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2021 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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Today is all about celebrating.

For the 21 high schoolers who penned their cursives and faxed their letters to Mark Pantoni, for the families who made the sacrifices for those players (in some cases, parents working two jobs of the blue-collar variety to put their sons through football camps and get them the proper training and nutrition to become Big Ten-caliber athletes) and for Ohio State’s coaching staff that grinds away with constant texts, phone calls and FaceTimes to see the payoff of a day like today.

So we’ll let the celebration last into the night.

But it won’t go much longer than that.

The real work begins soon for the players in America’s No. 2-ranked recruiting class. For six of them, it won’t start until June; for the other 14 (but probably 15, if Emeka Egbuka enrolls early as I strongly suspect he will) it begins in three weeks when they move into their off-campus apartments in Fifth by Northwest.

When they take their first trip over from their new homes and into the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, it’s going to come crashing down pretty hard that they ain’t in Kansas anymore. Or Arizona or Texas or Virginia or any of the 13 states that make up this 2021 class.

“It’s two words: Mickey Marotti,” Pantoni said on Wednesday. “From day one when they come in, he de-recruits them real quick. They get that wakeup call. But, honestly, when they get out there they see the effort and the leadership from our veterans of how much work they really put in.

“These guys have no idea what hard work is until they get here and they see the veterans leading the way of what a pro really is. The type of kid that we recruit, it doesn’t take a lot. They know what they’re coming in here for.”
 
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billmac91 said:
It's been said before but the job Pantoni has done is next world....guy is worth his weight in gold. Then beyond Pantoni, you have a world class strength and conditioning coach in Coach Mick, and then our coaching staff is just elite. Hartline has been an absolute HR, Larry Johnson and Al Washington are studs, and Coombs is just a maniac. And not to go unnoticed, but you add an NFL DC in Mattison who gets rave reviews from the players, and it's just a perfect assembly.

The only downside is Mattison and LJ both being close to retirement.....those are going to be some massive shoes to fill.
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That is a really great point, Pantoni is lights out and deserves so much credit...nobody is better at the recruiting game and we HAVE to make sure we keep him in the fold. Then you have Coach Mick that develops that talent when we get them here. Both guys Urban brought in that continue to keep us at an elite level. The coaches of course are all doing a great job, but Mick and Pantoni might fly under the radar and we should definitely be giving them a huge shoutout for their role in our success.

All that said, Ryan Day is just so dang impressive...he can talk about the talent of a player but he always emphasizes how we are getting great people over simply great talent and I truly believe it. No wonder recruits and their families love Ryan Day...player's coach, but not because he goes easy on players. He drives players to be champions and go to the NFL, but only if they are the right person. The future is bright.
 
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When the pandemic hit all recruit visits were stopped as the NCAA has had a dead period in effect from March till now and for that matter into 2021. At the time the pandemic hit the Buckeyes had commitments from ten recruits. On National Signing Day of the first day of the Early Signing Period the Buckeyes signed 21 recruits. So the Ohio State staff landed 11 commitments they signed a day ago for their 2021 class since the beginning of March.

Bucknuts looks at the timeline of the Buckeyes landing each of the 11 recruits that committed to Ohio State since the beginning of March.
 
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23 TIDBITS ON HOW OHIO STATE’S 2021 RECRUITING CLASS RANKINGS STACK UP THIS YEAR AND HISTORICALLY

