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Young Bucks: Names to know before Ohio State hits national stage at Oklahoma
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Urban Meyer said Houston coach Tom Herman has prepped Ohio State on Oklahoma’s personnel
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The former Ohio State coordinator may have given Meyer an inside look at OU’s team.

Coming into the season with the daunting task of replacing 16 starters, eight on each side of the ball, Buckeye fans would have been hard-pressed to find fault in 77-10 and 48-3 wins over Bowling Green and Tulsa in the season’s opening weeks.

However, Urban Meyer is not any ordinary Buckeye fan; for the Ohio State head coach, the first two games of 2016 showed much of his young team’s promise, but also illuminated a number of the things that they must improve upon before their first major test this Saturday in Norman, OK.

With the Sooners looking to save their season after a Week One loss to Tom Herman’s Houston Cougars, Meyer knows that his team must play its best to remain undefeated and in contention for a playoff berth.

As Meyer took to the podium for his weekly Monday press conference, he noted that while Saturday’s game against Tulsa was far from perfect, there was much to be learned and celebrated from the win.

Champions of the Tulsa game

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• Defensive Player of the Game: Marshon Lattimore
• Offensive Player of the Game: Curtis Samuel
• Defensive line: Mike Hill, Jalin Holmes, Sam Hubbard, Robert Landers, Taquin Lewis
• Linebackers: Raekwon McMillan, Chris Worley
• Defensive Backs: Gareon Conley, Denzel Ward, Malik Hooker, Damon Webb
• Wide Receivers: Noah Brown, Paris Campbell
• Offensive Line: Marcus Baugh, Pat Elflien, Billy Price
• Honorable Mention: Mike Webber, Dontre Wilson

Thoughts on last week

• Tulsa’s blitzing and late movement caused disruption for the Buckeye offense early in the game.
• Meyer said that quarterback J.T. Barrett started off slow, but eventually settled in and ended up having a good game.
• When asked about his offense’s slow start on Saturday, Meyer noted that he was glad it happened when it did, because it exposed some issues, specifically on the Offensive Line, because of the movement from Tulsa’s defense.
• Meyer thinks that the play calling from the offensive coordinators in the booth has been outstanding so far this season.
• He also said that if you take away the first ten minutes of the Tulsa game, he didn’t have any complaints.
• Meyer said that while he thought that Malik Hooker and Damon Webb would play well this year, he didn’t expect them to have been playing as great as they have been.

Looking forward to Oklahoma

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• Meyer said that he is glad that the the Oklahoma game is coming in Week Three in order to give the young players an opportunity to get game experience before such a daunting road test.
• When asked about his young offensive line, Meyer said that while he is “concerned about everything,” he has confidence that the team is getting better, and that a line with so many new starters is bound to go through early-season growing pains, and that he actually thinks they are further ahead than he expected them to be.
• In preparing for such a big road game, Meyer said that there is no way to simulate that in the off-season with a young team, or he would have asked A.D. Gene Smith for $60,000 to take his team off-campus to do it.
• Meyer said that the film of Oklahoma’s opening week loss to Houston will be very useful in prepping for Saturday’s matchup. He said that the Buckeye and Cougar offenses are very similar, and that Houston took advantage of big plays down the field to win.
• He highlighted some back-shoulder throws, isolation routes, and trick plays from QB Greg Ward that were successful. However, he did not think it was a methodical beating for the Cougs.
• Meyer said that his coaching staff has spoken to Houston coach Tom Herman, primarily about personnel. Meyer noted that the game film says a lot, but the insights about specific players and match-ups is invaluable. Meyer adds that these types of conversations are only common for his staff when there is an existing relationship with another coach.
• Looking back at the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, Meyer remembers that OU coach Bob Stoops changed his defense from his traditional 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense, and that threw off Meyer’s Florida team. He said that it gave him a “sick feeling” on the sideline, and that it lead to some language that he couldn’t use in front of the media.
• Meyer notes that the size of the Oklahoma defensive line will make it very difficult to run against them. However, he later added that there is no way to beat the Sooners without a balanced offense.

Injury updates

• Dontre Wilson rested on Sunday, but Meyer expects him to be ready to go against Oklahoma.
• Linebacker Dante Booker is probably for the game this Saturday coming off of an MCL injury.
• Jashon Cornell will be reevaluated on Tuesday.

