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LGHL Ohio State lands 2024 RB commit, transfer OT over the weekend
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Ohio State lands 2024 RB commit, transfer OT over the weekend
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2024 RB Jordan Lyle | Andrew Ivins, 247Sports
A busy weekend for the Buckeyes results in three new additions.
We were already expecting a busy weekend for the Ohio State football program, as the NFL Draft was yet another showcase of the Buckeyes’ ability to produce top-tier talent. Ohio State became the first program in the country to produce 90 first-round NFL Draft picks after seeing C.J. Stroud, Paris Johnson Jr. and Jaxon Smith-Njigba all selected in the top-20 of this year’s event.
As if the Buckeyes needed another feather in their cap when it comes to a recruiting pitch, prospects across the country are surely taking notice of what kind of future success they could be set up for in Columbus. Whether related or not, a largely positive weekend got even better when Ohio State learned of two new players who play on furthering their playing careers in scarlet and gray.
In a bit of surprising news, four-star running back Jordan Lyle announced his commitment to Ohio State on Saturday. The St. Thomas Aquinas product currently ranks as the No. 27 RB in the country and the No. 320 player overall on the 247Sports Composite. With around 30 offers to his name, Lyle chose the Buckeyes over programs among the likes of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Penn State and others.
With the commitment of Lyle, Ohio State has wrapped up its running back recruiting for the cycle. Tony Alford needed to bring in two guys to a room that could lose both TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams to the NFL Draft at the end of this upcoming season, and has managed to bring in three talented backs as Lyle joins fellow OSU commits James Peoples and Sam Williams-Dixon.
The 6-foot, 180-pound RB makes it six commitments for the Buckeyes in the month of April, with eight guys total joining the class since the last week in March. Lyle’s commitment bumps Ohio State up to the No. 2 class in the country at 238.43 points, just behind Michigan at 240.65. The Buckeyes’ 93.07 player average remains higher than the Wolverines’ 91.67, with OSU at 13 total commits and TTUN at 15.
A more immediate addition to the roster, Ohio State also earned a transfer over the weekend from former Notre Dame receiver-turned-corner Lorenzo Styles. Styles, of course, is the brother of current Buckeye safety Sonny Styles. The former Pickerington, Ohio native was originally recruited by Ohio State to play corner, but chose to play wide receiver for the Irish. Things have now come full-circle.
Styles was the No. 5 prospect in the state of Ohio in the 2021 class, and parlayed that into 54 receptions for 648 yards and two touchdowns as a receiver at Notre Dame. Ironically enough, his career-long catch came against Ohio State in last year’s season opener on a 54-yard catch-and-run. He had already begun the transition to the defensive backfield this spring in South Bend after playing the position in high school.
Styles probably won’t make an immediate impact on the roster, as the Buckeyes do have some top-end talent in their cornerback room led by Denzel Burke and Davison Igbinosun with Jordan Hancock and Jyaire Brown waiting in the wings. However, as we saw last season, you can never have too much depth at defensive back, and with two years of eligibility and a potential redshirt year remaining, we could see both Styles’ roaming the backfield in the future.
Ohio State kept the good news going on Saturday as they made the cut for four-star linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. A product of St. John Bosco in California, the same prep program that gave the Buckeyes Wyatt Davis and others, Viliamu-Asa is the No. 6 linebacker and No. 69 player overall in the 2024 class according to 247Sports. With both Jim Knowles and James Laurinaitis on his recruitment, the duo will have to outlast his other top schools Notre Dame and USC to land his commitment.
Viliamu-Asa had the following to say about Ohio State:
“I’ve been to Ohio State four times and have a really good comfort level there. They offered me as a freshman and have been recruiting me hard ever since. On my last visit I was able to talk with James Laurinaitis, the new LB coach and he was actually recruiting me when he was at Notre Dame. He’s a legend at Ohio State and someone I think would be not just a great coach but a mentor. I like coach Day a lot too and respect the program he has built there.”
Frye had previously recruited Simmons when he was the offensive line coach at UCLA, and the two will now get to rekindle their relationship in Columbus.
“Me and Coach Frye had some sessions of going over me and my film and he was picking out every little detail as to what happened in that rep, and it was mind-blowing,” Simmons told Dotting the Eyes. “It was crazy, almost like we didn’t skip a beat. He was back to tweaking my game and giving great coaching points.”
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Gene Ross via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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2024 RB Jordan Lyle | Andrew Ivins, 247Sports
A busy weekend for the Buckeyes results in three new additions.
