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2027 TX CB Taelyn Mayo (Verbal Offer)
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LGHL Ohio State men’s basketball offers 2027 four-star guard coached by former Buckeye
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Top-50 recruit Jason Gardner Jr. was offered by Jake Diebler and staff at the end of an on-campus visit.
Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball coaching staff are beginning to dip their toes into the 2027 recruiting class, making their fifth offer of the cycle on Monday afternoon to Fishers (Indiana) guard Jason Gardner Jr.
A four-star guard and the second-highest rated player in the state of Indiana, Gardner earned the offer at the conclusion of an on-campus visit Monday afternoon. Diebler as well as assistant coach Jamall Walker watched Gardner play during the spring live period, the weekend of May 16-18 at the 3SSB event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A 6-foot-1, 185-pound guard, Gardner is the son of former Arizona guard Jason Gardner, who is now the Director of Player Relations at his alma mater. He is the No. 32 player in the class of 2027 and the sixth-highest rated point guard in the nation.
Along with his Ohio State offer, Gardner also has offers from Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, UNLV, Cincinnati, and DePaul. Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Xavier, Virginia, Oklahoma, Dayton, and his father’s Arizona Wildcats have all been in contact as well, but have not offered.
Through eight games of the AAU season, Gardner was averaging 20.6 points per game for Indiana elite 16U. As a sophomore at Fishers last season, Gardner averaged 14.5 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game. He also had nearly a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, and was named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Indiana Futures All-Star Team at the end of the season.
Gardner spoke to Alejandro Lopez and Sam Lance of Zagsblog last month, and told them that he is looking for a college program where he feels wanted, at home, and can go to coaches with any problems he has.
“I want to go somewhere where they truly want me,” he said. “Obviously, I’m going to be around them like 90% of the time I’m in college. So I just feel like anytime something goes wrong, I want to be able to go talk to them and talk about the problem. I want to able to like — anything I need just to reach out to them and know they got me.”
When asked specifically about Ohio State, Gardner said he likes the independence that Diebler gives his point guard in the offense.
“Obviously, Diebler is the new coach, and he likes to play really fast as well, I think. And then he likes to let his guard go. So I like how he lets his guards go, dictate the game and control the game.”
New Ohio State assistant coach Brian Walsh, who spent the last eight seasons at Indiana, was recruiting Gardner as a member of the Hoosiers’ staff as well.
Something else to note: Gardner will be coached by former Ohio State point guard CJ Walker at Fishers this season. Walker, who was part of the Ohio State men’s basketball program from 2019-2021, was hired to the staff at Fishers High School at the end of May. He seemed fairly excited at the news of Gardner’s scholarship offer from the Buckeyes on Monday.
Originally from the Indianapolis area, Walker averaged 9.1 points, 3.9 assists, and was an impressive 88% free throw shooter in 58 games (41 starts) for Ohio State.
Per 247Sports, Gardner is the fifth 2027 recruit to earn an offer from Ohio State. The Buckeyes offered five-star center Obinna Ekezie Jr. (Prolific Prep) last week. They also offered Lakota West guard Joshua Tyson, who is not yet ranked by 247Sports, but in addition to the Buckeyes, has scholarship offers from Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and Kent State. The Ohio State staff extended him an offer at the end of last week’s team camp at the Schottenstein Center.
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Top-50 recruit Jason Gardner Jr. was offered by Jake Diebler and staff at the end of an on-campus visit.
Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball coaching staff are beginning to dip their toes into the 2027 recruiting class, making their fifth offer of the cycle on Monday afternoon to Fishers (Indiana) guard Jason Gardner Jr.
After a great visit i'm beyond blessed to receive a D1 offer from THE Ohio State University! Go Buckeyes! AGTG pic.twitter.com/4ZvTBy1LX0
— Jason Gardner Jr (@Jasongardnerjr) June 9, 2025
A four-star guard and the second-highest rated player in the state of Indiana, Gardner earned the offer at the conclusion of an on-campus visit Monday afternoon. Diebler as well as assistant coach Jamall Walker watched Gardner play during the spring live period, the weekend of May 16-18 at the 3SSB event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A 6-foot-1, 185-pound guard, Gardner is the son of former Arizona guard Jason Gardner, who is now the Director of Player Relations at his alma mater. He is the No. 32 player in the class of 2027 and the sixth-highest rated point guard in the nation.