Recruiting

• When asked why he was never able to sign an Ohio player while coaching at Florida, Meyer gave credit to Jim Tressel for locking down the state’s best talent.
• He also noted that due to Ohio high school rules, some of the state’s players don’t have the ability to progress as much as they would in other states that have longer spring practice or 7-on-7 seasons. However, once Ohio 3-star guys get to college, Meyer said that they have a track-record of developing quickly.

The No. 3 Buckeyes will travel to Norman, OK to take on the 14th-ranked Sooners on Saturday at 7:30pm ET on Fox.

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Heard Around the ‘Shoe – 9/12/2016
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Welcome to your tri-weekly look at all things Ohio State recruiting. Let’s get started!

Nations Top Linebacker Sets Decision Date:


The Buckeyes have long been considered a long shot at best to land 5-star linebacker Dylan Moses who plays his football at the IMG Academy down in Bradenton, Florida. It looks like the Buckeyes are trending even further downward as Moses has set his decision date, and decided that one of his official visits will probably not happen. He spoke to the New Orleans Times-Picayune recently and had this to say:

“One of them is probably gonna change,” Moses said, before adding, “I’m starting to get interested in Houston and talking to the coaches, trying to set something up.”

It sounds like Tom Herman has made an impression on the #4 overall prospect in the nation and may end up getting another visit, this time an official to see the Cougars up close. He said this about Houston, “I met the rest of the staff and I visited, looked all over the campus and I really liked it, and being able to see everything that’s going on over there, it’s really a great tradition.”

Moses tweeted out yesterday that a decision date as been made, and LSU still remains the team to beat here.





Rain Rain Go Away:


The Buckeyes put away Tulsa on Saturday, although right around half time the game turned into a monsoon, and the poor weather forecast made for a slow recruiting weekend for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes did have one visitor on hand, and that was M.J. Griffin out of Belleville, Michigan. Griffin is a class of 2019 athlete with current offers from Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Iowa State, Toledo and Kentucky. He talked with 11W after his visit and had this to say.

“It was great,” Griffin told Eleven Warriors. “[The school] made a great impression. It’s always intense when I go there.”

“I’m starting to really like Ohio State,” he said. “They are showing possibilities [of offering], but coach [Kerry] Coombs said just keep doing what you’re doing and your chance will come.”

While the Buckeyes do not have a lot of offers out to 2019 kids yet, that will certainly change once the class of 2017 is wrapped up and the coaching staff can put more emphasis on the current high school sophomores.


Buckeye Commits in Action Friday:


Let’s take a look at what the Buckeye commitments for the class of 2017 and 2018 did over the weekend in their High School games.

Tate Martell, Haskell Garrett and Bishop Gorman took on Wyatt Davos and St. John Bosco in a battle of top 10 nationally ranked programs. Bosco came out and took a lead early, but Martell and company came back and took the game 35-20. Martell passed for 183 yards and 3 TD’s and had 113 rushing yards and another score, while Garrett and the defense held Bosco scoreless in the second half to earn the victory. Tyjon Lindsey again did not play due to injury/eligibility issues.


Shaun Wade made a some big plays in Trinity Christian’s win over University Christian with an tipped one handed interception (first video) and the touchdown catch (second video) where he makes some defenders look silly, fumbles, and then scampers the distance for the score.




Chase Young pilled up two more sacks as his DeMatha Catholic won 35-7. Young now has six sacks in the last two games. He also had a pick-six in this game.

Danny Clark had a rough outing with only one touchdown and two interceptions, but former Buckeye commit Todd Sibley had a big day as he ran it 24 times for 214 yards and two touchdowns. Sibley received an invite to the Under Armor All-American Game Friday afternoon. He is now a Pitt Panther commit.

Emory Jones Heard County team lost 28-14 against Darlington, and Jones was held in check for most of the night only passing for 129 yards and rushing for 34 and a touchdown.

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Are You Not Entertained? Tulsa
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Whew.
That’s all I can say. Actually, I can also say I will never write another opinion piece praising the Ohio State offense after one week.
Reminds me of the time I wrote a column (with numbers to back it up) saying Tiger Woods wasn’t ready to go pro.
Don’t ask.
Anywho, tons of majors and an alleged fling with a Perkins waitress later, I was wrong there and I was for the most part wrong here.
The offense isn’t the work of art I proclaimed it to be. I’ll take off my scarlet and gray colored glasses going forward.
Despite the ugliness, it was a win, which, as Al Davis used to say, is all we need “baby.”
But was it a satisfying win?
As George Michael used to say on the sports machine, let’s roll the video …..

