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LGHL 4-star DB Lejond Cavazos commits to Ohio State

4-star DB Lejond Cavazos commits to Ohio State
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BOOOOOOM!! The Buckeyes land their second pledge for the class of 2020.

Still locking in 2019 pledges, Ohio State isn’t taking any time away from tracking down talented class of 2020 prospects.

Previously sitting at a single commitment, Ohio State’s junior class is now at two thanks for the Wednesday pledge of four-star safety Lejond Cavazos.

While most around the recruiting scene thought he would end up in the Scarlet and Gray when it was all said done, Urban Meyer and crew had to fight off a long list of solid college football programs to make it happen.

A Texas native who attends IMG Academy in Florida, the 6-foot, 186-pound Cavazos held over 20 scholarship offers from the likes of Georgia, Alabama and Oregon before deciding to call Columbus his future stomping grounds.

Mostly coming off the bench for the talent rich IMG Academy Ascenders last season, Cavazos might’ve only finished his sophomore campaign with less than 10 total tackles, and one interception, but should see his time on the field expand as a junior with the graduation of prospects such as now Oklahoma true freshman Brendan Radley-Hiles, and others.

Currently considered the 10th safety and 201st overall prospect in the entire class of 2020, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, Cavazos, who also ran track on the high school level, will reportedly first get his shot to crack the Buckeyes depth chart at cornerback when he arrives in the 614.

Still nearly two years away from signing on the dotted line, Cavazos, and four-star offensive lineman Jake Wray, the younger brother of current OSU true freshman lineman Max Wray, have the Buckeyes currently pegged as the 11th 2020 class in the country.

Want to know more about the newest Buckeye pledge? The Land-Grant Holy Land recruiting team will have much more on Lejond Cavazos and what his commitment means for Ohio State coming soon.

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Google Lejond Cavazos commits to Ohio State: Buckeyes land elite 2020 safety - Landof10.com

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Lejond Cavazos commits to Ohio State: Buckeyes land elite 2020 safety
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Ohio State added a talented prospect to its 2020 recruiting class Wednesday as safety Lejond Cavazos announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Cavazos is a 4-star recruit and ranked as the No. 197 player and No. 10 safety in the class, according to the ...


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Google BH: Group on the mend | Backyard biases - 247Sports

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BH: Group on the mend | Backyard biases
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Each hour of the show contains one segment dedicated to OSU talk, which is called the Buckeye Fix. The final Fix of Sunday's show featured conversations about Borland, the rest of the Buckeyes' linebackers, the offensive line and more. You can listen ...


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Buckeye business
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Buckeyes are native to North America, from the genus Aesculus, and scattered across the U.S. are many different species of buckeye that make great garden companions. Similar to horse chestnuts, which are members of the same genus except native to ...


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Google What Does Ohio State Look for in a Safety? - The Ozone

What Does Ohio State Look for in a Safety? - The Ozone
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What Does Ohio State Look for in a Safety?
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If the Buckeyes can stack their roster with safeties like him, they would be ecstatic on a weekly basis. And while that is essentially impossible both scientifically and mathematically, that doesn't stop the OSU coaches from looking for those ...


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Google 5-star talks OSU: 'It feels like it could potentially be home' - 247Sports

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5-star talks OSU: 'It feels like it could potentially be home'
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Each hour of the show contains one segment dedicated to OSU talk, which is called the Buckeye Fix. The final Fix of Sunday's show featured conversations about Borland, the rest of the Buckeyes' linebackers, the offensive line and more. You can listen ...
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Google Help the Buckeyes in College Football Risk - 247Sports

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Help the Buckeyes in College Football Risk
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The offseason for college football is no fun for fans. Yes, there's spring practice and the spring game, but following bowl season, those of us who love the sport have to wait nearly nine months for real college football to return. But Reddit user u ...

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Comets and Asteroids and Meteors, Oh My!

'Monster' asteroid 4 times than the UK is so close to Earth you can see it - and here's how

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An enormous asteroid has come so close to Earth that it is visible to the naked eye.

The space rock, known as 4 Vesta is four times the size of the UK and so bright that it can be spotted from 106 million miles away.