Along with his Ohio State offer, Gardner also has offers from Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, UNLV, Cincinnati, and DePaul. Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Xavier, Virginia, Oklahoma, Dayton, and his father’s Arizona Wildcats have all been in contact as well, but have not offered.
Through eight games of the AAU season, Gardner was averaging 20.6 points per game for Indiana elite 16U. As a sophomore at Fishers last season, Gardner averaged 14.5 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game. He also had nearly a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, and was named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Indiana Futures All-Star Team at the end of the season.
Gardner spoke to Alejandro Lopez and Sam Lance of Zagsblog last month, and told them that he is looking for a college program where he feels wanted, at home, and can go to coaches with any problems he has.
“I want to go somewhere where they truly want me,” he said. “Obviously, I’m going to be around them like 90% of the time I’m in college. So I just feel like anytime something goes wrong, I want to be able to go talk to them and talk about the problem. I want to able to like — anything I need just to reach out to them and know they got me.”
When asked specifically about Ohio State, Gardner said he likes the independence that Diebler gives his point guard in the offense.
“Obviously, Diebler is the new coach, and he likes to play really fast as well, I think. And then he likes to let his guard go. So I like how he lets his guards go, dictate the game and control the game.”
New Ohio State assistant coach Brian Walsh, who spent the last eight seasons at Indiana, was recruiting Gardner as a member of the Hoosiers’ staff as well.
Something else to note: Gardner will be coached by former Ohio State point guard CJ Walker at Fishers this season. Walker, who was part of the Ohio State men’s basketball program from 2019-2021, was hired to the staff at Fishers High School at the end of May. He seemed fairly excited at the news of Gardner’s scholarship offer from the Buckeyes on Monday.
Originally from the Indianapolis area, Walker averaged 9.1 points, 3.9 assists, and was an impressive 88% free throw shooter in 58 games (41 starts) for Ohio State.
Per 247Sports, Gardner is the fifth 2027 recruit to earn an offer from Ohio State. The Buckeyes offered five-star center Obinna Ekezie Jr. (Prolific Prep) last week. They also offered Lakota West guard Joshua Tyson, who is not yet ranked by 247Sports, but in addition to the Buckeyes, has scholarship offers from Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and Kent State. The Ohio State staff extended him an offer at the end of last week’s team camp at the Schottenstein Center.
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The Buckeyes also dished out a handful of scholarship offers after another successful camp Tuesday.
Ohio State is already having a successful summer camp season. Following a weekend which saw the Buckeyes host numerous recruits on both unofficial and official visits, Ohio State earned a commitment from four-star Ohio running back Favour Akih.
The Buckeyes followed up the weekend by playing host to another handful of the nation’s tops recruits, and will do so again on Wednesday as well. This isn’t the only familiarity between Monday and the weekend, as the Buckeyes also learned positive news on where they stand with another priority target of theirs in the 2026 class.
2026 four-star offensive lineman Drew Evers (Flower Mound, TX / Flower Mound) visited with the Buckeyes this past weekend, and the visit reportedly went as well as possible. In fact, the visit seems to have put the Buckeyes in the pole position in his recruitment, as Steve Wiltfong of On3 placed an expert prediction in favor of the Buckeyes to land Evers.
Following the weekend visit, Evers took to social media to say the Ohio State visit, “just hit different,” and he seemed to really enjoy his time with the Ohio State football team and coaching staff.
The Buckeyes are not alone in recruiting Evers, however. The blue-chip offensive lineman officially visited with both SMU and LSU prior to visiting Ohio State, and he has upcoming visits scheduled Penn State and Texas A&M.
Evers has not scheduled a commitment date, and there is a good chance he follows through with his upcoming visits. However, there have been rumblings on social media that Ohio State is soon going to get another commitment. Whether or not those rumblings are true or are about Evers is another thing as well. One thing that is for certain is the Buckeyes have to like where they sit in his recruitment following the visit.