Interior DL play: Tulsa had just 61 yards rushing. Pretty solid play there.

Better pass rush: Two sacks and only 127 yards passing. Not bad. And the third quarter defense was, uh, well, wow.

More JT Barrett runs on passing plays: Incomplete grade here. He had 55 yards rushing but still missed a couple opportunities

Quicker rotation of the backup players: Game flow and rain didn’t really allow for it.

Scott

A win: Ugly.

A shutout: Almost. The one scoring drive was just 20 yards.

No injuries: Haven’t heard of anything major.

Burrow: Not so much.

Brandon

Defensive line pressure: As the aforementioned analysis indicated, the rushing yards, sacks and limited passing yards is a good indicator here, no?

Sound coverage in secondary: How do a pair of pick-sixes sound?

Offense keeps going: Once it got going, I guess it was decent. OSU still totaled 417 yards despite it all. Additionally, they might have lost a pair of possessions on the pick-sixes.

Mike M.

Health: As I said, I didn’t see anything major.

Stop the broken record: OK, now it is a broken record. Defensive line looked pretty good.

Weber: 17 for 92 and a touchdown. Nothing flashy.

Ben


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5-star Ohio State target sets his commitment date
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The No.1 OLB in the 2017 class will let the world know where he is going to school on Dec. 15.

Everything seems to be going well for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first two weeks of the season. Two very compelling victories have the Buckeyes sitting pretty with a top five ranking heading into their showdown with the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday evening. On the recruiting trail, things look just as good for the scarlet and gray, as coaches are out visiting some of the best talent, while other recruits still have the Buckeyes penciled in for a visit.

Moses sets his decision date


Ranked by 247sports as the No. 1 outside linebacker in the country for 2017, Dylan Moses (Bradenton, FL / IMG Academy) has made his date to commit.


While he is still penciled in to make a trip to Columbus and see the Buckeyes face the Wolverines on Nov. 26, there are some rumblings that his visit schedule could be altered.

Moses, a former commit to LSU, mentioned to the The Times Picayune that the Houston Cougars have jumped on his radar. Right now, the 6-foot-2 OLB is scheduled to visit Ohio State, Texas, UCLA, Alabama and Miami. If Tom Herman’s Cougar squad keeps impressing, then that would easily create a situation where Moses would swap out one of his previous announced visiting sites.

According to 247sports, Moses has been in talks with the Alabama coaching staff, and at one point, made the Crimson Tide a favorite. As it stands, Moses’ will be in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Oct. 1. While some of the 247sports crystal ball predictions lean toward Moses going to Nick Saban’s program, the majority believe that the No.4 player in the 2017 class will go back to LSU.


As more develops on Moses’ recruiting schedule, we’ll have you covered on Land-Grant Holy Land.

2018 5-star gets a visit from Urban


Moving onto the 2018 class of recruits, offensive tackle Jackson Carman (Fairfield, OH / Fairfield) got a visit from coaches Urban Meyer and Greg Studrawa on Friday night. Carman took to Twitter before his game against Dublin Coffman to tell everyone of the great news.


Carman didn’t let the Buckeye coaching staff down, as the top player in the state of Ohio for 2018 displayed his blocking abilities.


Right now, the recruiting predictions have the Buckeye State prodigy staying within the state – and heading to The Ohio State University. Expect the Buckeyes to keep in contact with Carman leading up to his commitment.

Right now, the scarlet and gray are vying against the likes of Clemson, Michigan, Michigan State and USC for the nation’s No.17 recruit in 2018. Carman is also visiting other places, too. The day after Meyer and company made the visit to Fairfield, Carman visited Notre Dame.

If anything else happens with Carman, we’ll keep you posted.

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Ohio State football | Meyer makes sure team remembers 9/11
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“I had a very good conversation with a dear friend this morning, and the message to our team was 'Nothing is guaranteed,' ” Meyer told the media Saturday after the Buckeyes 48-3 win over Tulsa. “A whole bunch of people went to work that day, 15 years ...

