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Ohio State football recruiting scouting report: Deontae Armstrong

Ohio State football recruiting scouting report: Deontae Armstrong #GoBucks

Ohio State football had another dominant recruiting class for the 2024 haul and landed a consensus top-five class in the country. Once again, the class features serious star power and the Buckeyes were able to snag some amazing talent on the offensive side of the ball including an intriguing homegrown interior offensive lineman from St. Edward in Lakewood, Ohio.

Name: Deontae Armstrong

High School: St. Edward (Lakewood, OH)

Height: 6 feet, 6 inches

Weight: 280 pounds

Position: Interior Offensive Lineman

Strengths

Much like his twin brother, Deontae Armstrong has shown great improvement throughout his high school career and has an insanely high ceiling potential-wise. He also has a great frame that has already seen a ton of growth in the last few years but has room for even more muscle.

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Multiple Ohio State football commits set to square off in Friday’s Ohio High School state title game

Three Ohio State football commits will play in Friday’s Ohio high school division I state title game between St. Edward and Springfield.

Familiar foes in Ohio high school football will square off on Friday night as for the third straight year St. Edward and Springfield go head-to-head in the Division I state championship game.

As expected with two teams playing for a state championship, both squads are loaded with talent as many players for both teams are set to play at the collegiate level and three players in the game are committed to Ohio State.

St. Edward, who will be seeking it third straight Division I state championship features two future Buckeyes on their offensive line as Deontae and Devontae Armstrong are twin brothers each committed to Ohio State.

Springfield who reached the state championship despite entering the playoffs 5-5 this year, features future Buckeye Aaron Scott. The star cornerback is the top ranked player in Ohio and third ranked cornerback in the 2024 class.

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Top 10 players in Ohio high school football heading into the 2023 season

Here are the 10 best players in the state of Ohio, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Schools from California, Florida and Texas tend to get most of the attention when it comes to the nation’s top high school football prospects. Several other highly-competitive states produce great talent every year, though. Georgia has to be on that list, as does Ohio. Today, let’s take a look at some of the top Ohio-based recruits going into the 2023 season, according to our colleagues at the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Ohio State rises to No. 2 nationally after latest 4-star 2024 commitment

Since the new year began one could argue no other program has done a better job.

Ohio State suffered a significant loss in December when No. 1 overall 2024 recruit Dylan Raiola decommitted. However, since the recruiting cycle got busy, no other program has done a better job of accumulating high-end high school football talent from around the country.

Over the last two weeks, the Buckeyes have gotten a flurry of new commitments from blue-chip recruits, including four-star twin offensive tackles Deontae Armstrong and Devontae Armstrong from St. Edward (Ohio). They have also replaced Raiola with Langston Hughes (Ga.) four-star quarterback Air Noland.

The latest addition is Lovejoy (Texas) four-star linebacker Payton Pierce.

According to On3, Pierce had offers from nearly 40 other schools, including Texas, Baylor, North Texas, TCU and Texas A&M. However, Pierce told Nick Harris at Rivals that Ohio State is a special opportunity.

“I have a really great relationship with Coach Laurinaitis. He’s done it at the highest level and he’s done it the right way. I think it’s really cool to have someone who knows how to do it at that university and at that position so I think it’s just a really special opportunity. Their defense fits me real well.”

Pierce (6-foot-1, 225 pounds) is ranked No. 15 among linebackers in his class and No. 27 overall in the state of Texas.

Ohio State’s class of 2024 now has 10 hard commits, with nine of them having a four or five-star rating. This group ranks No. 2 in the nation.

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Ohio State adds multiple crystal ball picks after successful recruiting weekend

Lots of experts like Ohio State’s chances with these recruits #GoBucks

It wasn’t just Texas running back James Peoples getting a crystal ball to pick [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] this weekend. Multiple others did so as well as a result of a very successful recruiting weekend (link to other story).

Buckeye head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] is looking to change the narrative after coming up short on the last few prospects that were considering Ohio State.

The momentum on the trail seems like it has turned in the Buckeyes favor, especially with multiple insiders thinking some very high level prospects will choose Ohio State.

Find out below which prospects received 247Sports crystal balls to wear Scarlet and Gray on Saturday afternoons.

Recruiting Roundup: Ohio State’s twin 4-star OTs among latest college commitments

Ohio State has kicked off the new week with a bang, securing commitments from twin in-state four-star offensive tackles Devontae and Deontae Armstrong.

Ohio State has kicked off the new week with a bang, securing commitments from a pair of twin four-star offensive tackles, Devontae and Deontae Armstrong, from St. Edward (Ohio).

The Armstrongs are only the latest high school football players to choose their college teams, though. Both Oklahoma and Mississippi have picked up four-star recruits for their respective classes of 2024 over the last few days.