It is visible in both hemispheres, where it can be seen in the night sky near Mars, Saturn and the Sagittarius constellation.

The asteroid measures more than 326 miles in diameter, 50 times wider than the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, will be visible in the night sky until July 16.

Vesta was first discovered in 1807 and was named after the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, who is sister to Ceres – the name of the largest asteroid in the belt, which measures 587 miles in diameter.

Ceres was recently reclassified as a dwarf planet.

The rock resides in the asteroid belt and is one of the largest known to man.

From Earth, the immense stone appears as a dim yellow dot.

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Google Watch: Ross Smith and Granny return to Ohio State - 247Sports

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Watch: Ross Smith and Granny return to Ohio State
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It was just a prank and Ross and Granny had a good time visiting with the Buckeyes. If you're confused about who Ross Smith and Granny are, you probably spend a healthy amount of time off your computer or phone and away from the internet. But to update ...

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Google QB Brian Maurer commits to Tennessee - 247Sports

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QB Brian Maurer commits to Tennessee
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Late last week Ocala (Fla.) West Port quarterback Brian Maurer headed to Ohio State with landing a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes in mind. He worked out at Friday Night Lights, but was not told immediately afterwards if he had earned the offer ...
Tennessee picks up commitment from fast-rising 2019 quarterback Brian MaurerRocky Top Talk
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LGHL Ohio State’s 2019 class is smaller and lower rated than its previous two recruiting classes

Ohio State’s 2019 class is smaller and lower rated than its previous two recruiting classes
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...but that’s a historically-elite standard to live up to.

The Ohio State Buckeyes finished the 2017 and 2018 recruiting classes ranked No. 2 in the country. Last year’s team was also the second-most talented team in the country top to bottom, by both total talent and average player ranking.

Those past two classes were historically great. In fact, they rank 6th and 9th for all-time recruiting classes.

So how does Ohio State’s current 2019 class compare to that ridiculous standard?

The Buckeyes have accepted commitments from four players with a 247 Composite rating lower than .9 — Noah Potter, Steele Chambers, Craig Young, and Bryson Shaw. Is that more than usual for this point in the recruiting cycle?

The numbers


I looked at the last two recruiting classes at this point in their cycles compared to the 2019 class. However, this year’s Friday Night Lights was about a month earlier than in previous years, and since the Buckeyes can usually count on a few commits following that event, I also included those FNL-related commitments from 2017 and 2018 (Jeremy Ruckert and Marcus Hooker committed in the week following FNL last year, and Chase Young and Amir Riep committed in the week following the 2016 FNL).

Here’s the same recruiting data in box-and-whisker plot form (the whiskers are the highest- and lowest-rated recruits, the box shows the upper and lower quartiles, and the line in the box shows the median rating):

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Some notes:

  • The 2019 class has roughly five fewer commits than at the same point in the previous two recruiting classes.
  • The 2019 class also has the lowest mean rating — .9255 compared to .9527 and .9382. However, the 2019 class currently has the same blue chip percentage as the 2017 class (83%).
  • The 2018 and 2017 classes would eventually have 4 and 5 decommits, respectively, that were committed at this point in the year. Last year’s decommits were especially highly rated, including Emory Jones, Jaiden Woodbey and Brenton Cox. The 2019 class hasn’t seen any decommits yet, but it’s interesting to think that some percentage of the current class may not stick.
  • 2019’s median rating (.92) is roughly the same as 2018’s bottom quartile (.9212), while 2019’s upper quartile (.96) is a little lower than 2018’s median (.9624).
  • 2019’s interquartile range (the middle 50% of player ratings) .0645, between the much smaller 2018 class IQR (.0598) and 2017’s large one (.0777). So, the 2018 class was both higher rated on average and had less variability than 2019’s, while the 2017 class had more variability than either class, but was also higher-rated on average (both mean and median) than the 2019 class too.
  • If you take out the 2018 and 2017 FNL commits, the mean averages change to: 2019 (same, .925), 2018 (.957), and 2017 (.936) — so not much different, but with two more commits in each class.

