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LGHL Women’s hoops lands huge recruit as multiple Buckeyes squads wrap up season
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Women’s hoops lands huge recruit as multiple Buckeyes squads wrap up season
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Ohio State took a new but effective approach to offensive line coaching this offseason
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Ohio State fans single out two heroes from Buckeyes’ championship run
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Defensive Rewind: Full catchup on spring camp for Ohio State defenders
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2025 Post-Spring Ohio State Depth Chart Projection
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Buckeye Heroes: J.T. Barrett deserves his flowers for his time as a Buckeye
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Ohio State lands Bryn Martin commitment, Ohio Division I Player of the Year
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Kelsey Mitchell’s college and pro careers have made her one of the most memorable Buckeye heroes
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From the road: Observations of Ohio State target Jayden Hodge, other top prospects on UAA Circuit
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Buckeye Men Win 4x400m Relay Title on Final Day of Big Ten Championships
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Women’s Golf: Hollenbaugh Advances to Final Stroke Play Round of NCAA Championships
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Men’s Golf: Buckeyes Cap Season by Winning National Golf Invitational
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Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
Matt Patricia Drew Rave Reviews from Ohio State Players Throughout His First Spring As Buckeyes’ Defensive Coordinator
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
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Ohio State fans single out two heroes from Buckeyes’ championship run
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Defensive Rewind: Full catchup on spring camp for Ohio State defenders
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2025 Post-Spring Ohio State Depth Chart Projection
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LGHL If I Was in Charge: Ohio State would continue playing noon games
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If I Was in Charge: Ohio State would continue playing noon games
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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While there would be no schedule with as many noon kickoffs as the Buckeyes played in 2024, Ohio State games would continue to be available for the noon time slot.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport.
You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Much has been made recently of legislation introduced by Ohio Representative Tex Fischer (R-Boardman) that would prohibit state schools like Ohio State from playing most of their games before 3:30 p.m. With so many important issues that require the time of our elected leaders, this kind of stunt legislation that’s specifically geared toward currying favor with voters does taxpayers little good, although it does illustrate the lengths to which politicians will go to solve problems that don’t exist while very real ones aren’t being adequately addressed.
My own cynicism aside, Ohio State’s schedule in 2024 included too many noon kickoffs for many people’s taste, and those folks have not been shy about airing their grievances and letting people hear about it on social media.
In 2024, the Buckeyes played seven noon games, including six at home, and every one of the final six games of the season started at noon. That does seem excessive, so it’s understandable for fans to have a reaction. The internet, however, is not a place for reactions; it’s a place for overreactions.
A parade of noon games one year does not necessarily mean that will become the new norm, even if Ohio State continues to be the draw FOX wants to bring viewers to the time slot it is trying to own — which happens to be noon (for some reason).
There are some legitimate reasons to place some limits on noon games. High school recruits typically play on Fridays, so strings of noon start times put Ohio State at a disadvantage to get kids — especially prospects from out of state — to Columbus on recruiting visits. A recruit in California who plays a game Friday night that ends after 10 p.m. Eastern Time is going to have difficulty scheduling travel to get to Columbus for a campus visit that includes a noon game the next day.
Local economies tend to prosper more on Saturdays with a night home game played as opposed to a day game, because fans are more likely to stay overnight and to spend more money on food and drinks when the game is at the end of the day. Visiting fans spend more time in local stores and visit local attractions with the whole day at their disposal. In smaller college towns, that can be the difference between businesses that rely on college football season staying open or closing up shop.
But neither of those scenarios mean that state legislatures need to be involved. The Big Ten Conference, its member schools, and FOX (and other networks) can work together to make the distribution of noon games more equitable.
A demand for no noon games at all, or to just have the season-ending Michigan game at 12 p.m., is unrealistic. All teams should have games with a variety of start times in order to maintain a level playing field between schools, maximize help to local economies that rely on college football-driven revenue, and give fans with disparate work schedules a chance to see their favorite team play live.
Night games are great for recruiting, so any school that wants to host them should be able to schedule a few a year.
If I was in charge of Ohio State TV scheduling — and I realize this might not be a popular opinion — I would not only not eliminate noon games for Ohio State, but there might be some years when half the slate started at noon.
Admittedly, part of this is selfish. Noon games are conducive to my own personal schedule, particularly early in the college football season. However, lots of people other than me work either full or part time on weekend afternoons and evenings, and the noon window can be the best chance they have to see games live.
