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Ohio State offers handful of Florida recruits
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2027 five-star WR Julius Jones | via Gabby Urritia, 247Sports
The Buckeyes were hot on the recruiting trail Monday, offering a handful of targets out of Florida.
Ohio State is now 2-0 in the newly expanded College Football Playoff following a resounding 41-21 victory over Oregon on New Years Day. With the win, Ryan Day and the Buckeyes will now have the challenge of playing Texas in the playoff semifinals. With a chance at reaching the national championship, the Buckeyes will be hard at work preparing for Friday’s game.
That being said, recruiting never stops — especially for the Ohio State coaching staff. While making it this far in the playoffs is certainly a good thing, it does make recruiting more difficult right now, and programs that are no longer playing have additional time to travel the country and recruit the nation’s top high school talents.
But again, recruiting never stops for Ohio State and Ryan Day and the coaching staff are finding other ways to recruit, mainly by having fresher faces visit with recruits. On Monday, Ohio State had staff members like director of recruiting strategy Nick Murphy, among others, travel south to visit with blue-chip recruits. While Murphy seemingly spent the majority of his time in North Carolina, the headlines Ohio State made Monday were more focused in Florida.
Ohio State offered a handful of recruits from both the 2026 and 2027 classes from the Sunshine State on Monday, and below are just a few:
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 5-foot-10 / 160 lbs.
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 6-foot-2 / 178 lbs.
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 5-foot-11 / 165 lbs.
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot-3 / 277 lbs.
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot-2 / 220 lbs.
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot / 165 lbs.
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 6-foot-1 / 190 lbs.
Class: 2028
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL / West Broward
Size: 6-foot-1 / 162 lbs.
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 5-foot-11 / 175 lbs.
Class: 2026
Hometown: Miami, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 5-foot-10 / 165 lbs.
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Dan Hessler via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
2027 five-star WR Julius Jones | via Gabby Urritia, 247Sports
The Buckeyes were hot on the recruiting trail Monday, offering a handful of targets out of Florida.
Ohio State is now 2-0 in the newly expanded College Football Playoff following a resounding 41-21 victory over Oregon on New Years Day. With the win, Ryan Day and the Buckeyes will now have the challenge of playing Texas in the playoff semifinals. With a chance at reaching the national championship, the Buckeyes will be hard at work preparing for Friday’s game.
That being said, recruiting never stops — especially for the Ohio State coaching staff. While making it this far in the playoffs is certainly a good thing, it does make recruiting more difficult right now, and programs that are no longer playing have additional time to travel the country and recruit the nation’s top high school talents.
But again, recruiting never stops for Ohio State and Ryan Day and the coaching staff are finding other ways to recruit, mainly by having fresher faces visit with recruits. On Monday, Ohio State had staff members like director of recruiting strategy Nick Murphy, among others, travel south to visit with blue-chip recruits. While Murphy seemingly spent the majority of his time in North Carolina, the headlines Ohio State made Monday were more focused in Florida.
Ohio State offered a handful of recruits from both the 2026 and 2027 classes from the Sunshine State on Monday, and below are just a few:
Five-star WR Julius Jones
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 5-foot-10 / 160 lbs.
Four-star Auburn WR commit Denarius Gray
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 6-foot-2 / 178 lbs.
CB Zayden Gamble
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 5-foot-11 / 165 lbs.
IOL Jayden Dean
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot-3 / 277 lbs.
Early Morning Blessings!!! I Am Blessed To Receive A Offer From The Ohio State University@ChadSimmons_ @JohnGarcia_Jr @adamgorney @JerryRecruiting @larryblustein @Andrew_Ivins @OhioStateFB @SFEFounder @ShawnFace @Therula99 @CoachHarriott @KenyatisS @mikeromano71 pic.twitter.com/vFTVSylHOF
— Jayden Dean ★★★★☆ (@J_Dean34) January 6, 2025
QB Derrick Baker
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot-2 / 220 lbs.
CB Jaden Carey
Class: 2027
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL / St. Thomas Aquinas
Size: 6-foot / 165 lbs.
Blessed to receive an offer from The Ohio State University️ #AGTG #GoBucks @CoachHarriott @STA_Football @J_Nelson1 @OhioStateFB @Andrew_Ivins @RivalsFriedman @stephenwagOn3 @TheUCReport @adamgorney pic.twitter.com/3cRKqnP3Ty
— Jaden Carey (@JadenCarey22) January 6, 2025
LB Bryant Junius
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 6-foot-1 / 190 lbs.
ATH A’mir Sears
Class: 2028
Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL / West Broward
Size: 6-foot-1 / 162 lbs.
WOWWW!!! EXTREMELY BLESSED TO RECEIVE AN OFFER FROM THEE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY!!#gobucks @CoachQ954 @PrepRedzoneFl @JohnGarcia_jr @Andrew_Ivins @JerryRecruiting @zack_poff_mp @SWiltfong_ @RyanWrightRNG @markpantoni pic.twitter.com/l4ZG8VrxBi
— A’mir Sears (@AmirSears21) January 6, 2025
K Noah Sidan
Class: 2026
Hometown: Hollywood, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 5-foot-11 / 175 lbs.
Three-star WR Jasen Lopez
Class: 2026
Hometown: Miami, FL / Chaminade-Madonna Prep
Size: 5-foot-10 / 165 lbs.
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