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LGHL Ohio State five-star OT target sets commitment date
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Ohio State five-star OT target sets commitment date
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 five-star OT Felix Ojo | via felixtheol on Instagram
The Buckeyes are also trending for a four-star quarterback... and may have a slight problem along the defensive line.
Ohio State is in the thick of the summer college football recruiting schedule. After hosting numerous recruits on campus in June, the Buckeyes are now watching the recruiting dominoes fall and hoping it is in their favor.
Ryan Day’s 2026 recruiting class currently sits at No. 5 in the 247Sports Class Rankings after adding a trio of new commitments in the last week, and the team is hoping to add to its class this week.
The week of the Fourth of July is typically one of the busier college football recruiting commitment weeks of the year, and this year is no different. Ohio State is hoping for some additional fireworks of its own as the team learned Monday that five-star offensive tackle target Felix Ojo (Mansfield, TX / Lake Ridge) will announce his commitment on July 4.
The blue-chip prospect is the No. 2 OT in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He is the No. 7 national prospect and the No. 1 recruit out of the talent-rich state of Texas.
Ojo has a final group of four schools including Ohio State, Florida, Texas and Michigan. He took official visits with all four of his finalists starting with Florida followed by Ohio State. He then visited with Michigan and Texas. Ojo also took official visits with Utah, Colorado, Texas Tech and Ole Miss, but they are no longer contenders in his recruitment. Of his finalists, he has said that Texas and Ohio State are at the top of his list.
Ohio State already has a solid haul alongside the offensive line with commitments from two four-star OT’s in Maxwell Riley and Sam Greer as well as from three-star OT Aaron Thomas and three-star IOL Tucker Smith. However, the team would like to add to this haul and Ojo would be a perfect last piece of the puzzle for the Buckeyes.
Make sure to follow Land-Grant Holy Land and we will keep you updated on Ojo’s recruitment and all things Ohio State recruiting related.
Ohio State’s 2026 recruiting class has one major difference from years past which is quarterback is not really a priority in the class. This is due to redshirt freshman QB Julian Sayin and true freshman Tavien St. Clair already being on the roster. However, that doesn’t mean the Buckeyes are completely ignoring the position either.
One of the top QB targets for the Buckeyes in this year’s class is four-star Luke Fahey (Mission Viejo, CA / Mission Viejo) who is also scheduled to commit later this week on July 3.
Fahey is another one of the recruits to officially visit with the Buckeyes in June and it appears the visit went as well as possible as Ohio State is now the projected favorites to earn his commitment. 247Sports Ohio State Insider Bill Kurelic recently cast a Crystal Ball Prediction in favor of the Buckeyes to land Fahey. He joined 247Sports Mountain Region Recruiting Analyst Blair Angulo who submitted a similar prediction just days before Kurelic.
While there are no certainties in college football recruiting, when there is smoke there is usually fire, and Ohio State has to love where it sits in Fahey’s recruitment.
It is becoming glaringly apparent that the Buckeyes are struggling recruiting along the defensive line, mainly at defensive edge. Currently, Ohio State holds commitments from four-star edge Khary Wilder, four-star DL Damari Simeon and three-star Cameron Brickle. The Buckeyes are also trending to flip three-star Florida DL commit Jamir Perez.
While there are certainly some big additions to the roster among that group, the haul is certainly not to Ohio State’s standards, especially with only one commitment at the edge position. Not to mention, the Buckeyes have recently seen multiple priority edge targets commit elsewhere.
On Sunday, the Buckeyes watched high four-star edge tagret Carter Meadows commit to Michigan over them, and then on Monday the team watched four-star edge target Landon Barnes commit to Ole Miss and four-star DL Pierre Dean commit to Georgia.
Ohio State’s top remaining target at edge is four-star KJ Ford, who officially visited with Ohio State on June 20. However, the Buckeyes will need to go all-in on Ford, who is currently being favored to Texas A&M.
It will be interesting to see what kind of moves Ohio State makes to close out the 2026 recruiting cycle, and don’t expect them to stop recruiting those recruits who committed elsewhere.
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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 five-star OT Felix Ojo | via felixtheol on Instagram
The Buckeyes are also trending for a four-star quarterback... and may have a slight problem along the defensive line.
Ohio State is in the thick of the summer college football recruiting schedule. After hosting numerous recruits on campus in June, the Buckeyes are now watching the recruiting dominoes fall and hoping it is in their favor.
Ryan Day’s 2026 recruiting class currently sits at No. 5 in the 247Sports Class Rankings after adding a trio of new commitments in the last week, and the team is hoping to add to its class this week.
