tOSU Recruiting Discussion

[ScriptOhio]

Skull Session: Zion Grady’s Commitment Kicks Off the Week in Buckeye Nation, Tavien St. Clair is the Real Deal and Justin Haire Calls Ohio State Baseball “A Sleeping Giant”

Zion Grady's commitment kicks off the week in Buckeye Nation, Tavien St. Clair is the real deal and Justin Haire calls Ohio State baseball "a sleeping giant."

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THANKS, NICK SABAN. At 11 a.m. on Monday, Buckeye Nation received excellent news to kick off their week: Four-star defensive end Zion Grady, the No. 6 edge and No. 66 overall prospect in 2025, committed to Ohio State, becoming the second top 100 defensive lineman (Zahir Mathis) to pledge his services to Larry Johnson in the class.

While I could talk about Grady’s talents in this section – the 6-foot-4, 235-pound defensive end has recorded 195 tackles, 46 tackles for loss, 49 quarterback hits and 33 sacks across his last two high school seasons – I will instead discuss how important Nick Saban’s retirement has been for the Ohio State football program.

It cannot be understated: Saban’s absence from Tuscaloosa has increased the Buckeyes’ strength tenfold.

Since the seven-time national champion head coach retired on Jan. 10, Ohio State added three Alabama transfers in offensive lineman Seth McLaughlin, safety Caleb Downs and quarterback Julian Sayin. The Buckeyes have also landed commitments from the top two prospects from Alabama in the 2025 class, cornerback Na’eem Offord and Grady – the latter was committed to the Crimson Tide before Saban’s retirement but chose to decommit on Jan. 17 – and could land the state’s third-best prospect, four-star defensive tackle Malik Autry, in the coming weeks.

Had Saban remained Alabama’s head coach this season, Downs and Sayin would still be on the Crimson Tide’s roster (McLaughlin was gone, gone, gone after that Rose Bowl performance), and Offord, Grady and Autry would join them next fall. That’s how much influence Saban had in the Alabama program and the Yellowhammer State.

But Father Time remains undefeated – not even Saban could beat him.

As a result, Ohio State’s recruiting presence in the South has increased, and the program will thrive for years to come.

Thanks, Nick.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Ohio State’s Best Players from Every State

Ohio State has had players from 40 of the 50 states. We’ve selected the Buckeyes’ best player of all-time from every one of them.

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OHIO STATE’S BEST PLAYERS FROM EVERY STATE​

On a day when we celebrate America, we’re taking a look at Ohio State’s best players of all-time from every state.

Scouring over every Ohio State roster dating back to 1916, we’ve identified the best Buckeyes from every state.

From our research, 40 of the nation's 50 states have produced Ohio State football players. Ohio State has never had a player from Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont or Wyoming.
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GOING GLOBAL​

We need to recognize the five countries that have produced 13 players outside our borders. Canadians lead the international flavor with seven Buckeyes. Cornerback Mike Roberts was the last Canadian on the team roster (2002-05).

Ohio State has had four players from Australia, and not surprisingly, all of them have been punters. Cameron Johnston gets our nod for being the best from Down Under.

Germany (DT Hero Kanu), Nigeria (DB Chris Ntkukogu) and South Africa (K Ryan Pretorius) have each had one player wear the scarlet and gray.

Just sayin': Just an interesting 11W article on where Ohio State is recruiting.

 

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Braxton Miller’s Son, Landon Miller, Receives First Scholarship Offer from Tom Herman and Florida Atlantic Entering Sixth Grade

Landon Miller, the son of Ohio State legend Braxton Miller, receives his first scholarship offer from Tom Herman and Florida Atlantic before he’s even started middle school.

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CLASS OF 2031

Landon Miller (Braxton Miller's son) receives first scholarship offer

Braxton Miller’s son is already garnering attention as a recruit even though he hasn’t started middle school yet.



Florida Atlantic is coached by Tom Herman, who coached Braxton Miller for three years at Ohio State as the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2012-14. With Herman’s coaching, Braxton Miller became one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in Ohio State history. He won Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honors in both 2012 and 2013 as he led the Buckeyes to 24 straight wins while throwing for 4,133 yards and 39 touchdowns and running for 2,339 yards and 25 touchdowns between those two seasons.

Now, Landon Miller’s journey toward following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a college football star has begun even though he’s still seven years away from enrolling in college.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Hoban's 2024 schedule is insane... 3 state champs, 1 state runner up and then there's Don Bosco.. plus Iggy and Walsh.. dayumm

 

[pnuts34]

Hoban's 2024 schedule is insane... 3 state champs, 1 state runner up and then there's Don Bosco.. plus Iggy and Walsh.. dayumm

And they still have enough talent to win all of those games, which is ever crazier!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Before the dead period began on Thursday, Ryan Day and Ohio State’s staff weighed whether or not to have one more big recruiting event at the end of July.