Evers is the No. 13 IOL in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and he is the No. 209 overall prospect. Evers is also the No. 27 recruit out of the talent-rich state of Texas.
In yesterday’s recruiting news we mentioned all of the scholarship offers, visit recaps and future visits that recruits showed off on social media. Monday was no different as the Buckeyes also dominated the college football recruiting social media scene.
One of the recruits to receive the coveted scholarship offers from Ohio State was 2027 four-star safety Bryson Brown of Oklahoma.
Brown is the No. 28 S and No. 307 player nationally per 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 7 recruit out of Oklahoma. The 5-foot-10.5, 175-pound safety holds nearly 20 scholarship offers, including the likes of Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas A&M among others.
Ohio State also got in on the mix for 2027 four-star athlete Colt Lumpris of New Jersey. Lumpris is the No. 14 ATH in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 294 overall recruit. He is also the No. 8 recruit out of New Jersey. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound athlete has an impressive offer sheet, holding 20 offers from some of the nation’s top schools like Alabama, Duke, Florida State, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ole Miss, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Tennessee, etc.
Another recruit to receive a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes was rising 2028 linebacker Skylar Alston of North Carolina. It is early in his recruitment, but the 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker is already generating a lot of buzz. He does not yet hold a ranking from 247Sports but his offer sheet proves that will not last long.
Alston already holds offers from the likes of Georgia Tech, Louisville, Indiana, Maryland, Ole Miss, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, etc.
Another prospect to leave Columbus with a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes was 2027 three-star wide receiver Blake Wong of California. Wong is the No. 74 WR in the 247Sports’ rankings and he is the No. 94 recruit out of California. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound WR has had a rather quiet recruitment holding just 6 scholarship offers, but don’t expect that to last for long.
Ohio State knows what to look for when recruiting the position and the Buckeyes now joins Arizona State, Colorado State, Michigan State, Nevada and San Diego State in his recruitment.
The Buckeyes got in on the action Monday for one of the nation’s top safeties in the 2027 class when they offered Semaj Stanford of Oklahoma. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound safety is the No. 20 recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 199 overall recruit. He is also the No. 3 recruit out of Oklahoma.
The Buckeyes will have some stiff competition for Stanford as he already holds nearly 30 scholarship offers from the likes of Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Iowas State, LSU, Miami, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M and others.
The Buckeyes also saw a handful of recruits schedule upcoming visits to Columbus on Monday. Some of the recruits who will soon be visiting with the Buckeyes are below:
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Dan Hessler via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
2026 four-star IOL Drew Evers | via @TheDrewEvers on X
The Buckeyes also dished out a handful of scholarship offers after another successful camp Tuesday.
Ohio State is already having a successful summer camp season. Following a weekend which saw the Buckeyes host numerous recruits on both unofficial and official visits, Ohio State earned a commitment from four-star Ohio running back Favour Akih.
The Buckeyes followed up the weekend by playing host to another handful of the nation’s tops recruits, and will do so again on Wednesday as well. This isn’t the only familiarity between Monday and the weekend, as the Buckeyes also learned positive news on where they stand with another priority target of theirs in the 2026 class.
2026 four-star offensive lineman Drew Evers (Flower Mound, TX / Flower Mound) visited with the Buckeyes this past weekend, and the visit reportedly went as well as possible. In fact, the visit seems to have put the Buckeyes in the pole position in his recruitment, as Steve Wiltfong of On3 placed an expert prediction in favor of the Buckeyes to land Evers.
Following the weekend visit, Evers took to social media to say the Ohio State visit, “just hit different,” and he seemed to really enjoy his time with the Ohio State football team and coaching staff.
The Buckeyes are not alone in recruiting Evers, however. The blue-chip offensive lineman officially visited with both SMU and LSU prior to visiting Ohio State, and he has upcoming visits scheduled Penn State and Texas A&M.