We were already expecting a busy weekend for the Ohio State football program, as the NFL Draft was yet another showcase of the Buckeyes’ ability to produce top-tier talent. Ohio State became the first program in the country to produce 90 first-round NFL Draft picks after seeing C.J. Stroud, Paris Johnson Jr. and Jaxon Smith-Njigba all selected in the top-20 of this year’s event.
As if the Buckeyes needed another feather in their cap when it comes to a recruiting pitch, prospects across the country are surely taking notice of what kind of future success they could be set up for in Columbus. Whether related or not, a largely positive weekend got even better when Ohio State learned of two new players who play on furthering their playing careers in scarlet and gray.
Four-star RB Jordan Lyle commits to Ohio State
In a bit of surprising news, four-star running back Jordan Lyle announced his commitment to Ohio State on Saturday. The St. Thomas Aquinas product currently ranks as the No. 27 RB in the country and the No. 320 player overall on the 247Sports Composite. With around 30 offers to his name, Lyle chose the Buckeyes over programs among the likes of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Penn State and others.
With the commitment of Lyle, Ohio State has wrapped up its running back recruiting for the cycle. Tony Alford needed to bring in two guys to a room that could lose both TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams to the NFL Draft at the end of this upcoming season, and has managed to bring in three talented backs as Lyle joins fellow OSU commits James Peoples and Sam Williams-Dixon.
The 6-foot, 180-pound RB makes it six commitments for the Buckeyes in the month of April, with eight guys total joining the class since the last week in March. Lyle’s commitment bumps Ohio State up to the No. 2 class in the country at 238.43 points, just behind Michigan at 240.65. The Buckeyes’ 93.07 player average remains higher than the Wolverines’ 91.67, with OSU at 13 total commits and TTUN at 15.
The Styles brothers reunite in Columbus
A more immediate addition to the roster, Ohio State also earned a transfer over the weekend from former Notre Dame receiver-turned-corner Lorenzo Styles. Styles, of course, is the brother of current Buckeye safety Sonny Styles. The former Pickerington, Ohio native was originally recruited by Ohio State to play corner, but chose to play wide receiver for the Irish. Things have now come full-circle.
Styles was the No. 5 prospect in the state of Ohio in the 2021 class, and parlayed that into 54 receptions for 648 yards and two touchdowns as a receiver at Notre Dame. Ironically enough, his career-long catch came against Ohio State in last year’s season opener on a 54-yard catch-and-run. He had already begun the transition to the defensive backfield this spring in South Bend after playing the position in high school.
Styles probably won’t make an immediate impact on the roster, as the Buckeyes do have some top-end talent in their cornerback room led by Denzel Burke and Davison Igbinosun with Jordan Hancock and Jyaire Brown waiting in the wings. However, as we saw last season, you can never have too much depth at defensive back, and with two years of eligibility and a potential redshirt year remaining, we could see both Styles’ roaming the backfield in the future.
Ohio State makes the cut for elite 2024 LB
Ohio State kept the good news going on Saturday as they made the cut for four-star linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa. A product of St. John Bosco in California, the same prep program that gave the Buckeyes Wyatt Davis and others, Viliamu-Asa is the No. 6 linebacker and No. 69 player overall in the 2024 class according to 247Sports. With both Jim Knowles and James Laurinaitis on his recruitment, the duo will have to outlast his other top schools Notre Dame and USC to land his commitment.
Viliamu-Asa had the following to say about Ohio State:
“I’ve been to Ohio State four times and have a really good comfort level there. They offered me as a freshman and have been recruiting me hard ever since. On my last visit I was able to talk with James Laurinaitis, the new LB coach and he was actually recruiting me when he was at Notre Dame. He’s a legend at Ohio State and someone I think would be not just a great coach but a mentor. I like coach Day a lot too and respect the program he has built there.”
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- Ohio State picked up a huge addition in the transfer portal on Sunday afternoon with the commitment of offensive tackle Josh Simmons. A four-star prospect in the 2021 class, the 6-foot-6 Simmons started 13 games at right tackle for San Diego State last season, and will likely slide into the same position for the Buckeyes as they were desperately looking for help at the spot.
Frye had previously recruited Simmons when he was the offensive line coach at UCLA, and the two will now get to rekindle their relationship in Columbus.
“Me and Coach Frye had some sessions of going over me and my film and he was picking out every little detail as to what happened in that rep, and it was mind-blowing,” Simmons told Dotting the Eyes. “It was crazy, almost like we didn’t skip a beat. He was back to tweaking my game and giving great coaching points.”
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2025 TX RB Deondrae Riden (Texas A&M Signee)
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LGHL Ohio State’s 90 first round NFL Draft picks by the numbers
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Ohio State’s 90 first round NFL Draft picks by the numbers
Brett Ludwiczak via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Seattle’s pick of Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Thursday’s first round put Ohio State 10 away from 100 first round picks all-time.