OSU has done so in the past, even recently as it held a late summer event before the 2023 season, which resulted in the commitment of five-star 2026 wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. Ultimately, Day decided a temporary reprieve from the recruiting trail would be the best course of action for his staff.

“We talked about it a little bit, but we went four weekends in June and our staff didn’t have a day off for the month of June,” Day said Thursday. “I just feel like it was the right thing to do. I feel like where we are in recruiting right now is strong. We really busted our tail in June and I think right now it’s showing where we’re at right now. But I just felt like it was a good opportunity to get away a little bit and get a three-day weekend. We did that, came back refreshed and we’ll reassess it every year.”
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[calibuck]

Always suspected (knew?) that coaches during the season were mostly family-absent, but thought summer was the time for them to refresh/recharge/rekindle their families. Guess not. At least not at an institution of the level of Ohio State. If there's a take-away from the 'Recruiting' module of this website, it's that the coaches are working on keeping current commits, and working on next year's commits already. Success on the recruiting trail is why these guys make the big bucks. And if they're not recruiting, they're thinking about recruiting. When you're recruiting a 5* commit, they tell you what X U has offered them, hard to say, 'we'll see their $200k, and raise you one Range Rover', and be done with it. Certainly not for the faint of heart.....Go Bucks!

 

[Bestbuck36]

Always suspected (knew?) that coaches during the season were mostly family-absent, but thought summer was the time for them to refresh/recharge/rekindle their families. Guess not. At least not at an institution of the level of Ohio State. If there's a take-away from the 'Recruiting' module of this website, it's that the coaches are working on keeping current commits, and working on next year's commits already. Success on the recruiting trail is why these guys make the big bucks. And if they're not recruiting, they're thinking about recruiting. When you're recruiting a 5* commit, they tell you what X U has offered them, hard to say, 'we'll see their $200k, and raise you one Range Rover', and be done with it. Certainly not for the faint of heart.....Go Bucks!

This post gave me an ugly chill.
I took a job as a medical recruiter for about 6 months while I was in between gigs at one point. You're lucky if you ever get to sleep. People are everywhere and anywhere, and when a call comes in you never let it go to voice mail if you want the contract. That was supposed to be a no pressure gig and I was miserable. I cannot even imagine what these coaches are going through right now. Ugh

 

[calibuck]

Bestbuck, we do what we have to do on the road of life. After my journey, it's more about finding out what you don't want to do, versus falling into something that you do. Never had a job that was correctly laid out for me in the HR office. It's always something that bites you in the a** when you finally get situated. In my case, it was ego-centric superintendents that thought their way was the 'right way', even when I had to tell them it was illegal. I'll bet you learned that when the HR person says it's never like that, it inevitably is. However, a paycheck is a paycheck, and so we do what we must in order to pay the bills. Glad that part is over for you.....

 

[Bestbuck36]

Me also

 

[EasternBuck]

As the recruiting world evolves I’m seeing more speed metrics reflect MPH and less 40 times. This is true more so in college team camps but I expect this to pop up more and more in high school recruiting camps. Is there a good approximation of what MPH translates into 40 times or vice versa?

 

[Poe McKnoe]

As the recruiting world evolves I’m seeing more speed metrics reflect MPH and less 40 times. This is true more so in college team camps but I expect this to pop up more and more in high school recruiting camps. Is there a good approximation of what MPH translates into 40 times or vice versa?

Here’s a tip. All the 40 times and MPH you are fed are fake, unless it’s a combine.

 

[calibuck]

40 times may certainly be relevant for WRs, DBs, RBs, punt/kick off coverage folk, but not so much for OL, DL, QBs. Except for one Orlando Pace play, where he led tOSU RB on an 80 yard run, pancaking some poor DB on the 5, don't think they ever run much past the LBs. Cone drills might be more relevant, someone more learned can opine on that. Get a kick at the combine, watching some 300 lb guy chug down the line of stopwatches. Probably the last time they'll ever go through that.

 

[calibuck]

PS, does anyone know who's this 5* I'm reading about that the Buckeyes are in the lead for? Didn't think there were any loose 5*s around that haven't been snarfled up, or had any interest in tOSU at all. And if we are on the prowl for someone/anyone, it seems a bit of desperation to me is being shown by the Buckeyes. Sitting at #1 in the mythical recruiting title, precarious though it may be, with most of the holes filled except OL, and (it appears to me), very deep at all positions, why this may/should/could be. Let's get the team ready for a championship run, work on the 2025 class, and work on technique with the team for this year. Go Bucks!