Further, some games (and even entire season schedules) can be pretty...well, meh. Ohio State’s three non-conference games from 2024 were against Akron, Western Michigan, and Marshall. Those are all stinkers that the Buckeyes won by an average of 46 points. There’s nothing wrong with sticking those games at noon. Even a “marquee” matchup like Ohio State-Indiana is fine to play at noon, despite the fact that it was a battle of Top 5 teams last year.
But when it comes to playing a major non-conference opponent like Texas or conference teams with bigger brands, like Penn State, there is nothing like having that game under the lights.
To me, a good compromise would be to limit noon conference games to no more than two in a row for any school unless the university consents to a third — giving the athletic department and university presidents some agency in the process — and to have no more than two instances of two consecutive noon kickoffs per season. And that includes The Game, for me.
I am a rabid traditionalist in most things involving college football, as I am with the placement of the Ohio State-Michigan game on the calendar. But I’m not a traditionalist with The Game’s placement on the clock. When the Buckeyes and Wolverines met in 2006 at 3:30 p.m., it was an amazing game with an incredible atmosphere. More of that, please! (Full disclosure: I’m also not opposed to a night version of The Game, despite the possibility of extreme cold at that time of year, although I understand it could be problematic.)
Television money’s impact on the sport is obvious and (at this point) necessary, and that means the networks must also have some agency, so noon games are, and should be, here to stay. But 2024 did seem excessive. Rather than overreact, it’s better to work on a common sense approach to future television schedules.
What would help Ohio State is sustained success by other teams in the conference to elevate their profiles and remove the need for the Buckeyes to be the obvious selection by FOX for Big Noon Kickoff inventory. Penn State, Oregon, and Michigan can’t be the only ones, either.
USC, Iowa, UCLA, Washington, Wisconsin, and Nebraska are capable of commanding noon kickoff audiences if they can return to previous levels of success, while schools like Indiana and Illinois can join that group if they can take the next step in raising their levels. It would give FOX more options if the above schools (or others) around the Big Ten would consistently schedule a big name opponent to their nonconference schedules. In the 12-team College Football Playoff era, scheduling a potential loss is (as we’ve seen with the Buckeyes) not a barrier to getting into the field of contenders.
It’s fine to have noon games. Some years, it’s even fine to have a lot of them, but there must be opportunities for coaches to get recruits to night games, too. There must be some opportunities for local economies to enjoy the added benefits of having tens of thousands of fans in the area longer. There must be variety in scheduling to accommodate the needs of all kinds of fans working disparate job schedules.
The need for balance and variety doesn’t have to hinder fans, football programs, or FOX. So, I’m keeping noon games, and trying to distribute them more fairly. And even though the legislation mentioned above might do that, it’s not a necessary step to accomplishing the objective.
Continue reading...
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
While there would be no schedule with as many noon kickoffs as the Buckeyes played in 2024, Ohio State games would continue to be available for the noon time slot.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport.
You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Much has been made recently of legislation introduced by Ohio Representative Tex Fischer (R-Boardman) that would prohibit state schools like Ohio State from playing most of their games before 3:30 p.m. With so many important issues that require the time of our elected leaders, this kind of stunt legislation that’s specifically geared toward currying favor with voters does taxpayers little good, although it does illustrate the lengths to which politicians will go to solve problems that don’t exist while very real ones aren’t being adequately addressed.
My own cynicism aside, Ohio State’s schedule in 2024 included too many noon kickoffs for many people’s taste, and those folks have not been shy about airing their grievances and letting people hear about it on social media.
In 2024, the Buckeyes played seven noon games, including six at home, and every one of the final six games of the season started at noon. That does seem excessive, so it’s understandable for fans to have a reaction. The internet, however, is not a place for reactions; it’s a place for overreactions.
A parade of noon games one year does not necessarily mean that will become the new norm, even if Ohio State continues to be the draw FOX wants to bring viewers to the time slot it is trying to own — which happens to be noon (for some reason).
There are some legitimate reasons to place some limits on noon games. High school recruits typically play on Fridays, so strings of noon start times put Ohio State at a disadvantage to get kids — especially prospects from out of state — to Columbus on recruiting visits. A recruit in California who plays a game Friday night that ends after 10 p.m. Eastern Time is going to have difficulty scheduling travel to get to Columbus for a campus visit that includes a noon game the next day.