When Jaxon Smith-Njigba was taken with the 20th pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft on Thursday night, it marked the 90th first round pick from Ohio State all-time in the NFL Draft. The Buckeyes are the first college to reach 90 first round picks.
With so many first round picks over the years, I figured it would be a fun exercise to dive even deeper into the numbers when it comes to the Ohio State first round picks.
There have been six times where Ohio State players have been taken with back-to-back picks in the first round.
The first time this occurred was in 1959, when running back Don Clark was taken seventh overall by the Chicago Bears, followed by the San Francisco 49ers selecting center Dan James with the next pick. The 49ers were involved the next time this happened as well, drafting defensive back William Tim Anderson with the 23rd pick in 1971, one pick before Leo Hayden was taken by the Minnesota Vikings. Linebackers Rick Middleton and Randy Gradishar were picked with the 13th and 14th picks in 1974 by the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos, respectively.
The other three back-to-back first round picks from Ohio State have come within the last 20 years. In 2004, Chris Gamble was taken 28th overall by the Carolina Panthers, followed by the Atlanta Falcons taking Michael Jenkins off the board. The highest back-to-back picks came in 2020, when Chase Young was picked second overall by the Washington Commanders and Jeffrey Okudah selected by the Detroit Lions. Last year we saw two wide receivers come off the board together when the New York Jets made Garrett Wilson the 10th overall pick, one spot before the New Orleans Saints picked Chris Olave.
Seven former Buckeye first round picks have gone on to win the Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year Award.
The most recent of those winners came at the end of the 2022, when wide receiver Garrett Wilson was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year. Two other Ohio State alums have won the honor on the offensive side. Running back John Brockington was the first Buckeye to be named Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1971 after being taken with the ninth overall pick by the Green Bay Packers. Eddie George was the next to win the award in 1996 following his first, and only, season with the Houston Oilers before the franchise moved to Tennessee.
Four former Ohio State players have won the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award, with all of those winners coming in a five-year span. Marshon Lattimore was the first Buckeye to win the award, being named the 2017 recipient after being selected with the 11th pick by the New Orleans Saints. The next year Joey Bosa won following a tremendous first season with the Chargers. Nick Bosa would follow in his brother’s footsteps in 2019, and in 2020 Chase Young would become the third Ohio State defensive end to earn the honor.
Of the 90 Ohio State players taken in the first round of the NFL Draft, just three have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Offensive guard Jim Parker was taken with the eighth overall pick in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts, and 16 years later Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1964 Cleveland Browns first rounder Paul Warfield would be enshrined in Canton in 1983. Orlando Pace was the first pick of the 1997 draft, 19 years before The Pancake Man would officially be a hall of famer.
After the Houston Texans picked C.J. Stroud with the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, 28 NFL teams have now used a first round pick on a former Buckeye. The only teams that haven’t picked an Ohio State alum in the first round are the Baltimore Ravens, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Of those four teams that haven’t picked a Buckeye in the first round of the NFL Draft, only the Baltimore Ravens have picked a player from Ohio State in the second round. The Ravens brought running back J.K. Dobbins to Baltimore when they selected him with the 55th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. It’ll be interesting to see if any of these four teams finally pick a Buckeye in the near future.
The position that the most first round picks have come from is defensive back, which has seen 18 Ohio State players become first rounders.
The last of those Buckeye defensive backs to become a first round pick was Denzel Ward, who was taken fourth overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2018. The selection of Ward capped off a five-draft span that saw six former Ohio State defensive backs tabbed in the first round.
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The gap to second place when it comes to the positions of first round picks from Ohio State closed a little bit when Paris Johnson Jr. was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the sixth pick this year, making him the 14th offensive tackle to wear scarlet and gray to go in the first round. Linebackers and running backs are the other positions to reach double-digits in first round draft picks, with each seeing 11 Buckeyes drafted in the first round over the years.
When the Texans selected C.J. Stroud with the second overall pick, it marked the 12th time an Ohio State player has been selected with one of the first three picks in the NFL Draft. In three of the last five drafts, the second overall pick has been a Buckeye, as Nick Bosa went second overall in 2019, followed by Chase Young in 2020.
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The first top-three pick from Ohio State came all the way back in 1956, when Howard “Hopalong” Cassady was selected with the third overall pick. The next Buckeye to be selected with a top-three pick was John Hicks in 1974 when the New York Giants took the offensive lineman with the third pick. The first time Ohio State had a No. 1 overall pick was later in the decade when the Buffalo Bills took Tom Cousineau at the top of the 1979 draft.
