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GA QB Dylan Raiola (Nebraska Signee)

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“What the culture is, I felt it immediately when I walked in the building for the Penn State game (during the fall),” Raiola told 247Sports. The spring game was actually his second time at OSU in April. “Going back up there and seeing things, hearing what former players of Ohio State say about the program, gathering information, all the dots connected. It felt like home and I’m ready to be a Buckeye.

"Start with the head man Coach Day. I think what he does with quarterbacks is special. The way he molds a young man going into this world I think that’s a huge factor. Just the personal relationship I have with them and built with them, it’s very personable and you can ask them any question, you can go to him whenever you want. His office is next to the locker room and he says he has an open-door policy and that means a lot.

“Coach Dennis is awesome. He coaches quarterbacks great and he knows what he’s doing. The family feel I have with both coaches it just felt right.”

Raiola is the first to commit to Ohio State in the 2024 class. The return for the spring game was so he could tell Day and Dennis in person that he was in.

“We got the itinerary and I saw I had a meeting with Coach Day that Saturday at noon,” Raiola said. “I couldn’t sleep on the plane. We had a red eye. When we got there, we went out to a practice, I went and got my haircut and we had a meeting with Coach Day. I told him thank you for having us back and I’m ready to be a Buckeye. He reacted with a loud scream of ‘let's go!’ He’s super excited for me and my family.”




Overall Analysis: Raiola is the No. 1 player in the ’24 class so this is obviously a huge pickup for the Buckeyes. There is no more premium position than quarterback and Raiola is gifted but brings so much more to the table than just his talent. He’s a natural leader, a great teammate and a future captain. He’s a coachable kid, very humble and has a tremendous off the field work ethic. He has an old school, throw back approach and there’s not an ounce of prima donna in him. He comes from great bloodlines as his father Dominic is one of college football’s all time great centers and played on the dominant Nebraska teams in the late 90s. It’s rare to have a player rated as high as Raiola who’s still just scratching the surface of where we think he’ll be in a few years. So many of today’s top quarterbacks have been groomed for the position at a young age and you always wonder how many peak early. That won’t be the case with Raiola and his ceiling is extremely high.
 
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