All in all, not only is the 2019 class smaller at this point than in the previous two classes, but it is also ranked a little lower on average — whether you look at the mean, median, or the interquartile range of commit ratings.

But Ohio State’s class is still ranked No. 10 overall and has the third-highest average rating in the country (behind Alabama and Georgia). Also, the Buckeyes could get more commits in the next month (if you didn’t care about Friday Night Lights). In fact, IMG Academy safety Lejond Cavazos (.9199) is set to announce on the June 27, with 100 percent of the crystal ball votes for Ohio State.

Also, we’re comparing player ratings from before the 2019 class plays their senior seasons. Ratings will change. So it’s entirely possible that some of the lower-rated 2019 commits get ratings bumps by the time the 2019 class 247 Composite scores are finalized.

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Google Recruiting Snapshot: WR Elijah Higgins - 247Sports

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Recruiting Snapshot: WR Elijah Higgins
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Austin (Texas) Bowie four-star wide receiver Elijah Higgins is fresh off his first official visit to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Coming out of that visit, the latest recruiting intel suggests the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Higgins has Ohio State as well as ...


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Google Phil Steele previews Ohio State; how good are the Buckeyes' receivers? Podcast - cleveland.com

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Phil Steele previews Ohio State; how good are the Buckeyes' receivers? Podcast
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Ohio State projected as College Football Playoff team
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Comparing Ohio State's 2018 Linebacker Roster To Urban Meyer's Previous Buckeyes Teams
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Ohio State's linebackers are coming off one of the Buckeyes' worst seasons at the position – Bill Davis' first season coaching the position for the Buckeyes – in a long time, as the group was regularly panned for its inconsistent play last season ...
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Google 'Very excited' Hubbard discusses Ohio State offer - 247Sports

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'Very excited' Hubbard discusses Ohio State offer
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Google Skull Session: The Best Use of Mike Weber, Curtis Samuel Invests in His Hands, and the...

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Skull Session: The Best Use of Mike Weber, Curtis Samuel Invests in His Hands, and the Voice of the Buckeyes
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The Buckeyes showed only the briefest glimpse of what that two-tailback personnel grouping might look like in the Cotton Bowl, with the play ironically going to H-back Parris Campbell — but gaining 21 yards thanks to the focus on Weber and Dobbins.


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The adaptation of Ohio State's Dillon Dingler
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An All-Ohio catcher at Jackson, Dingler thrives in move to center, likely will be back behind plate next year for Buckeyes. Dillon Dingler grew up playing the infield and evolved into an All-Ohio catcher at Jackson High School. He doesn't even own an ...


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LGHL Top Ohio State targets headed to Nike’s “The Opening”

Top Ohio State targets headed to Nike’s “The Opening”
Patrick Mayhorn
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Some Buckeye targets will have time to get familiar at the massive camp next week

Somehow, we’re four days away from Nike’s annual recruiting super event, “The Opening”. The massive gathering of talent, happening in Texas rather than Oregon this year, kicks off on June 30, and will last through July 3. As per usual, quite a few Buckeye targets and commits will be in attendance, and it’ll be an important event, both for the recruits to showcase talent and for them to develop relationships with their future teammates.

When setting teams for 7-on-7, Nike likes to put targets and commits for a certain team (or teams) in one group, to drum up hype and fanfare for the televised finals. There’s usually teams centered around Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, and some of the rest of the nation’s best.

This year is a little different, because Ohio State has just three commits at the opening (Garrett Wilson, Harry Miller and Doug Nester), but a ton of targets at the camp. That means that instead of the usual one team with the most Buckeye interest, there are three that you should keep an eye on this year.

Team Dynamite


This is #TheOpening.

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— The Opening (@TheOpening) June 26, 2018

Team Dynamite kicks it off with three huge Buckeye targets. Jameson Williams and Marcus Washington, the pair of St. Louis receivers that have been on commitment watch to Ohio State for months now, occupy the offensive side of the ball. Defensively, Zach Harrison is the man to watch, as one of the nation’s top overall prospects, and a key defensive end for Ohio State to land from their own backyard, as he attends Olentangy Orange.