Local economies tend to prosper more on Saturdays with a night home game played as opposed to a day game, because fans are more likely to stay overnight and to spend more money on food and drinks when the game is at the end of the day. Visiting fans spend more time in local stores and visit local attractions with the whole day at their disposal. In smaller college towns, that can be the difference between businesses that rely on college football season staying open or closing up shop.
But neither of those scenarios mean that state legislatures need to be involved. The Big Ten Conference, its member schools, and FOX (and other networks) can work together to make the distribution of noon games more equitable.
A demand for no noon games at all, or to just have the season-ending Michigan game at 12 p.m., is unrealistic. All teams should have games with a variety of start times in order to maintain a level playing field between schools, maximize help to local economies that rely on college football-driven revenue, and give fans with disparate work schedules a chance to see their favorite team play live.
Night games are great for recruiting, so any school that wants to host them should be able to schedule a few a year.
If I was in charge of Ohio State TV scheduling — and I realize this might not be a popular opinion — I would not only not eliminate noon games for Ohio State, but there might be some years when half the slate started at noon.
Admittedly, part of this is selfish. Noon games are conducive to my own personal schedule, particularly early in the college football season. However, lots of people other than me work either full or part time on weekend afternoons and evenings, and the noon window can be the best chance they have to see games live.
Further, some games (and even entire season schedules) can be pretty...well, meh. Ohio State’s three non-conference games from 2024 were against Akron, Western Michigan, and Marshall. Those are all stinkers that the Buckeyes won by an average of 46 points. There’s nothing wrong with sticking those games at noon. Even a “marquee” matchup like Ohio State-Indiana is fine to play at noon, despite the fact that it was a battle of Top 5 teams last year.
But when it comes to playing a major non-conference opponent like Texas or conference teams with bigger brands, like Penn State, there is nothing like having that game under the lights.
To me, a good compromise would be to limit noon conference games to no more than two in a row for any school unless the university consents to a third — giving the athletic department and university presidents some agency in the process — and to have no more than two instances of two consecutive noon kickoffs per season. And that includes The Game, for me.
I am a rabid traditionalist in most things involving college football, as I am with the placement of the Ohio State-Michigan game on the calendar. But I’m not a traditionalist with The Game’s placement on the clock. When the Buckeyes and Wolverines met in 2006 at 3:30 p.m., it was an amazing game with an incredible atmosphere. More of that, please! (Full disclosure: I’m also not opposed to a night version of The Game, despite the possibility of extreme cold at that time of year, although I understand it could be problematic.)
Television money’s impact on the sport is obvious and (at this point) necessary, and that means the networks must also have some agency, so noon games are, and should be, here to stay. But 2024 did seem excessive. Rather than overreact, it’s better to work on a common sense approach to future television schedules.
What would help Ohio State is sustained success by other teams in the conference to elevate their profiles and remove the need for the Buckeyes to be the obvious selection by FOX for Big Noon Kickoff inventory. Penn State, Oregon, and Michigan can’t be the only ones, either.
USC, Iowa, UCLA, Washington, Wisconsin, and Nebraska are capable of commanding noon kickoff audiences if they can return to previous levels of success, while schools like Indiana and Illinois can join that group if they can take the next step in raising their levels. It would give FOX more options if the above schools (or others) around the Big Ten would consistently schedule a big name opponent to their nonconference schedules. In the 12-team College Football Playoff era, scheduling a potential loss is (as we’ve seen with the Buckeyes) not a barrier to getting into the field of contenders.
It’s fine to have noon games. Some years, it’s even fine to have a lot of them, but there must be opportunities for coaches to get recruits to night games, too. There must be some opportunities for local economies to enjoy the added benefits of having tens of thousands of fans in the area longer. There must be variety in scheduling to accommodate the needs of all kinds of fans working disparate job schedules.
The need for balance and variety doesn’t have to hinder fans, football programs, or FOX. So, I’m keeping noon games, and trying to distribute them more fairly. And even though the legislation mentioned above might do that, it’s not a necessary step to accomplishing the objective.
Continue reading...