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Brett Ludwiczak via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Seattle’s pick of Jaxon Smith-Njigba in Thursday’s first round put Ohio State 10 away from 100 first round picks all-time.
When Jaxon Smith-Njigba was taken with the 20th pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft on Thursday night, it marked the 90th first round pick from Ohio State all-time in the NFL Draft. The Buckeyes are the first college to reach 90 first round picks.
With so many first round picks over the years, I figured it would be a fun exercise to dive even deeper into the numbers when it comes to the Ohio State first round picks.
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There have been six times where Ohio State players have been taken with back-to-back picks in the first round.
The first time this occurred was in 1959, when running back Don Clark was taken seventh overall by the Chicago Bears, followed by the San Francisco 49ers selecting center Dan James with the next pick. The 49ers were involved the next time this happened as well, drafting defensive back William Tim Anderson with the 23rd pick in 1971, one pick before Leo Hayden was taken by the Minnesota Vikings. Linebackers Rick Middleton and Randy Gradishar were picked with the 13th and 14th picks in 1974 by the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos, respectively.
The other three back-to-back first round picks from Ohio State have come within the last 20 years. In 2004, Chris Gamble was taken 28th overall by the Carolina Panthers, followed by the Atlanta Falcons taking Michael Jenkins off the board. The highest back-to-back picks came in 2020, when Chase Young was picked second overall by the Washington Commanders and Jeffrey Okudah selected by the Detroit Lions. Last year we saw two wide receivers come off the board together when the New York Jets made Garrett Wilson the 10th overall pick, one spot before the New Orleans Saints picked Chris Olave.
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Seven former Buckeye first round picks have gone on to win the Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year Award.
The most recent of those winners came at the end of the 2022, when wide receiver Garrett Wilson was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year. Two other Ohio State alums have won the honor on the offensive side. Running back John Brockington was the first Buckeye to be named Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1971 after being taken with the ninth overall pick by the Green Bay Packers. Eddie George was the next to win the award in 1996 following his first, and only, season with the Houston Oilers before the franchise moved to Tennessee.
Four former Ohio State players have won the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award, with all of those winners coming in a five-year span. Marshon Lattimore was the first Buckeye to win the award, being named the 2017 recipient after being selected with the 11th pick by the New Orleans Saints. The next year Joey Bosa won following a tremendous first season with the Chargers. Nick Bosa would follow in his brother’s footsteps in 2019, and in 2020 Chase Young would become the third Ohio State defensive end to earn the honor.
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Of the 90 Ohio State players taken in the first round of the NFL Draft, just three have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Offensive guard Jim Parker was taken with the eighth overall pick in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts, and 16 years later Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 1964 Cleveland Browns first rounder Paul Warfield would be enshrined in Canton in 1983. Orlando Pace was the first pick of the 1997 draft, 19 years before The Pancake Man would officially be a hall of famer.
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After the Houston Texans picked C.J. Stroud with the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, 28 NFL teams have now used a first round pick on a former Buckeye. The only teams that haven’t picked an Ohio State alum in the first round are the Baltimore Ravens, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Of those four teams that haven’t picked a Buckeye in the first round of the NFL Draft, only the Baltimore Ravens have picked a player from Ohio State in the second round. The Ravens brought running back J.K. Dobbins to Baltimore when they selected him with the 55th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. It’ll be interesting to see if any of these four teams finally pick a Buckeye in the near future.
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The position that the most first round picks have come from is defensive back, which has seen 18 Ohio State players become first rounders.
The last of those Buckeye defensive backs to become a first round pick was Denzel Ward, who was taken fourth overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2018. The selection of Ward capped off a five-draft span that saw six former Ohio State defensive backs tabbed in the first round.
The gap to second place when it comes to the positions of first round picks from Ohio State closed a little bit when Paris Johnson Jr. was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the sixth pick this year, making him the 14th offensive tackle to wear scarlet and gray to go in the first round. Linebackers and running backs are the other positions to reach double-digits in first round draft picks, with each seeing 11 Buckeyes drafted in the first round over the years.
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When the Texans selected C.J. Stroud with the second overall pick, it marked the 12th time an Ohio State player has been selected with one of the first three picks in the NFL Draft. In three of the last five drafts, the second overall pick has been a Buckeye, as Nick Bosa went second overall in 2019, followed by Chase Young in 2020.
The first top-three pick from Ohio State came all the way back in 1956, when Howard “Hopalong” Cassady was selected with the third overall pick. The next Buckeye to be selected with a top-three pick was John Hicks in 1974 when the New York Giants took the offensive lineman with the third pick. The first time Ohio State had a No. 1 overall pick was later in the decade when the Buffalo Bills took Tom Cousineau at the top of the 1979 draft.
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