2027 AL DL Karlos May (Verbal Offer)

[ScriptOhio]

Ohio State will play host to Alabama native, Karlos May (Birmingham, Alabama/Ramsay) in June for an official visit. A 6-foot-4, 305 pound defensive tackle, May is the No. 124 player nationally and 16th best defensive lineman per the 247Sports Composite.

Holding 30-plus offers to his name from every major program in the country, May’s visit with Ohio State will be the 19th through the 21st.

 

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[calibuck]

Used to be said that pulling a DT from the South/SEC territory was harder than having a root canal without anesthesia (or somesuch). Yet the Buckeyes have done so each of the last two years. I call it a shift from SEC to B10 supremacy. Keep it up.

 

[RB07OSU]

Used to be said that pulling a DT from the South/SEC territory was harder than having a root canal without anesthesia (or somesuch). Yet the Buckeyes have done so each of the last two years. I call it a shift from SEC to B10 supremacy. Keep it up.

I've been saying this since the early 2000s that the SEC gap was in large part not going down south for big athletic DL (or not having success trying). We've changed that in a big way, in large part thanks to LJ Sr. This would be a really big pickup at DT.

 

[pnuts34]

Used to be said that pulling a DT from the South/SEC territory was harder than having a root canal without anesthesia (or somesuch). Yet the Buckeyes have done so each of the last two years. I call it a shift from SEC to B10 supremacy. Keep it up.

I think the shift in top southern HSDL coming north over the last 5yrs coincided with camps traveling more, coaches moving around more which brought targets to new schools, the transfer portal opening eyes to more tangible options, and finally NIL deals being able to match or exceed in the B1G when money is now above board.