LGHL Ohio State lands Bryn Martin commitment, Ohio Division I Player of the Year
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Ohio State lands Bryn Martin commitment, Ohio Division I Player of the Year
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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The Springboro senior flipped Big Ten schools Sunday night
Springboro guard Brynleigh (Bryn) Martin committed to the Washington Huskies eight months ago, but reopened her recruiting on May 12. Sunday night, the shooting guard announced on Instagram that she is now a member of the 2025 Ohio State women’s basketball recruiting class.
The 6-foot-1 shooting guard is the second player to commit to the Buckeyes before the 2025-26 season. Ranked the No. 69 player in the 2025 ESPN Hoopgurlz prospect class, Martin is a strong late pickup in the recruiting cycle for head coach Kevin McGuff and the Buckeyes after Martin won the Ohio Division 1 Player of the Year award.
With Springboro, Martin averaged 23 points, 5.1 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game as a senior. Martin brings three level scoring and a quick release from beyond the arc. The guard brings similar attributes beyond the arc as sophomore Ava Watson, but has more potential inside the paint.
Springboro made the Division I Final Four, but lost in the semi-final to Princeton after entering halftime with a 13-point deficit. Martin had 18 points in the game, and scored 13 in the second half. The guard hit a three-point shot late in the game to give Springboro its first lead of the game, but the team fell late 49-47.
In two consecutive seasons, Martin earned a spot as a finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball, losing to Purcell Marian’s Dee Alexander, who chose the University of Cincinnati over Ohio State and other schools.
For Martin, Ohio State was one of many official visits taken by Martin, and the Buckeyes landed in the guard’s top 10 alongside fellow Big Ten schools Washington and Illinois. Martin chose Ohio State over Dayton, West Virginia, Louisville and West Virginia, to name a few of the schools hoping for the services of the talented shooting guard.
Martin’s addition brings the Scarlet and Gray 25-26 roster up to 11 players, although former Florida Gator Kylee Kitts’ rumored transfer to Ohio State has yet to publicly come to fruition after On3 reported the move 20 days ago.
Ohio State now has three shooting guards on its roster with senior Chance Gray and sophomore Ava Watson, but with Martin’s size and ability, McGuff could develop the talented guard into the three-position, held by Taylor Thierry for the past three seasons.
On May 12, Martin posted on Twitter that Washington granted the commitment a full release from the program. While there is no official statement from the guard about the rationale behind the decision, the Instagram post’s caption reads “STAYING HOME,” which gives the idea that the dynamic guard wanted to play closer to her Springboro home, a town 80 miles southwest of Columbus.
Martin is the second 2025 commitment, alongside Daria Biriuk, a 6-foot-1 guard out of the Webb School and the Ukraine. With the addition of the duo and the departure of Cotie McMahon in the transfer portal, Ohio State now has a full blown competition for minutes between Martin, Biriuk and Watson.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Brendan Connelly/ The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
The Springboro senior flipped Big Ten schools Sunday night
Springboro guard Brynleigh (Bryn) Martin committed to the Washington Huskies eight months ago, but reopened her recruiting on May 12. Sunday night, the shooting guard announced on Instagram that she is now a member of the 2025 Ohio State women’s basketball recruiting class.
The 6-foot-1 shooting guard is the second player to commit to the Buckeyes before the 2025-26 season. Ranked the No. 69 player in the 2025 ESPN Hoopgurlz prospect class, Martin is a strong late pickup in the recruiting cycle for head coach Kevin McGuff and the Buckeyes after Martin won the Ohio Division 1 Player of the Year award.
With Springboro, Martin averaged 23 points, 5.1 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game as a senior. Martin brings three level scoring and a quick release from beyond the arc. The guard brings similar attributes beyond the arc as sophomore Ava Watson, but has more potential inside the paint.
Springboro made the Division I Final Four, but lost in the semi-final to Princeton after entering halftime with a 13-point deficit. Martin had 18 points in the game, and scored 13 in the second half. The guard hit a three-point shot late in the game to give Springboro its first lead of the game, but the team fell late 49-47.
In two consecutive seasons, Martin earned a spot as a finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball, losing to Purcell Marian’s Dee Alexander, who chose the University of Cincinnati over Ohio State and other schools.
For Martin, Ohio State was one of many official visits taken by Martin, and the Buckeyes landed in the guard’s top 10 alongside fellow Big Ten schools Washington and Illinois. Martin chose Ohio State over Dayton, West Virginia, Louisville and West Virginia, to name a few of the schools hoping for the services of the talented shooting guard.