So, here are 23 tidbits on the Buckeyes’ 2021 recruiting class and the rankings within:
  1. The average Ohio State recruit has a rating of 94.56, per the 247Sports composite. That’s the second-best mark in college football, just 0.04 points behind Alabama.
  2. Ohio State secured the No. 1 players at three different positions: Wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, guard Donovan Jackson and running back TreVeyon Henderson. Only Alabama – offensive tackle JC Latham, weakside defensive end Dallas Turner and cornerback Ga'Quincy McKinstry – also signed three players at the top of their respective positions.
  3. Ohio State signed the four top-rated players in the state of Ohio – Jack Sawyer, Mike Hall, Jayden Ballard and Reid Carrico – for the second time in the modern recruiting era, following the 2014 cycle (Dante Booker, Marshon Lattimore, Erick Smith, Parris Campbell).
  4. Jack Sawyer is the second-highest-rated defensive signee in Ohio State history, trailing only Ted Ginn Jr., who moved from cornerback to wide receiver near the beginning of his college career.
  5. This is the third time in the modern recruiting era and second time in a row that Ohio State has landed two top-10 overall prospects in a class, with Jack Sawyer and Emeka Egbuka following in the footsteps of Chase Young and Jeff Okudah in 2017 and Julian Fleming and Paris Johnson in 2020.
  6. Kyle McCord is the first five-star quarterback to sign with Ohio State since 2011. You might have heard of the previous guy: Braxton Miller.
  7. Donovan Jackson surpassed Wyatt Davis as the highest-rated offensive guard to sign with Ohio State out of high school.
  8. By landing Donovan Jackson to follow Wyatt Davis, Nicholas Petit-Frere, Harry Miller and Paris Johnson, Ohio State has now signed a five-star offensive lineman in five straight recruiting cycles. Before this streak began in the 2017 cycle, the Buckeyes had only signed three five-star offensive linemen since the modern recruiting era began in 2000 (Alex Boone, Derek Morris and Mike Adams).
  9. With Emeka Egbuka following Julian Fleming and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State has now landed three five-star wide receivers in the last two classes combined. No college football program had signed three five-star wideouts across back-to-back classes since USC in 2004 (Fred Davis, Dwayne Jarrett) and 2005 (Patrick Turner).
  10. Ohio State is the first program to sign No. 1 wide receivers in back-to-back cycles – Emeka Egbuka and Julian Fleming – since USC in 2010 (Kyle Prater) and 2011 (George Farmer).
  11. For the first time in the modern recruiting era, Ohio State signed three wide receivers ranked top-100 overall in back-to-back classes.
  12. Ohio State landed either the No. 1 or No. 2 player in the states of Ohio, Washington, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kentucky.
  13. Ohio State and Texas A&M are the only two programs in the country to land at least one top-five prospect out of the state of Texas in each of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 cycles.
  14. In securing Jakailin Johnson and Jordan Hancock, Ohio State signed two top-four cornerbacks in a cycle, which had happened five times beforehand (2004 Florida State, 2010 Alabama, 2014 Alabama, 2017 Ohio State and 2018 USC).
  15. With TreVeyon Henderson and Evan Pryor, this is the third time in the modern recruiting era that Ohio State has signed two top-100 running backs out of high school in a single class, following 2001 (Lydell Ross, Maurice Hall) and 2018 (Jaelen Gill, Brian Snead).
  16. Ohio State signed a five-star quarterback (Kyle McCord), five-star running back (TreVeyon Henderson) and five-star wide receiver (Emeka Egbuka) in the same class. That had never been done by the Buckeyes – or any other Big Ten team – before in the modern recruiting era.
  17. The gap between Ohio State’s average player rating (94.56) and the second-best average player rating in the Big Ten (Michigan, 90.37) is 4.19 points. That’s the largest gap between the best and second-best average in the Big Ten in at least 15 years.
  18. Ohio State signed five five-star recruits. The other 13 Big Ten programs signed two five-star recruits (J.J. McCarthy, Michigan; Nolan Rucci, Wisconsin).
  19. Ohio State signed 12 top-100 recruits and 16 top-200 recruits. The rest of the Big Ten combined signed nine top-100 recruits and 16 top-200 recruits.
  20. Ohio State has five five-star recruits in its class. Eight of the 13 other Big Ten teams have four or fewer four-star recruits in their respective classes.
  21. Ohio State signed the highest-rated running back (TreVeyon Henderson), wide receiver (Emeka Egbuka), offensive guard (Donovan Jackson), defensive end (Jack Sawyer), defensive tackle (Mike Hall), linebacker (Reid Carrico), cornerback (Jakailin Johnson), safety (Andre Turrentine) and athlete (Denzel Burke) in the Big Ten.
  22. The gap between Ohio State’s average player rating (94.56) and Penn State’s average player rating (88.93, which ranks fourth behind Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin) is larger than the gap between Penn State’s average player rating and the worst average player rating in the Big Ten (Illinois, 84.16).
  23. Ohio State’s average player rating of 94.56 currently ranks second in team history behind the 2017 class’ 94.59 average player rating, and it would take the top spot if the Buckeyes can land five-star defensive lineman J.T. Tuimoloau.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-on-ohio-state-2021-recruiting-class-rankings
 
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Ohio State is the only current recruiting power residing outside the Southeast, and it’s made a national push to do so. When Ohio State won the 2014 national championship, 50.5% of its signees the previous four cycles were made up of players from within the state. The 2020 Buckeyes roster has just 27% of such players from Ohio the last four recruiting cycles.

Urban Meyer transformed the Buckeyes from regional powerhouse to national juggernaut, and Ryan Day has only continued that shift.

Just sayin': "National juggernaut" has a nicer ring to it than "regional powerhouse"......:biggrin:
 
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  • On Monday night, the Buckeyes extended an offer to 2021 long snapper Mason Arnold. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound prospect from Tampa, FL is still eyeing an opportunity to play at the next level, specifically at either Ohio State or Kansas.
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ScriptOhio said:
  • On Monday night, the Buckeyes extended an offer to 2021 long snapper Mason Arnold. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound prospect from Tampa, FL is still eyeing an opportunity to play at the next level, specifically at either Ohio State or Kansas.
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I know coaches don't really care about recruiting rankings, but this is a killer for class average. Will totally nuke my bet with a buddy on highest star ranking per class. OSU now has a punter and likely a LS. That kills any shot at #1, but I recognize recruiting titles don't really mean anything.
 
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How many bad snaps or snap-hold mishaps have we had on special teams the last 10 years or so? I can't remember many. Hope to keep it that way.

And If means this kid is good at his craft and has a specialty that helps keep that unit running smoothly, then bring him in. Even with J.T. we weren't going to catch Bama. They're probably going to land a couple more recruits before it's all said and done that would put them out of reach anyway.

If he can help, welcome aboard.
 
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Loving how many commits from the 2021 class are getting here early and hopefully they'll get a much more normal spring to develop this year. There's several guys I think we'll need to be ready to contribute right away...Sawyer, Henderson, Carrico and Dunn come to mind. Also our other CBs, is either of Hancock or JK Johnson getting here early?
 
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