Ted Hammond has been offered by Rutgers, the Ohio defensive lineman getting the Big Ten nod on Tuesday night.
A 6-foot-5, 258-pound defensive lineman, Hammond is a three-star out of St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH). The class of 2024 prospect has Power Five offers from Duke, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Northwestern, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt. This week he has offers come in from Wisconsin and then Rutgers.
He is ranked as the No. 24 defensive lineman in the nation and the No. 14 player in Ohio in his recruiting class according to 247Sports. He tweeted about the offer from Rutgers football on Tuesday night:
After a great conversation with @GregSchiano @Coach_Aurich and @CoachMWatson I’m blessed to receive an offer from Rutgers University! @RFootball pic.twitter.com/cQMFXF8AkY
— Ted Hammond (@TedHammond14) August 23, 2022
Over the past couple of years, Rutgers has done well in Ohio, specifically with linemen. In the previous recruiting cycle, the Scarlet Knights landed [autotag]Kwabena Asamoah[/autotag], a three-star offensive lineman. In the class of 2023, they currently have a verbal from [autotag]Dom Rivera[/autotag].
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Rivera is a 6-foot-8, 315-pound offensive lineman from Olmsted Falls (Olmsted, OH). The Rutgers commit also held Power Five offers from Boston College, Iowa State and Syracuse at the time that he gave his verbal to the Big Ten program.
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