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Former Ohio State commit Devonta Smith chooses Alabama

After decommitting from Ohio State late last week, three-star DB Davonta Smith has pledged his services to Alabama. That didn’t take long.

The rumors where there, and in the end they were correct. It was less than a week ago when 3-star DB Devonta Smith out of Cincinnati La Salle High School decommited from Ohio State, citing a rationale of doing what was best for him.

In just a few days, he took a step towards that and recommitted, but this time to Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Smith jumped at the chance to commit to Ohio State back on March 14 when he finally received an offer from new defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs. It seemed to be something he was waiting for, but as a couple of more DBs came on board, the rumors began to point towards Smith’s concern for what was becoming a deep pool of defensive backs in the 2021 class.

And now, with an offer from Alabama, Smith chose to go with the Crimson Tide.

Smith is just a three-star recruit right now, but will most likely garner a four-star when all the dust settles as he gets more attention. He is rated as the No. 30 cornerback and 400th overall recruit in the 2021 class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

It’s never good news to hear about a player decommitting and choosing another school, but in this case, once the writing was on the wall, Ohio State didn’t try to hard to re-sell the program to a kid looking elsewhere already. With four highly ranked DBs in the class, the Buckeyes will be just fine.

 

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Ohio State lands Ohio native and 3-star DB Davonta Smith for class of 2021

Ohio State has landed another defensive back for the 2021 class, this time in the way of Davonta Smith out of LaSalle High School in Cincy.

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after receiving an offer from Ohio State, 3-star defensive back Davonta Smith has pledged his commitment to the 2021 class — making the third defensive back in what is sizing up to be one whale of a recruiting haul.

Out of LaSalle High School in Cincinnati, the 6-0, 185 pounder is currently rated as the No. 31 rated cornerback in the class and No. 14 rated prospect in the state of Ohio.

He’ll join 4-star Jakailin (J.K.) Johnson and Jaylen Johnson (also out of Cincinnati) as guys Ohio State hopes add depth in the back-end in the upcoming years.

Smith makes the twelfth commitment for Ohio State in the class — one that currently ranks as the No. 1 overall class in the entire country according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.