With that in mind, here are all of the latest commitments from this past weekend, according to On3’s tracker.

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Double BOOM! Twin Ohio offensive lineman commit to Ohio State

A twin BOOM with your morning coffee #GoBucks

Fresh off visits to Columbus, Devontae and Deontae Armstrong again received a feel for what it would be like to continue their playing careers at [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag].

It didn’t take them long to make a decision about what was next. The short weekend trip confirmed their feelings and on Monday morning the twins announced their commitments to head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] and offensive line coach [autotag]Justin Frye[/autotag].

Deontae is rated as the No. 25 offensive tackle in the country and the 313th overall player by the 247Sports composite. Devontae is ranked as an interior lineman, ranking as 23rd-best in the country, and 353rd overall player.

Deontae announced the decision first, but his brother followed shortly afterward.

The twins join a 2024 class that has grown to six, including four offensive linemen. ([autotag]Ian Moore[/autotag] and [autotag]Marc Nave[/autotag]) are the other offensive linemen.

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Georgia offers lengthy 2024 OT Deontae Armstrong

Four-star OT Deontae Armstrong has received an offer from Georgia football

The Georgia Bulldogs have extended a scholarship offer to lengthy offensive tackle recruit Deontae Armstrong.

Armstrong is a four-star recruit and is a member of the class of 2024. The talented offensive lineman plays high school football for St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio. St. Edward won a state championship during the 2022 high school football season.

Per 247Sports, Deontae Armstrong is ranked as the No. 299 recruit in the junior class. Armstrong is the No. 23 offensive tackle and the No. 10 player in Ohio.

It is always tough to recruit against Ohio State for the top players in Ohio. The Buckeyes may have an inside track for Armstrong, but Georgia should not be counted out quite yet.

Deontae Armstrong has over 20 scholarship offers. The 6-foot-7, 280-pound offensive tackle is a good student. Armstrong’s recent offers include Purdue, Michigan, Ohio State, and West Virginia.

Deontae Armstrong visited Penn State and Kentucky during the fall of 2022.

The four-star offensive tackle prospect announced his scholarship offer from the University of Georgia via Twitter:

Georgia football currently has the nation’s best class of 2024. Kirby Smart’s 2024 recruiting class has 10 total commitments, but the Dawgs are still looking for a first commitment from an offensive tackle recruit.

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Ohio State receives crystal balls for twin Ohio offensive lineman

Keeping the best talent home #GoBucks

[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] wasn’t kidding when comments were made about recruiting on a more regional basis due to Name, Image and Likeness.

Yes, head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] and his staff will still seek out the best prospects nationally, but if they believe that the talent is equal at home, then going a bit harder after an Ohioan, or in this case, a pair of them, makes sense.

In January, scholarship offers went out to St. Edward twins Devontae and Deontae Armstrong, each of them possessing the attributes that offensive line coach [autotag]Justin Frye[/autotag] was looking for. Devontae was offered as an interior offensive lineman while Deontae was as a tackle.

After meeting with the Buckeye coaches, it seems like the Armstrongs are leaning towards staying home. Ohio State’s 247Sports insider, Bill Kurelic, thought enough of the information that he was able to gather and put a crystal ball pick (subscription required) in for each of the twins to end up at Ohio State.

[autotag]Devontae Armstrong[/autotag] stands six-foot-six-inches while weighting 290-pounds. He is the No. 33 ranked offensive tackle and the 446th overall player according to the 247Sports composite. Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, and others have offered.

[autotag]Deontae Armstrong[/autotag] is a bit taller at 6-foot, 7-inches while being a bit lighter at 280-pounds. He is tied with his brother in the rankings and has the same bigger offers, giving more emphasis that they are twins.

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Former Notre Dame player put his recruiting hat on trying to lure Ohio offensive tackle

Will the twin’s follow in their high school alums footsteps?

It’s not just the [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] football staff that is working social media to help recruit for the Irish, sometimes former players get into the mix especially when the recruits are from their former high school.

That’s exactly the case with former Irish safety [autotag]Shaun Crawford[/autotag] and twins [autotag]Devontae Armstrong[/autotag] and [autotag]Deontae Armstrong[/autotag]. Each of them have an offer from Notre Dame and they currently attend [autotag]Lakewood St. Edward High School[/autotag], which is where Crawford prepped.

What spurred Crawford to put his recruiting hat on was when Deontae shared a recruiting edit of himself in Columbus, as Ohio State recently offered both of them. The former Irish player noted that South Bend isn’t far from home, and [autotag]Harry Hiestand[/autotag] would be their offensive line coach.

This most likely won’t push either Armstrong over the edge, but Crawford is an example of a St. Ed’s player having success outside of Ohio, specifically at Notre Dame.

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