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Ohio State Buckeyes Vs. Oklahoma Sooners: Bold Predictions For Week 3 Of 2016 College Football Season
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Is this still a thing? I'm overseas and would LOVE the chance to actually get to see the Bucks!

Terrelle Pryor looks like an NFL starting receiver as Ezekiel Elliott scores 1st career TD
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Several Ohio State rookies made their NFL regular season debuts as well.

The NFL regular season is back in full force, which means few more roster changes and 39 (!) active roster Ohio State players in the league — one Buckeye was signed to a practice squad and one was added to a PUP list. The insurgence of so many rookies was sure to edge out some of the older players, with 11 total Buckeyes ending up waived ahead of the season opener -- including two undrafted free agents from 2016.

Thursday Night Football


The kickoff to the NFL regular season was filled with “THE Ohio State University” intros from both sides of the ball. Opening with a Super Bowl rematch between the Denver Broncos (Bradley Roby, Jeff Heuerman [inactive]) and Carolina Panthers (Corey Brown, Kurt Coleman, Ted Ginn Jr, Andrew Norwell), Roby and Brown even swapped jerseys after the Broncos 1-point victory.


Despite being regular targets for Cam Newton at the end of 2016, the Panthers got their star receiver back, Kelvin Benjamin, meaning both Corey Brown and Ted Ginn Jr. were each only targeted once in the season opener. Kurt Coleman was effective on defense, but only recorded three tackles.

In what would have been his first official NFL game, Jeff Heuerman was inactive for the Broncos’ season opener with a hamstring issue. Secondary star Bradley Roby recorded five tackles against the Panthers despite a few missed grabs of Kelvin Benjamin.

Rookie debuts


Six first-year Buckeyes not only made their NFL regular season debut in Week 1, but they also earned starting roles to begin their careers. It’s not that often rookies get a chance to help their team immediately, but Ohio State produced such high level talent in the 2016 draft class, they proved to be pro-ready.

Eli Apple had the tough task of covering legend Dez Bryant in his first regular season game, and despite struggling with coverage early, he broke up a Bryant reception in the endzone and made a nice open-field tackle on Jason Witten in the fourth quarter.


Taylor Decker showed why he was a first round pick to Lions fans in Week 1, making enough of a difference for the team to finally display a run game. The Buckeye led the line in what allowed a touchdown run by Theo Riddick. He did account for one false start penalty, but all-in-all had a solid rookie debut.

Ezekiel Elliott is the only Buckeye rookie to get a touchdown in his first NFL game, but he did much more than that. Especially with a rookie quarterback, Elliott was expected to take on a lot of the workload for the Cowboys and he didn’t disappoint, finishing the day with 20 rushing attempts for 51 yards and a score.


Darron Lee saw his first regular season action in Week 1 and had a very up and down performance. He started out rough with a few missed tackles, but near the end of the game started getting into a rhythm and had a couple good open field tackles. The linebacker went down hard in the fourth quarter with a right knee injury, but was able to walk off the field under his own power.

Braxton Miller saw a few targets at the start of the second half of Sunday’s game, but had some issues with route running and overthrown passes, and ended with only one 6-yard reception. He didn’t stand out as much as Houston’s other rookie receiver Will Fuller which could eventually impact his snap count.

Michael Thomas made his first NFL start against the Raiders in the regular season opener, and recorded 58 yards on six receptions. Two of his catches set the Saints up for a touchdown on the next play, one late in the game, but the wideout didn’t personally get into the endzone.


Adolphus Washington made his NFL regular season debut against the Ravens, and not only made his first career start, but also had a quarterback pressure nearly taking out Joe Flacco.

There were a few Buckeyes who were active for Week 1 but didn’t see much, if any, playing time, including Vonn Bell, Joshua Perry and Tyvis Powell.


Not all rookies got playing time in Week 1, as Joey Bosa (hamstring) and Nick Vannett (ankle) missed the season opener, along with Cardale Jones who was listed as inactive.

Plays of the week


Terrelle Pryor

The former quarterback opened the 2016 regular season as the starting wide receiver for the Browns. With a bit of a resurgence thanks to his relationship with new head coach Hue Jackson, Pryor had a good opening, that included this crazy reception. Pryor was frequently covered by former Ohio State player and teammate Malcolm Jenkins.