All three members of Team Dynamite with Buckeye interest are pretty heavy Ohio State leans right now, and they stand as three of the top targets for Urban Meyer and company. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if all three of them join the class sooner rather than later.

Team Hype


This is #TheOpening.

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— The Opening (@TheOpening) June 27, 2018

This is the Buckeyes commitment team. With Garrett Wilson, Doug Nester and Harry Miller all on one team, it’ll be easy to keep up with the recruits that have already announced their pledge to Ohio State. Unfortunately, there aren’t a ton of player son this team outside of them with Buckeye interest, so there’s not a ton of recruiting that can be done by the commitment contingent.

However, I imagine the trio of Buckeyes will still find plenty of time to recruit Ohio State’s key targets, even if they’re on different teams.

Team Elite


The third and final team, like the two before it, hold three key Buckeye recruits. Wide receiver Elijah Higgins, offensive tackle Darnell Wright and safety Dax Hill. If one of these teams should garner less interest from Buckeye fans than the others, it’s probably this one. Higgins is trending towards Ohio State right now (if I had a crystal ball, my pick would be in for him choosing Ohio State), but Wright and Hill seem like long shots right now.

The Buckeyes are trying to make inroads with Wright, but I’m not confident in their chances with that right now. Hill will likely stay in Oklahoma, and head to Oklahoma State.

Arizona duo to Columbus?


It’s rare to see Ohio State make inroads in Arizona. It’s not a very talent heavy recruiting area, and generally, the good players from the state either stay on the West Coast or head east to Texas. That won’t be the case in 2020, as Ohio State may pull an entire backfield out of the Copper State.

Buckeye fans are already very familiar with quarterback Jack Miller. The four-star Chaparral (Scottsdale, AZ) product is Ohio State’s top quarterback target in the 2020 class, and he’s been on commitment watch for months now. A decision from him is expected soon, and I would be shocked if Ohio State isn’t his pick.

However, Miller isn’t the only Chaparral star the Buckeyes like. Miller’s running back, Darvon Hubbard, is also a top 2020 recruit. Ranked No. 233 nationally, the 6-foot, 200-pound halfback has caught the attention of Ohio State. He was on campus this weekend (as was Miller) for Friday Night Lights, and yesterday, he got what he wanted: an offer from Ohio State.


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— 4 (@Iam_dxii) June 26, 2018

I wouldn’t be surprised if this one moves very quickly. Hubbard really likes Ohio State, and that interest is mutual. He may be the second (or third, depending on Miller) member of the 2020 class very soon.

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Where does Phil Steele have the Buckeyes in 2018 playoff race?
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Regarding Ohio State, Steele says: “The Buckeyes were deep in the argument to make the playoffs, but a blowout home loss to Oklahoma and a 55-24 loss to Iowa (really?) made an overwhelming argument to keep them out. That may have been a blessing in ...

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Google 5-star offensive tackle Devontae Dobbs commits to Michigan State over Ohio State, others:...

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5-star offensive tackle Devontae Dobbs commits to Michigan State over Ohio State, others: Resetting Big Ten recruiting
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Dobbs chose the Spartans over Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia among others. The Buckeyes made Dobbs' top eight schools late in May. His announcement came after the Buckeyes added Mathis on Sunday night. Mathis is the No. 9 pro-style quarterback ...
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Google Higgins after Ohio State official visit: 'It might be my last' - 247Sports

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Higgins after Ohio State official visit: 'It might be my last'
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Google Ohio State freshmen get their jersey numbers - 247Sports

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Ohio State freshmen get their jersey numbers
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The No. 1, which will now be worn by Muhammad, was most recently worn by forward Jae'Sean Tate, who graduated from Ohio State this past year. Tate spent four years with the Buckeyes, making two NCAA Tournament appearances and being named to the ...


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Google High school coach's tweets roil up OSU hoops recruiting universe - 247Sports

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High school coach's tweets roil up OSU hoops recruiting universe
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Twitter followers immediately began to wonder if that message meant that Meechie had committed to the Buckeyes. But Coach Johnson replied that he is counseling his nephew to wait before making a commitment. (As an aside, Meechie Johnson looks sleek ...
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