsin.
Cade Stover was Mr. Football in Ohio following a senior season in 2018 where he posted 163 tackles, four interceptions, 1,477 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns. As a sophomore, he racked up 190 tackles (14.6/game), and was also a First-Team All-State pick as a junior. Stover was also Second-Team All-State in basketball as a junior and senior.
Craig Young came to Ohio State from Wayne High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he was the No. 34 athlete in the 2019 class and the No. 609 player overall. At 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds, it wasn’t exactly known where Young would end up in college, though it was expected to be somewhere on defense. He played on both sides of the ball in high school, and as…
Nicknamed “The Rocket,” Ronnie Hickman came to Ohio State from DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, New Jersey where he was a 4-star prospect and the No. 10 safety in the 2019 recruiting class. Hickman signed with Ohio State over offers from Michigan, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Ole Miss, and others. Why Ohio State?
Cormontae Hamilton spent the summer of 2018 traveling from school camp to school camp looking to earn scholarship offers from some of the nation’s best programs. In June, the 3-star Tennessee prospect camped at Louisville, Tennessee, and Alabama — earning offers from each school he visited. He also visited Ohio State’s Friday Night Light camps, getting there via a…
Garrett Wilson was the first composite 5-star receiver signed by Ohio State since Jalin Marshall in 2013 and the first composite 5-star out-of-state receiver for the Buckeyes since possibly Maurice Harris in 1999 or definitely Ken-Yon Rambo in 1997. Wilson played for Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas and the first time he caught an Ohio State coach’s eye was when…
By the end of Dawand Jones’ senior season in high school he was one of the most sought after offensive linemen in the nation. The reason for this was two-fold. For one, Jones is 6-foot-8 and 330 pounds and mobile enough to be a very talented basketball player. For two, as programs miss on recruiting targets later in the recruiting cycle, they are forced to move down their respective boards.
A 4-star running back from Trinity Catholic Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, Marcus Crowley showed up on Ohio State’s radar relatively late in the 2019 recruiting cycle. It wasn’t until October of 2018 that the Buckeyes finally offered Crowley, who was committed to the Miami Hurricanes at the time. Three weeks after they offered, Crowley took an official visit to OSU.
Ryan Jacoby played his high school football at Mentor High School where he was a 4-star prospect and ranked the No. 23 tackle in the 2019 recruiting class. Nationally, he was the No. 283 player, while in the state of Ohio, he was the No. 7 player overall. Jacoby signed with the Buckeyes over offers from Boston College, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, Bowling Green…