Evers has not scheduled a commitment date, and there is a good chance he follows through with his upcoming visits. However, there have been rumblings on social media that Ohio State is soon going to get another commitment. Whether or not those rumblings are true or are about Evers is another thing as well. One thing that is for certain is the Buckeyes have to like where they sit in his recruitment following the visit.
Evers is the No. 13 IOL in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and he is the No. 209 overall prospect. Evers is also the No. 27 recruit out of the talent-rich state of Texas.
Even more visits, more offers, more plans...
In yesterday’s recruiting news we mentioned all of the scholarship offers, visit recaps and future visits that recruits showed off on social media. Monday was no different as the Buckeyes also dominated the college football recruiting social media scene.
One of the recruits to receive the coveted scholarship offers from Ohio State was 2027 four-star safety Bryson Brown of Oklahoma.
Brown is the No. 28 S and No. 307 player nationally per 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 7 recruit out of Oklahoma. The 5-foot-10.5, 175-pound safety holds nearly 20 scholarship offers, including the likes of Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas A&M among others.
Ohio State also got in on the mix for 2027 four-star athlete Colt Lumpris of New Jersey. Lumpris is the No. 14 ATH in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 294 overall recruit. He is also the No. 8 recruit out of New Jersey. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound athlete has an impressive offer sheet, holding 20 offers from some of the nation’s top schools like Alabama, Duke, Florida State, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ole Miss, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Tennessee, etc.
Another recruit to receive a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes was rising 2028 linebacker Skylar Alston of North Carolina. It is early in his recruitment, but the 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker is already generating a lot of buzz. He does not yet hold a ranking from 247Sports but his offer sheet proves that will not last long.
Alston already holds offers from the likes of Georgia Tech, Louisville, Indiana, Maryland, Ole Miss, Penn State, Rutgers, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, etc.
Another prospect to leave Columbus with a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes was 2027 three-star wide receiver Blake Wong of California. Wong is the No. 74 WR in the 247Sports’ rankings and he is the No. 94 recruit out of California. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound WR has had a rather quiet recruitment holding just 6 scholarship offers, but don’t expect that to last for long.
Ohio State knows what to look for when recruiting the position and the Buckeyes now joins Arizona State, Colorado State, Michigan State, Nevada and San Diego State in his recruitment.
Humbled and honored to be offered by THE @OhioStateFB after a great camp. Thank you @brianhartline and @CoachJordan82.@norcofootball @BarlageDaniel @NorcoFactoryOL @Realregular4 @GregBiggins @BlairAngulo @BrandonHuffman @ChadSimmons_ @adamgorney @DaveKeefer @alecsimpson5… pic.twitter.com/Uy82Z1iP7C
— Blake Wong 3️ WR (@Blake3229) June 9, 2025
The Buckeyes got in on the action Monday for one of the nation’s top safeties in the 2027 class when they offered Semaj Stanford of Oklahoma. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound safety is the No. 20 recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 199 overall recruit. He is also the No. 3 recruit out of Oklahoma.
The Buckeyes will have some stiff competition for Stanford as he already holds nearly 30 scholarship offers from the likes of Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Iowas State, LSU, Miami, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M and others.
The Buckeyes also saw a handful of recruits schedule upcoming visits to Columbus on Monday. Some of the recruits who will soon be visiting with the Buckeyes are below:
- 2026 Ohio cornerback Savion Lewis who will be in Columbus today for his visit.
- 2027 offensive tackle Luke Injaychock who will also be in Columbus today for an unofficial visit.
- 2028 wide receiver Brysen Wright who has an unofficial visit scheduled on June 10 with the Buckeyes.
- 2027 safety Emmanuel Moses will camping with the Buckeyes on June 11-12.
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2027 NJ TE Colt Lumpris (Verbal Offer)
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2027 NJ TE JT Geraci (Verbal Offer)
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2027 OK S Semaj Stanford (Verbal Offer)
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2028 NC LB Skylar Alston (Verbal Offer)
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2028 IL DL Caleb Tucker (Verbal Offer)
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2027 CA WR Blake Wong (Verbal Offer)
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2027 OK CB Bryson Brown (Verbal Offer)
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2027 PA RB Kelvin Morrison (Verbal Offer)
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