The week of the Fourth of July is typically one of the busier college football recruiting commitment weeks of the year, and this year is no different. Ohio State is hoping for some additional fireworks of its own as the team learned Monday that five-star offensive tackle target Felix Ojo (Mansfield, TX / Lake Ridge) will announce his commitment on July 4.
The blue-chip prospect is the No. 2 OT in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He is the No. 7 national prospect and the No. 1 recruit out of the talent-rich state of Texas.
Ojo has a final group of four schools including Ohio State, Florida, Texas and Michigan. He took official visits with all four of his finalists starting with Florida followed by Ohio State. He then visited with Michigan and Texas. Ojo also took official visits with Utah, Colorado, Texas Tech and Ole Miss, but they are no longer contenders in his recruitment. Of his finalists, he has said that Texas and Ohio State are at the top of his list.
Ohio State already has a solid haul alongside the offensive line with commitments from two four-star OT’s in Maxwell Riley and Sam Greer as well as from three-star OT Aaron Thomas and three-star IOL Tucker Smith. However, the team would like to add to this haul and Ojo would be a perfect last piece of the puzzle for the Buckeyes.
Make sure to follow Land-Grant Holy Land and we will keep you updated on Ojo’s recruitment and all things Ohio State recruiting related.
Ohio State trending for 2026 four-star QB
Ohio State’s 2026 recruiting class has one major difference from years past which is quarterback is not really a priority in the class. This is due to redshirt freshman QB Julian Sayin and true freshman Tavien St. Clair already being on the roster. However, that doesn’t mean the Buckeyes are completely ignoring the position either.
One of the top QB targets for the Buckeyes in this year’s class is four-star Luke Fahey (Mission Viejo, CA / Mission Viejo) who is also scheduled to commit later this week on July 3.
Fahey is another one of the recruits to officially visit with the Buckeyes in June and it appears the visit went as well as possible as Ohio State is now the projected favorites to earn his commitment. 247Sports Ohio State Insider Bill Kurelic recently cast a Crystal Ball Prediction in favor of the Buckeyes to land Fahey. He joined 247Sports Mountain Region Recruiting Analyst Blair Angulo who submitted a similar prediction just days before Kurelic.
While there are no certainties in college football recruiting, when there is smoke there is usually fire, and Ohio State has to love where it sits in Fahey’s recruitment.
Ohio State watches multiple DL targets commit elsewhere
It is becoming glaringly apparent that the Buckeyes are struggling recruiting along the defensive line, mainly at defensive edge. Currently, Ohio State holds commitments from four-star edge Khary Wilder, four-star DL Damari Simeon and three-star Cameron Brickle. The Buckeyes are also trending to flip three-star Florida DL commit Jamir Perez.
While there are certainly some big additions to the roster among that group, the haul is certainly not to Ohio State’s standards, especially with only one commitment at the edge position. Not to mention, the Buckeyes have recently seen multiple priority edge targets commit elsewhere.
On Sunday, the Buckeyes watched high four-star edge tagret Carter Meadows commit to Michigan over them, and then on Monday the team watched four-star edge target Landon Barnes commit to Ole Miss and four-star DL Pierre Dean commit to Georgia.
Ohio State’s top remaining target at edge is four-star KJ Ford, who officially visited with Ohio State on June 20. However, the Buckeyes will need to go all-in on Ford, who is currently being favored to Texas A&M.
It will be interesting to see what kind of moves Ohio State makes to close out the 2026 recruiting cycle, and don’t expect them to stop recruiting those recruits who committed elsewhere.
Quick Hits
- Ohio State five-star running back target Derrek Cooper originally had plans to announce his commitment on July 12, but announced Monday that he will be delaying his decision. Cooper took official visits with Auburn, Miami, Alabama, Georgia, Florida State and Ohio State. There have been rumblings he is pushing back his commitment date to take an official visit with Texas.
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Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)
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Blue Jackets got who they wanted at the NHL draft | Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus left with some of the top prospects on their list after making six selections in the 2025 event
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Blue Jackets got who they wanted at the NHL draft
Columbus left with some of the top prospects on their list after making six selections in the 2025 eventThe Blue Jackets concluded the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday afternoon with six new players, including a trio of choices in the first 76 picks in the opening three rounds.
But to the team’s decision makers, they left with three of the top 14 players in the draft.
Speaking after the conclusion of the event Saturday afternoon, general manager Don Waddell said that the team’s first three choices in the draft – first-rounders Jackson Smith and Pyotr Andreyanov as well as the defenseman the team traded up to draft at No. 76 overall, Malte Vass – were all ranked in the upper echelons of the team’s predraft list.
