Nowadays it is not uncommon for the members of an Ohio State recruiting class to get a jump start on their careers by enrolling in January before they graduate from high school. It’s no different across the landscape of big-time college football.
It gives commitments an early start to college and also gets them into the machine that is OSU football so that they can learn the ropes, get acclimated to being student-athlete at a college football powerhouse — and yes — begin to get noticed so they have a shot to receive playing time early in their careers.
It’s the same this year. All told, eleven of Ohio State’s 21-member (so far pending surprises on signing day tomorrow) recruiting class for the 2022 cycle are already on campus and a part of the program.
That’s down a little from last season when fifteen members enrolled, and fourteen the year prior for the 2020 class. Still, it’s a significant number that we’ll learn more about as things progress.
But first, to get you started, we thought we’d highlight the eleven members of the Ohio State football 2022 recruiting class that are officially early enrollees so you can keep track and follow along. They’ll all be a part of the spring game and all that goes along with the program leading into this fall when the others from their class arrive.