Martin’s addition brings the Scarlet and Gray 25-26 roster up to 11 players, although former Florida Gator Kylee Kitts’ rumored transfer to Ohio State has yet to publicly come to fruition after On3 reported the move 20 days ago.
Ohio State now has three shooting guards on its roster with senior Chance Gray and sophomore Ava Watson, but with Martin’s size and ability, McGuff could develop the talented guard into the three-position, held by Taylor Thierry for the past three seasons.
On May 12, Martin posted on Twitter that Washington granted the commitment a full release from the program. While there is no official statement from the guard about the rationale behind the decision, the Instagram post’s caption reads “STAYING HOME,” which gives the idea that the dynamic guard wanted to play closer to her Springboro home, a town 80 miles southwest of Columbus.
Martin is the second 2025 commitment, alongside Daria Biriuk, a 6-foot-1 guard out of the Webb School and the Ukraine. With the addition of the duo and the departure of Cotie McMahon in the transfer portal, Ohio State now has a full blown competition for minutes between Martin, Biriuk and Watson.
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LGHL Ohio State makes top schools for high four-star EDGE, offers trio of new prospects
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Ohio State makes top schools for high four-star EDGE, offers trio of new prospects
Gene Ross via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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2026 EDGE Luke Waffle with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day | via @WafleLuke on Twitter
The Buckeyes stayed active on the recruiting trail over the weekend.
We are a little over three months away from the start of Ohio State’s 2025 season, and while preparations will soon be underway to get the current roster in top shape for the upcoming campaign, the coaching staff has also been busy on the recruiting trail planning for the future.
On Friday, the Buckeyes got their latest bit of good news when high four-star defensive lineman Luke Wafle listed Ohio State among his top five schools. The No. 6 EDGE and No. 55 player nationally as well as the No. 1 prospect in New Jersey per the 247Sports Composite, Wafle is still considering the scarlet and grey alongside Florida, Penn State, Texas and USC.
A star at the Hun School in Princeton, NJ, Wafle wrapped up his junior season with 53 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss, eight sacks and eight QB hurries in addition to tallying 13 carries for 99 yards on offense. A multi-sport athlete with the Raiders, Wafle also averaged 11.1 points per game on the basketball court as a junior and went 45-6 in shot put as a 10th grader.
Wafle has scheduled official visits with four of his five finalists, with a trip to Columbus set for May 30. The 6-foot-6, 245-pound edge rusher has yet to finalize an official with the Trojans, but will see Florida on May 16 followed by a trip to Penn State on June 6 and Texas on June 20. Wafle does not yet have a scheduled commitment date.
The Buckeyes appear to be in a good spot with Wafle, having first offered the Garden State standout back in April of 2024 and hosting him on campus this past March, but obviously this round of official visits will go a long way in determining the final outcome of this recruitment.
Wafle comes from a football family, as his father David Wafle played defensive line for Duke in the ‘90s, while his brother Owen Wafle signed with Michigan in the 2024 class before transferring to Penn State this offseason. The Nittany Lions could potentially have an inside track on Luke Wafle with his sibling currently on campus, making Larry Johnson’s job that much harder.
Ohio State’s 2026 class currently sits at 13 members. While there is obviously still a ton of work to be done in the current cycle, that isn’t stopping the Buckeyes’ coaching staff from continuing to evaluate options in future cycles as well.
That being said, one of the most recent offers for OSU is actually a player in this current recruiting class. That would be none other than Lamar Brown, a five-star defensive lineman and one of the top overall prospects in the 2026 class.
The Buckeyes are super late to the game here, as the No. 1 DL and No. 8 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite already holds more than 30 offers and has a commitment date set for July 4. Brown has official visits scheduled with four schools — Florida State, LSU, Miami and Texas A&M — and has been Crystal Balled to the Tigers. Needless to say, this offer coming at this stage of the game seems like a real Hail Mary.
Looking more down the road, on Sunday Ohio State extended an offer for 2027 quarterback, Teddy Jarrard. A native of Kennesaw, Georgia, Jarrard is the No. 19 QB and No. 271 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound signal caller holds more than two dozen offers to this point, with the Buckeyes joining the list alongside Auburn, Georgia, Indiana, Miami, UNC and many others. Ohio State does already have a quarterback committed in the 2027 class in Brady Edmunds, the No. 6 QB in the cycle, but is still continuing to evaluate options if the goal is to take two at the position.
