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2027 NJ OL Ian Walker (Kentucky Verbal)
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Class: 2027
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School: Pennington(NJ) The Pennington School
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Weight: 305lbs
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2027 TX RB Wayne Shanks (Arizona Verbal)
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School: Houston(TX) The Kincaid School
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Weight: 190lbs
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2027 TX OL Kaeden Scott (Texas A&M Verbal)
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School: San Antonio (TX) Roosevelt
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2027 OK OL Cooper Hackett (Texas Tech Decommit, Oklahoma Verbal)
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School: Ft. Gibson(OK) Ft. Gibson
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Weight: 260lbs
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2027 GA OL Elijah Hutcheson (Florida Verbal)
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School: Rabun Gap (GA) Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
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2027 TX OL Donquavieus "Qua" Ford (SMU Verbal)
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School: Texarkana (TX) Texas
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2027 HI LB Samon "Toa" Satele (Oregon Verbal)
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2028 GA OL Kweli Fielder (Miami, FL. Verbal)
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School: Carrollton (GA) Carrollton
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LGHL Basketball BOOM!! Three-star PG Myles Herro commits to Ohio State
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Basketball BOOM!! Three-star PG Myles Herro commits to Ohio State
Dan Hessler via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The Buckeyes also offered 2028 blue-chip safety and saw more recruits react to their weekend visit to Columbus.
The Ohio State football team had a rather quiet Monday, all things considered. This was a well deserved slower day as the team just wrapped up a busy and important recruiting weekend which saw three five-star recruits visit with the Buckeyes, and there were many other priority targets on campus as well.
A slow day doesn’t mean a quiet day however, as the Buckeyes still found a way to make the recruiting headlines to start the week both on the gridiron and the hardwood.
Possibly the biggest recruiting news of the day featuring Ohio State took place on the hardwood as Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball team opened the week up with a BOOM!
2025 three-star point guard Myles Herro (Milwaukee, WI / Whitnall) announced his commitment to Diebler and the Buckeyes on Monday.
Herro is the brother of NBA All-Star and Miami Heat shooting guard Tyler Herro. He does not hold a ranking in the 247Sports Composite Rankings for the class of 2025, but 247Sports own rankings has him as a three-star and the No. 40 point guard in the cycle.
Herro is the third traditional commitment in the 2025 cycle, joining four-star center A’mare Bynum and four-star shooting guard Dorian Jones, although Jones has delayed his enrollment due to academic eligibility issues. Ohio State also brought in four transfer commitments in the cycle in four-star centers Joshua Ojianwuna and Christoph Tilly as well as four-star power forward Brandon Noel and four-star point guard Gabe Cupps.
Ohio State safeties coach Matt Guerrieri extended a scholarship offer to a rising safety in the 2028 recruiting class on Monday as Casey Barner (Atlanta, GA / Douglass) took to social media to show off the offer.
Barner is the first safety to receive a scholarship offer from Ohio State in the 2028 recruiting class and it will likely be a priority position for the Buckeyes in the class. It is obviously very early in Barner’s recruitment, but he is already building an impressive offer sheet. Ohio State is joining the likes of BYU, Florida State, Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, Penn State, Tennessee, UCF, Wisconsin and others.
Because it is so early in his recruitment, no team has established itself as a front runner in his recruitment, but Florida State looks to have the early head start in his recruitment as he attended their Junior Day camp back in January of this year.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound safety does not yet hold a star ranking from 247Sports, but when they release their rankings for the 2028 class, he will likely be near the top of the list.
Ohio State continued to see recruits take to social media on Monday talking about their recent visit with the Buckeyes over the weekend. Below are just some of the big name prospects that were able to make the trip to Columbus.
All rankings are via the 247Sports Composite.
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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
The Buckeyes also offered 2028 blue-chip safety and saw more recruits react to their weekend visit to Columbus.
The Ohio State football team had a rather quiet Monday, all things considered. This was a well deserved slower day as the team just wrapped up a busy and important recruiting weekend which saw three five-star recruits visit with the Buckeyes, and there were many other priority targets on campus as well.
A slow day doesn’t mean a quiet day however, as the Buckeyes still found a way to make the recruiting headlines to start the week both on the gridiron and the hardwood.