Jalin Marshall

The rookie proved why he was starting on special teams in Week 1, when he returned a kickoff for 65-yards — the kick was off the foot of Buckeye Mike Nugent, who also was in on the tackle of Marshall leaving the veteran slow to get up.

Other notes:


Despite being signed to the Buccaneers practice squad early last week, Evan Spencer was placed on the reserve/retired list on Friday.

Former Steelers rookie cornerback Doran Grant has signed on to the Buffalo Bills practice squad, leaving the former Ohio State pipeline to Pittsburgh with only two Buckeyes left on roster (Cameron Heyward and Ryan Shazier).

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No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes reloaded from Urban Meyer's recruiting
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Deflating: Buckeyes take air out of opposing attacks
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Fickell, in his 12th year as a coordinator of an OSU defense that has yet to allow a touchdown this season, was a senior on the Buckeyes' 1996 team that won the Rose Bowl. The starting secondary that year had Shawn Springs and Ty Howard at cornerback, ...

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Deflating: Buckeyes take air out of opposing attacks
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Oklahoma opens as 1-point favorites vs. Ohio State, some lines swing quickly to OSU
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Despite OSU’s higher ranking, the home team get the initial Vegas nod.

Ohio State’s been one of the most impressive teams in the country against lesser opposition during the first two weeks of the season.

Though their performances have not been without fault, the Buckeyes have still yet to allow a defensive touchdown through two dominant weekends.

Despite former Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman and the University of Houston stunning the Oklahoma Sooners during their season opener at the Houston Texans’ NRG Stadium, the 1-1 Sooners, not the Buckeyes, are Vegas’ early choice to come away victorious when OU plays host to Urban Meyer’s Bucks this coming Saturday evening.

You can expect some potential movement back and forth to this line similar to what we saw when Michigan was pegged as ever so slight favorites against the Buckeyes before the final line closed with OSU as minute favorites. Some smaller Vegas books in fact saw the opening line of -1 swing to OSU -1.5 within five minutes of the availability to bet on the game.

If you’re not a gambling aficionado, that roughly means a slew of action in favor of Ohio State forced the book to compensate in order to best position themselves to get closer to equal action on both teams and maximize their chances of coming out ahead.

Though the Buckeyes are ranked considerably higher than the Sooners in the Week 3 AP and Coaches Poll Top 25s, picking a winner in this contest is easier said than done. If Vegas is right, it could come down to Oklahoma’s home field advantage.

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Galvin’ized Takeaways: Buckeyes Rocked them like a Golden Hurricane
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This game was definitely the tale of two halves for the Buckeyes on offense. The first half against the Golden Hurricanes showed the inexperience and youth of the Buckeyes. While the second half showed the talent, resilience, and heart of the young team.


COLUMBUS, OH – SEPTEMBER 10: Dontre Wilson #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes is caught from behind by Hayden Carman #95 of the Tulsa Hurricane after an 18-yard pass reception in the third quarter at Ohio Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State defeated Tulsa 48-3. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)


The first half for the Buckeyes offense was a struggle from the beginning. The main struggle was the play of the offensive line. Through most of the first half, the Golden Hurricanes were in the Buckeyes’ backfield as soon as the ball was snapped. The Buckeyes only had 158 total yards of offense in the first half (89 yards rushing, and 69 yards passing).

After a one hour and nine minute weather delay, the Buckeyes came out in the second half looking like a completely different team. On the first drive of the second half, J.T. Barrett drove the offense down the field and ran the ball in himself for an 11-yard touchdown run. After that it was clear skies from here on out for the Buckeyes. (HA!) The Buckeyes came away with 259 total yards of offense in the second half (179 rushing yards, and 80 passing yards).

There were a few aspects of the offense that are going to need some tweaking before next weeks match up with Oklahoma. The main focus for the Buckeyes this week needs to be on the offensive line. They need to play like they did against Bowling Green last week. Oklahoma is a lot more athletic than Tulsa and if Tulsa had no problem against our line then the Sooners definitely won’t either. The Buckeyes also need to work on their 3rd down conversions. They went 5-14 (36%) on third down. The last thing they need to improve for next week is the vertical passing game. Whether it was by design or not, J.T. Barrett didn’t take any shots down the field yesterday and they are going to need the deep ball to spread out the Sooner defense next week. Without it, Oklahoma will just crowd the box and shut down any running lanes and dare J.T. to throw it on them.