“Honestly, we drafted right identically to how our list was laid out,” Waddell said. “The first three guys that we took were all in our top 14 in our list.”
In other words, the Blue Jackets general manager and his amateur scouting leaders – director Ville Siren and assistant director Trevor Timmins – were smiling from ear to ear by the time the seven rounds concluded Saturday afternoon.
“We feel great now,” Siren said before a booming chuckle. “Like every other team.”
ll things considered, though, the Blue Jackets were quite pleased with the six prospects they acquired the annual selection spectacle, a haul that included the pair of first-round choices and single picks in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. Three are defensemen who measure at least 6-foot-2, two are undersized but talented and gritty forwards, and Andreyanov is the best goaltending prospect the team has seen in the draft in years, goalie coach Niklas Backstrom contended.
While the Blue Jackets were quite happy to leave the draft’s opening night with Smith and Andreyanov, Vass may go down as the icing on the cake. As noted, Columbus had the blueliner high on their list but likely thought their time to grab him had gone by considering they entered the draft without a second-round pick and included their third-round selection in Friday’s trade with Colorado that netted veteran forwards Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood.
But as the second round turned into the third, Vass was still on the board, and the Blue Jackets pulled the trigger to send a pair of fourth-round picks to Detroit to select the big Swedish defenseman.
Had the team ever seen such a highly rated prospect on their list fall so far?
“I can say it’s probably never happened in my history,” Waddell said.
Added Siren: “Not that I can remember.”
Bound for Boston University this upcoming season, the 6-2, 184-pound Vass spent this past season with the U-20 team at Färjestad BK, compiling a 2-9-11 line in 40 games, and has also skated with the Swedish national team at the U-18 World Championship and the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
Noted for his defensive instincts and physical play, Vass profiles as the type of contact-seeking, space-eating defenseman who can excel in postseason play.
“We have seen him throughout the year in different tournaments, and I have liked the way he has defended,” Siren said. “He knows his identity and he plays with it every game. He doesn’t try to be something else that he’s not.”
From there, the Blue Jackets didn’t pick again until round five but added a trio of intriguing prospects in center Owen Griffin (fifth round, Oshawa, OHL), defenseman Victor Hedin Raftheim (sixth round, Byrnas, Sweden) and center Jeremy Loranger (seventh round, Sherwood Park, BCHL).
Here’s what Timmins had to say about each of those prospects:
- On Griffin, who shot up draft boards thanks to a 16-goal, 29-point postseason with the Generals: “He’s a little bit of a late developer. Last year, he was inserted into the lineup in Oshawa and he probably wasn’t ready for it physically. He struggled a little bit, but this year he grew into the OHL. They put him into a top-six role and he thrived with better players like (first-round picks) Beckett Sennecke and Calum Ritchie. He did a great job. He got right in there and he was a driver of their offense. He’s a bit undersized, but he plays hard, he’s not afraid to go into the hard areas and retrieve pucks, to take hits to make plays or get netfront.”
- On Hedin Raftheim, a big, athletic, 17-year-old defensemen who had a 1-3-4 line in 34 games at the U-20 level: “He’s another late developer. He really came along this season. I know his dad personally. He’s a strength coach in Sweden, so he’s under the proper guidance there. (Swedish scout) Oscar Akerlund really pushed for him.”
- On Loranger, who led the BCHL in scoring and was the league MVP this past year with 40 goals and 105 points in 54 games: “He’s a skilled forward that has the grit package. He goes into the hard areas. He’s a little bit like Griffin. There’s upside there. He has time to develop. He’s got what undersized players need to survive at the pro level.”
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SF Jae'Sean Tate (2018 2nd team All B1G, Houston Rockets)
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Jae'Sean Tate Signs One-Year, $3 Million Deal to Return to the Houston Rockets
Jae’Sean Tate signs a one-year, $3 million deal to remain with the Houston Rockets, where he has spent his first five NBA seasons.
Jae'Sean Tate Signs One-Year, $3 Million Deal to Return to the Houston Rockets
Jae’Sean Tate has continued to make a name for himself in Houston.
And that will remain the case, as the 29-year-old has signed a one-year, $3 million deal to remain with the Rockets, the only team he has played for since coming to the NBA in 2020.
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Tate fought through an injury-riddled 2024-25 campaign, averaging a career-low 11.3 minutes per game while dealing with a right ankle impingement, which caused him to only play in 52 games (two starts), including missing all of Houston's first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors. After starting in 135 games during his first two NBA seasons from 2020-22, Tate has played in just 148 games over the last three seasons since then.
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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)
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Hell is for little tin Gods....
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