Darryn Peterson essentially had a basketball in his hand as soon as he could walk. By the tail end of elementary school, it was clear his talent could take him places. Now, as he begins his freshman year of high school basketball, the hard work is paying off with a national recruitment that only figures to intensify.
Peterson’s offer list increased by one late last week when Ohio State made him the first member of the 2025 recruiting class to receive a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes.
“We’ve been talking to Kentucky and some other places, but this means more to him than anything because he’s an Ohio kid,” his father, Darryl, told The Dispatch. “He almost felt at one point like the big places are reaching out, when’s Ohio State coming in? All of a sudden, Ohio State came. He’s an Ohio kid, and he always had dreams about playing at Akron U. because I played there but I tell him,
‘Hey, forget about Akron. I was small-time compared to you.’ <<
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“He’s really grateful about the
Ohio State offer. It means more to him than any of them.”
Adam Jardy The Columbus Dispatch