Possibly the biggest recruiting news of the day featuring Ohio State took place on the hardwood as Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball team opened the week up with a BOOM!
2025 three-star point guard Myles Herro (Milwaukee, WI / Whitnall) announced his commitment to Diebler and the Buckeyes on Monday.
Herro is the brother of NBA All-Star and Miami Heat shooting guard Tyler Herro. He does not hold a ranking in the 247Sports Composite Rankings for the class of 2025, but 247Sports own rankings has him as a three-star and the No. 40 point guard in the cycle.
Herro is the third traditional commitment in the 2025 cycle, joining four-star center A’mare Bynum and four-star shooting guard Dorian Jones, although Jones has delayed his enrollment due to academic eligibility issues. Ohio State also brought in four transfer commitments in the cycle in four-star centers Joshua Ojianwuna and Christoph Tilly as well as four-star power forward Brandon Noel and four-star point guard Gabe Cupps.
Ohio State offers 2028 safety
Ohio State safeties coach Matt Guerrieri extended a scholarship offer to a rising safety in the 2028 recruiting class on Monday as Casey Barner (Atlanta, GA / Douglass) took to social media to show off the offer.
Blessed to receive a(n) offer from the University of Ohio state#AGTG @MattGuerrieri @N_Murph @SP_KnuckIfUBuck @JohnGarcia_Jr @RivalsWoody @SWiltfong_@RivalsFriedman @ChadSimmons_@TomLoy247 @MohrRecruiting@adamgorney
@On3Keith @JohnGarcia_Jr @JahadRiley @CoachReid99 pic.twitter.com/hmRkdbIJuU
— “ ” (@casey_barner2) June 2, 2025
Barner is the first safety to receive a scholarship offer from Ohio State in the 2028 recruiting class and it will likely be a priority position for the Buckeyes in the class. It is obviously very early in Barner’s recruitment, but he is already building an impressive offer sheet. Ohio State is joining the likes of BYU, Florida State, Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, Penn State, Tennessee, UCF, Wisconsin and others.
Because it is so early in his recruitment, no team has established itself as a front runner in his recruitment, but Florida State looks to have the early head start in his recruitment as he attended their Junior Day camp back in January of this year.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound safety does not yet hold a star ranking from 247Sports, but when they release their rankings for the 2028 class, he will likely be near the top of the list.
Quick Hits
Ohio State continued to see recruits take to social media on Monday talking about their recent visit with the Buckeyes over the weekend. Below are just some of the big name prospects that were able to make the trip to Columbus.
All rankings are via the 247Sports Composite.
- Four-star EDGE Jake Kreul (No. 4 EDGE, No. 31 Natl.)
️ EDGE (@JK_DE_SNAKE_34) - Four-star IOL Breck Kolojay (No. 19 IOL, No. 277 Natl.)
Big thanks to the whole Ohio state staff for a fantastic visit#GoBuckeyes @Coachcliff904 @SixZeroAcademy @TylerBowen @mjohnson7672 @Coach_Dickey @Coach__Fields @ryandaytime @brianhartline @CoachKeanu pic.twitter.com/FwCFKlvUxJ
— Breck Kolojay (@breck_kolojay) June 2, 2025
- Five-star RB Savion Hiter (No. 1 RB, No. 17 Natl.)
- Five-star LB Xavier Griffin (No. 2 LB, No. 27 Natl.)
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LGHL Players to Watch: Jackson Courville brings experience to Ohio State’s special teams, kicking game
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Players to Watch: Jackson Courville brings experience to Ohio State’s special teams, kicking game
Cincinnati1968 via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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KALAMAZOO, MI - SEPTEMBER 30: Ball State Cardinals place kicker Jackson Courville (96) kicks a field goal during the college football game between the Ball State Cardinals and Western Michigan Broncos on September 30, 2023, at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI. | Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Buckeyes’ increased focused on special teams has led to improved results.
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 the Buckeyes we expect to excel this season. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all our “Players to Watch” articles here.
Yes, we are talking about a kicker today. I know what you may be thinking, but Jackson Courville is absolutely worth talking about as a player to watch coming into this season.