Unlike last week, we got to see plenty of the Buckeyes’ defense this week and I am so excited to see more of the Silver Bullets flying around the field this season. The defensive front seven was an impenetrable wall only allowing 61 total rushing yards. The secondary pulled down four interceptions with two of them being ran back for pick sixes.

Buckeye Leaves

Offense: Curtis Samuel / Dontre Wilson

The two headed monster that is Samuel and Wilson proved how dangerous they can be today. They combined for nearly half of the Buckeyes total offense with 208 out of 417 total yards. Wilson scored the only touch down between the two of them in the fourth quarter.

Defense: The entire secondary

I’m not able to choose just one player from the secondary to highlight so I’m just going to praise all of them. Marshon Lattimore (twice), Malik Hooker, and Gareon Conley all collected interceptions for a team total of four interceptions for the game. Hooker and Lattimore each ran back an interception for a touchdown. With three total pick sixes in the first two games, the Buckeyes have tied their season total from last year.



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Ohio State football | Buckeyes move up to No. 3 in AP poll
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Future Buckeyes in action: Many Ohio State commits shine
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Mississippi State commit. I guess he can be moved off the big board.
4-star PG Nick Weatherspoon commits to Mississippi State over Buckeyes: Ohio State basketball recruiting

5 total TDs or 4 from a QB? Who is your Ohio State commit of the week?
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Who gets your vote this week?

For the second week in a row, Holy Landers and Buckeye Nation made sure their voice was definitely heard. In what started as a back-and-forth battle for the Land-Grant Holy Land MVP of the Week award, the contest ultimately ended with a 2018 quarterback running away with your votes.

Locking up 53% of the votes last week, junior signal caller Emory Jones was named the Player of the Week over his soon-to-be Buckeye teammates Tate Martell (30%), Josh Myers (8%), Brendon White (5%), and Wyatt Davis (5%).

Most of the Ohio State commits were back in action over the weekend. After shining under the lights, which Buckeye pledge did enough to secure your MVP vote this time around?

The poll is now open. Here are your five Week 3 nominees:

Tate Martell


The Bishop Gorman (NV) class of 2017 quarterback once again didn’t just show off his arm, but also his legs in Fridays match-up against fellow OSU commit Wyatt Davis and St. John Bosco (CA).

In the hard fought battle between highly ranked programs, Martell led Bishop Gorman back from a halftime deficit to defeat his future teammate Davis and St. John Bosco by a final score of 35-20.

Stat wise, Martell stacked the sheet. Through the air the four-star talent completed 7 of his 15 passing attempts for 138 yards and three touchdowns, while also carrying the ball 17 times for 113 yards and another score to help pace Bishop Gorman to the win.

Brendon White


After a less than stellar performance through the air last week, White bounced back on Friday against St. Thomas More (ON).

Going 9 of 18 for 235 yards and four touchdowns -- three to his favorite receiving target Johnny Wiseman -- White’s stranglehold on the St. Thomas More defense wasn’t done there.

Helping the Patriots roll past the Knights, 55-10, White, who could end up on the defensive side of the ball at the college level, rushed for 84 yards and another Olentangy Liberty touchdown on just four carries.

Jerron Cage


Things might not have went as planned for Cage and his Winton Woods squad on Friday, but the four-star defensive tackle was still a force up front against Springboro for the majority of the game.

Taking one on the chin, 36-28, Cage ended the game with five total tackles and a quarterback sack.

Shaun Wade


Seeing time on both sides of the ball for Trinity Christian (FL), Wade came up huge in key moments to get the Conquerors past University Christian, 31-23.

Playing wide receiver, Wade’s play of the evening came in the second quarter when the longtime OSU pledge bobbled a pass, picked up the fumble, and raced nearly 70 yards for a touchdown.


That wasn’t the only play that got fans on their feet. Locking down receivers as a cornerback, Wade also came up with a nice interception snag.

Marcus Williamson


For the second week in a row, Williamson caused a turnover for the IMG Academy (FL) defense.

In Saturday’s 49-7 win over Booker T. Washington (OK), the Westerville native scooped up a fumble and raced 60 yards to the endzone for a touchdown.















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Who is your Ohio State commit of the Week?

• Tate Martell
• Brendon White
• Jerron Cage
• Shaun Wade
• Marcus Williamson

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