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Ohio State dishes out three new offers, 2025 QB commit shoots up recruiting boards
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The Buckeyes had a busy Wednesday, offering three new players in the future cycles.
Another week just means more chances for Ohio State to continue their recruiting pursuits. With more offers being dished out on Wednesday, the Buckeyes are still all over the country making their presence known and still evaluating players across several cycles.
Making headway in North Carolina on Wednesday, the Buckeyes were in to see defensive back prospect, Samari Matthews.
A 6-foot, 180 pound cornerback, Matthews is the No. 83 player nationally and the sixth best cornerback in the 2026 class per the 247Sports Composite. The latest school to join the mix, the DB does have over 30 offers to his name already, and from many of the top programs in college football such as Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Tennessee, USC, and a host of others.
No secret as to why the Buckeyes are now getting involved, with how well they have done in both the 2024 and 2025 classes with cornerback recruiting, it’s become a trend for Tim Walton to land the guys he’s after, and 2026 shouldn’t be any different.
With this offer now extended, look for Walton and Ohio State to start really building the relationship and working to get him to Columbus to see all that the Buckeyes have to offer.
Sticking right with the class of 2026 and the cornerback position, Ohio State wasn’t just making stops in North Carolina. Headed south one state away, the Buckeyes also made another offer to South Carolina native, J’Zavien Currence.
A 6-foot-3, 210 pound athlete, Currence is not your typical cornerback with his size and frame. He already has an impressive stature, and makes sense that he’s listed as a safety on his 247Sports profile. The No. 68 player nationally, Currence is the seventh best safety in the class and the top player in South Carolina per the 247Sports Composite.
Another dynamic offer list, over 30 schools have thrown their name into the fold, and Ohio State being the latest may be later than most, but certainly doesn’t hurt their chances as it’s been seen how well they’ve been doing on the defensive back side of things. Currence becomes another name to keep an eye on as Ohio State looks to lock down the rest of their 2025 haul and focus the majority of their attention on the next cycle on deck.
Moving away from the defensive side of the ball, Ohio State was active on the recruiting front with the offense as well as they sent out an offer to 2027 running back, Brayden Tyson. It’s not often you see the Buckeyes offering players two years down the pipeline, but clearly the staff and position coach Carlos Locklyn felt waiting wasn’t necessary.
A 6-foot, 215 pound athlete, Tyson is not yet ranked via 247Sports, but early offers from the likes of Florida State, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennessee, and plenty of others show this is one target that will see a high ranking when the time comes. Playing in Georgia as well, odds are the caliber of talent he is facing early in his high school career is impressive enough to see why the list of schools just mentioned is already after his services.
Locklyn has plenty of work to do in this current 2025 class while he tries to land likely two and maybe even three at the position, but when relationships are everything in recruiting, it’s never a bad thing to early players that have a while before they decide anything final. Doing well in Georgia over the last several years doesn’t hurt either, and now there’s another name to look at when it comes to recruiting the Peach State and the unlimited talent they seem to produce each year.
Looking specifically at the quarterback spot, the Buckeyes didn’t have to go far with who they were trying to bring in as Ohio had not only one, but two big-time players and Tavien St. Clair is proving to be the right choice over and over.
Now the No. 2 player nationally per 247Sports, St. Clair has really shot up the ranks, and this latest update has the Buckeyes boasting once again another top player at the position.
St. Clair will continue to help this class overall not just with his commitment, but being a mainstay for guys wanting to follow a top signal caller in the 2025 cycle. It’s no surprise to see Ohio State continuing their run of elite quarterback recruiting under Ryan Day.
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Caleb Houser via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
The Buckeyes had a busy Wednesday, offering three new players in the future cycles.
Another week just means more chances for Ohio State to continue their recruiting pursuits. With more offers being dished out on Wednesday, the Buckeyes are still all over the country making their presence known and still evaluating players across several cycles.
Making headway in North Carolina on Wednesday, the Buckeyes were in to see defensive back prospect, Samari Matthews.
A 6-foot, 180 pound cornerback, Matthews is the No. 83 player nationally and the sixth best cornerback in the 2026 class per the 247Sports Composite. The latest school to join the mix, the DB does have over 30 offers to his name already, and from many of the top programs in college football such as Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Tennessee, USC, and a host of others.
No secret as to why the Buckeyes are now getting involved, with how well they have done in both the 2024 and 2025 classes with cornerback recruiting, it’s become a trend for Tim Walton to land the guys he’s after, and 2026 shouldn’t be any different.
With this offer now extended, look for Walton and Ohio State to start really building the relationship and working to get him to Columbus to see all that the Buckeyes have to offer.
Sticking right with the class of 2026 and the cornerback position, Ohio State wasn’t just making stops in North Carolina. Headed south one state away, the Buckeyes also made another offer to South Carolina native, J’Zavien Currence.
A 6-foot-3, 210 pound athlete, Currence is not your typical cornerback with his size and frame. He already has an impressive stature, and makes sense that he’s listed as a safety on his 247Sports profile. The No. 68 player nationally, Currence is the seventh best safety in the class and the top player in South Carolina per the 247Sports Composite.
Another dynamic offer list, over 30 schools have thrown their name into the fold, and Ohio State being the latest may be later than most, but certainly doesn’t hurt their chances as it’s been seen how well they’ve been doing on the defensive back side of things. Currence becomes another name to keep an eye on as Ohio State looks to lock down the rest of their 2025 haul and focus the majority of their attention on the next cycle on deck.
Moving away from the defensive side of the ball, Ohio State was active on the recruiting front with the offense as well as they sent out an offer to 2027 running back, Brayden Tyson. It’s not often you see the Buckeyes offering players two years down the pipeline, but clearly the staff and position coach Carlos Locklyn felt waiting wasn’t necessary.
A 6-foot, 215 pound athlete, Tyson is not yet ranked via 247Sports, but early offers from the likes of Florida State, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennessee, and plenty of others show this is one target that will see a high ranking when the time comes. Playing in Georgia as well, odds are the caliber of talent he is facing early in his high school career is impressive enough to see why the list of schools just mentioned is already after his services.
Locklyn has plenty of work to do in this current 2025 class while he tries to land likely two and maybe even three at the position, but when relationships are everything in recruiting, it’s never a bad thing to early players that have a while before they decide anything final. Doing well in Georgia over the last several years doesn’t hurt either, and now there’s another name to look at when it comes to recruiting the Peach State and the unlimited talent they seem to produce each year.
Quick Hits
- Rankings aren’t everything to this Ohio State staff, but it does tell a story for how a given target is being looked at. The Buckeyes tend to land some of the top-ranked guys at every position regardless of cycle and that’s no different in 2025.
Looking specifically at the quarterback spot, the Buckeyes didn’t have to go far with who they were trying to bring in as Ohio had not only one, but two big-time players and Tavien St. Clair is proving to be the right choice over and over.
Now the No. 2 player nationally per 247Sports, St. Clair has really shot up the ranks, and this latest update has the Buckeyes boasting once again another top player at the position.
St. Clair will continue to help this class overall not just with his commitment, but being a mainstay for guys wanting to follow a top signal caller in the 2025 cycle. It’s no surprise to see Ohio State continuing their run of elite quarterback recruiting under Ryan Day.
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