Ohio State fans remember the two missed field goals against The Team Up North in 2024. Jayden Fielding missed one from 38 yards in the middle of the second quarter, and then one from 34 yards in the third quarter following a Buckeyes interception that put the ball on the Wolverines' 16-yard line.
Those were two very makeable field goals, and they were missed. Fielding also missed his only field goal attempt in the College Football Playoff in the game against Tennessee before going 2-for-2 against both Oregon and Notre Dame.
With a team as talented as the Buckeyes are going into 2025, missing kicks at critical times in critical games can be a huge Achilles heel — especially when the margins are thin.
Courville, though, can fix that if he ultimately wins out in the kicking competition. In two seasons at Ball State, the former All-Ohio selection from Centerville High School went 26-of-34 on field goals and 54-of-56 on extra points.
A 2024 MAC All-Academic selection, Courville won the Ball State starting kicker job as a true freshman in 2023. His longest field goal in 2023 was 48 yards, and his longest in 2024 was from 52 yards. That 52-yard field goal in 2024 was a game-winner against Northern Illinois to cap off a day where Courville went 4-of-5 on field goal attempts.
In addition to his pension for kicking long field goals in the clutch, Courville is also darn near perfect on extra points. He only missed one PAT in each of his two seasons with the Cardinals.
Three of Fielding’s four missed field goals in 2024 came against Michigan and Tennessee — the two biggest home games of the season. Missed field goals in those caliber of home games can cause restlessness amongst fans, especially Buckeyes fans.
This is why Courville is coming to Columbus, both to push Fielding leading up to the season and potentially during the season. Iron sharpens iron, and a little competition could be good for both players.
We often hear that the game of football can come down to the kicker. It did in “The Game” last season. That alone should be enough to make Courville a player to watch throughout fall camp in the lead-up to the season opener against Texas.
That game very well could come down to the kicker.
Continue reading...
Cincinnati1968 via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
KALAMAZOO, MI - SEPTEMBER 30: Ball State Cardinals place kicker Jackson Courville (96) kicks a field goal during the college football game between the Ball State Cardinals and Western Michigan Broncos on September 30, 2023, at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI. | Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Buckeyes’ increased focused on special teams has led to improved results.
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 the Buckeyes we expect to excel this season. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all our “Players to Watch” articles here.
Yes, we are talking about a kicker today. I know what you may be thinking, but Jackson Courville is absolutely worth talking about as a player to watch coming into this season.
Ohio State fans remember the two missed field goals against The Team Up North in 2024. Jayden Fielding missed one from 38 yards in the middle of the second quarter, and then one from 34 yards in the third quarter following a Buckeyes interception that put the ball on the Wolverines' 16-yard line.
Those were two very makeable field goals, and they were missed. Fielding also missed his only field goal attempt in the College Football Playoff in the game against Tennessee before going 2-for-2 against both Oregon and Notre Dame.
With a team as talented as the Buckeyes are going into 2025, missing kicks at critical times in critical games can be a huge Achilles heel — especially when the margins are thin.
Courville, though, can fix that if he ultimately wins out in the kicking competition. In two seasons at Ball State, the former All-Ohio selection from Centerville High School went 26-of-34 on field goals and 54-of-56 on extra points.
A 2024 MAC All-Academic selection, Courville won the Ball State starting kicker job as a true freshman in 2023. His longest field goal in 2023 was 48 yards, and his longest in 2024 was from 52 yards. That 52-yard field goal in 2024 was a game-winner against Northern Illinois to cap off a day where Courville went 4-of-5 on field goal attempts.
In addition to his pension for kicking long field goals in the clutch, Courville is also darn near perfect on extra points. He only missed one PAT in each of his two seasons with the Cardinals.
Three of Fielding’s four missed field goals in 2024 came against Michigan and Tennessee — the two biggest home games of the season. Missed field goals in those caliber of home games can cause restlessness amongst fans, especially Buckeyes fans.
This is why Courville is coming to Columbus, both to push Fielding leading up to the season and potentially during the season. Iron sharpens iron, and a little competition could be good for both players.
We often hear that the game of football can come down to the kicker. It did in “The Game” last season. That alone should be enough to make Courville a player to watch throughout fall camp in the lead-up to the season opener against Texas.
That game very well could come down to the kicker.
Continue reading...