Looking even further into the future, Ohio State offered a member of the 2028 class on Friday in wide receiver Brysen Wright. A 6-foot-2.5, 200-pound pass-catcher out of Jacksonville, Florida, Wright is not yet ranked this far out, but you can surely trust position coach Brian Hartline’s player evaluations — especially in the Sunshine State.
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Gene Ross via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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2026 EDGE Luke Waffle with Ohio State head coach Ryan Day | via @WafleLuke on Twitter
The Buckeyes stayed active on the recruiting trail over the weekend.
We are a little over three months away from the start of Ohio State’s 2025 season, and while preparations will soon be underway to get the current roster in top shape for the upcoming campaign, the coaching staff has also been busy on the recruiting trail planning for the future.
On Friday, the Buckeyes got their latest bit of good news when high four-star defensive lineman Luke Wafle listed Ohio State among his top five schools. The No. 6 EDGE and No. 55 player nationally as well as the No. 1 prospect in New Jersey per the 247Sports Composite, Wafle is still considering the scarlet and grey alongside Florida, Penn State, Texas and USC.
A star at the Hun School in Princeton, NJ, Wafle wrapped up his junior season with 53 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss, eight sacks and eight QB hurries in addition to tallying 13 carries for 99 yards on offense. A multi-sport athlete with the Raiders, Wafle also averaged 11.1 points per game on the basketball court as a junior and went 45-6 in shot put as a 10th grader.
Wafle has scheduled official visits with four of his five finalists, with a trip to Columbus set for May 30. The 6-foot-6, 245-pound edge rusher has yet to finalize an official with the Trojans, but will see Florida on May 16 followed by a trip to Penn State on June 6 and Texas on June 20. Wafle does not yet have a scheduled commitment date.
The Buckeyes appear to be in a good spot with Wafle, having first offered the Garden State standout back in April of 2024 and hosting him on campus this past March, but obviously this round of official visits will go a long way in determining the final outcome of this recruitment.
Wafle comes from a football family, as his father David Wafle played defensive line for Duke in the ‘90s, while his brother Owen Wafle signed with Michigan in the 2024 class before transferring to Penn State this offseason. The Nittany Lions could potentially have an inside track on Luke Wafle with his sibling currently on campus, making Larry Johnson’s job that much harder.
A flurry of new offers across several cycles
Ohio State’s 2026 class currently sits at 13 members. While there is obviously still a ton of work to be done in the current cycle, that isn’t stopping the Buckeyes’ coaching staff from continuing to evaluate options in future cycles as well.
That being said, one of the most recent offers for OSU is actually a player in this current recruiting class. That would be none other than Lamar Brown, a five-star defensive lineman and one of the top overall prospects in the 2026 class.
The Buckeyes are super late to the game here, as the No. 1 DL and No. 8 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite already holds more than 30 offers and has a commitment date set for July 4. Brown has official visits scheduled with four schools — Florida State, LSU, Miami and Texas A&M — and has been Crystal Balled to the Tigers. Needless to say, this offer coming at this stage of the game seems like a real Hail Mary.
Looking more down the road, on Sunday Ohio State extended an offer for 2027 quarterback, Teddy Jarrard. A native of Kennesaw, Georgia, Jarrard is the No. 19 QB and No. 271 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound signal caller holds more than two dozen offers to this point, with the Buckeyes joining the list alongside Auburn, Georgia, Indiana, Miami, UNC and many others. Ohio State does already have a quarterback committed in the 2027 class in Brady Edmunds, the No. 6 QB in the cycle, but is still continuing to evaluate options if the goal is to take two at the position.
Looking even further into the future, Ohio State offered a member of the 2028 class on Friday in wide receiver Brysen Wright. A 6-foot-2.5, 200-pound pass-catcher out of Jacksonville, Florida, Wright is not yet ranked this far out, but you can surely trust position coach Brian Hartline’s player evaluations — especially in the Sunshine State.
Quick Hits
- Ohio State’s most recent commit is itching to get back to campus. Four-star cornerback Jordan Thomas, who joined the Buckeyes’ 2026 class last Monday, has now scheduled his official visit for June 20-22. Thomas is the No. 17 CB and the No. 178 player nationally, in addition to the No. 2 prospect out of New Jersey per the 247Sports Composite.
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