When Dylan Raiola made an unofficial visit to Ohio State at the end of March and into the start of April, he came away impressed. Like many recruits that walk through the doors of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, Raiola quickly felt something unique about the Buckeye program.
“I knew once they opened the doors they weren’t fake,” he said. “It was a family, it was a brotherhood and I could see it. It was evident with the players, with the coaches, how they ran practice. And so I knew that there was no place like it and it was special and it was an opportunity I couldn’t miss out on.
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While the likes of Justin Fields, C.J. Stroud and Kyle McCord, to name a few recent Scarlet and Gray commits at the position, all come from different parts of the country and play the game a bit differently, they all have a couple of things in common. In addition to being talented quarterbacks, they all want to learn from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day.
“Man, I’m speechless,” Raiola said after camping with the Buckeyes on Tuesday. “I learn so much from him. Just taking everything just like a sponge. That’s my biggest thing coming here and doing that and I obviously want to get back out here and learn. I want to learn as much as I can before I get here so I’m ready.
“I really come out here to get work in and I never settle. I always want to get better, learn from the best in the world and coach Day is the best coach to do it. So just trusting him and trusting in him in everything that I do is key.”