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2026 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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Four-star QB could emerge as Ohio State's 2026 quarterback recruit

The Ohio State football team still doesn't have a quarterback for the 2026 class. This four-star QB could emerge as that QB.
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Four-star QB could emerge as Ohio State's 2026 quarterback recruit​

The Ohio State football team still doesn't have a quarterback for the 2026 class. This four-star QB could emerge as that QB.

One of the things that Ryan Day likes to do is take a quarterback in every single recruiting class. Since he's been with the Ohio State football program, he has tried to bring in a QB every year. That's something that he feels strongly about, even when he has five-star recruits in the room.

Right now, Day has two five-star quarterbacks on the roster. Both Julian Sayin and Tavien St. Clair are former five-star guys. Even though St. Clair just came in this year, Day still wants to have a quarterback for the 2026 class. He just hasn't had one commit yet.

It looks like one specific QB could be the favorite to emerge for the Buckeyes. Luke Fahey, a four-star quarterback from California, could be the guy who slides in and emerges as the quarterback that the Ohio State Buckeyes take in this 2026 recruiting class.

Luke Fahey is emerging as the quarterback the Ohio State football team might take in the 2026 recruiting class​

Fahey stands at just 6 feet and 185 pounds, so he's not the biggest quarterback in the world. He doesn't have a lot of the big boys after him at the moment, as Indiana, Ole Miss, and Oklahoma State are the other programs who are trying to land him.

Day deserves grace when it comes to his ability to evaluate quarterbacks. Other than the Kyle McCord season, Ohio State has had elite quarterback play every year he's been with the program. McCord was also a five-star recruit, so everyone would have taken him out of college.

If Fahey is the guy the Buckeyes decided to bring in, that would be good for both Sayin and St. Clair. They don't necessarily need to look over their shoulder at someone else when they will already be battling each other for the next couple of seasons.
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bigdog3300 said:

Moeller QB Matt Ponatoski continues to turn heads....this month he has picked up offers from Oregon and Alabama, but OSU doesn't seem like they're sniffing around him too much. Would love for that to change.
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Problem is, Ponatoski wants to play football AND baseball in college. That would set him behind tremendously at OSU, where TSC and eventually Edmunds would be getting in spring reps with the skill positions, and Ponatoski is traveling to play Rutgers or Oregon.
Also Day doesn’t seem to be that impressed by him and neither are national scouts. He’s the #22 QB and ranked #294 overall. His ranking and talent lean more towards him going pro In baseball as he’s the #11 overall baseball recruit and #5 SS in the country. I just don’t see a reason why OSU would show any interest. And also, those Oregon and Bama offers, he’s the 2nd to lowest ranked QB for both of them. So I doubt either would take his commitment tomorrow, and if they did they’re probably taking another QB and he’d be the plan b.

It just seems like it’d take a lot for Day to change course
 
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pnuts34 said:
Problem is, Ponatoski wants to play football AND baseball in college. That would set him behind tremendously at OSU, where TSC and eventually Edmunds would be getting in spring reps with the skill positions, and Ponatoski is traveling to play Rutgers or Oregon.
Also Day doesn’t seem to be that impressed by him and neither are national scouts. He’s the #22 QB and ranked #294 overall. His ranking and talent lean more towards him going pro In baseball as he’s the #11 overall baseball recruit and #5 SS in the country. I just don’t see a reason why OSU would show any interest. And also, those Oregon and Bama offers, he’s the 2nd to lowest ranked QB for both of them. So I doubt either would take his commitment tomorrow, and if they did they’re probably taking another QB and he’d be the plan b.

It just seems like it’d take a lot for Day to change course
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He's ranked a top 20 HS draft prospect for MLB. He's likely going to get drafted, over-slotted and never play CFB.
 
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pnuts34 said:
Problem is, Ponatoski wants to play football AND baseball in college. That would set him behind tremendously at OSU, where TSC and eventually Edmunds would be getting in spring reps with the skill positions, and Ponatoski is traveling to play Rutgers or Oregon.
Also Day doesn’t seem to be that impressed by him and neither are national scouts. He’s the #22 QB and ranked #294 overall. His ranking and talent lean more towards him going pro In baseball as he’s the #11 overall baseball recruit and #5 SS in the country. I just don’t see a reason why OSU would show any interest. And also, those Oregon and Bama offers, he’s the 2nd to lowest ranked QB for both of them. So I doubt either would take his commitment tomorrow, and if they did they’re probably taking another QB and he’d be the plan b.

It just seems like it’d take a lot for Day to change course
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Had no idea he was such a good baseball player, and sounds like he's a legit two-sport star and not a fringe baseball guy that southern football schools can falsely persuade. Thanks for the info!
 
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bigdog3300 said:
Had no idea he was such a good baseball player, and sounds like he's a legit two-sport star and not a fringe baseball guy that southern football schools can falsely persuade. Thanks for the info!
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No problem. Yeah he has legit MLB talent. And IF he went to college, I can see him playing 2 sports at one of the SEC schools like: UK, Vandy, Arkansas, or even Bama. But he'd be moonlighting as a football player
 
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