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Gee Scott Sr. explains why Ohio State was the perfect place for his son

Gee Scott Sr. couldn’t have explained better why being a Buckeye is more than what we see on Saturdays #GoBucks

In his own words, Gee Scott Sr. didn’t believe that his son should have committed to the [autotag]Ohio State football[/autotag] program.

He wanted his son [autotag]Gee Scott Jr.[/autotag] to choose a school for different reasons like “playing time, catches, and on-field success.” Senior wanted his son to succeed and you can’t fault him for that. He mentioned when his son chose Ohio State that he “was wrapped up into being able to say I told you so.”

It seems like all of this changed after visiting Gee Jr. at camp came to a close. A heartfelt message on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, was shared and here is a portion of it.

“Listening to him talk over the last two day, it’s crazy how much he talk about his brothers (his teammates), and less about himself,” wrote the elder Scott … “You commit with selfish reasons, but then you develop into someone that is the opposite of what you were…. The preparation and the will to be better than you were yesterday with a bunch of others that want the same thing is a lesson in life that not many get. So I’ll wrap this up. As a parent you want one thing. You want to be able to look at them and say, ‘Yeah you’re ready!’ Ready for what?! Life! Life is hard man, and sometimes it isn’t nice. Sometimes it sucker punches you, and sometimes it will knock you on your ass. My father started this race in 1943, and 80 year later it’s still going. That Gee would be really proud of this young Gee.”

You can read the full tweet below, and this is just another reason why the Ohio State football program isn’t just about results on the field, it’s about building the future of these young men.

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Four-star 2025 Oklahoma tight end is offered by Ohio State

The Buckeyes has offered the talented tight end #GoBucks

For a while, the [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] tight ends were pretty much a glorified offensive lineman, but head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] is trying to change that narrative.

Day has recently seen Cade Stover make some impressive strides as a pass catcher and develop some depth behind him. [autotag]Joe Royer[/autotag] and [autotag]Gee Scott Jr.[/autotag] are next in line and early enrolling freshman Jelani Thurman has already made a positive impression.

The trend needs to continue and that starts with recruiting. In the 2024 cycle, the Buckeyes have a commitment from Tennessee’s Max LeBlanc, a very solid player.

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There is no current commit in the 2025 cycle but Oklahoma’s [autotag]Nate Roberts[/autotag] is a target and was offered a scholarship on Tuesday morning.

Roberts is one of the top tight ends in the country, rated as the the No. 5 tight end and 126th overall player according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He also is a very good baseball player, showing that he’s not just a one-sport athlete. Roberts didn’t start playing the position until this past season, so although he is raw, the talent is there.

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Ranking Ohio State tight ends by 247Sports composite recruiting rankings

Ranking Ohio State tight ends by 247Sports composite recruiting rankings #GoBucks

The Ohio State football program has six tight ends on scholarship and thank goodness the stud of the group, Cade Stover, is coming back for another season. All six tight ends arrived in Columbus as highly touted recruits, but only Stover has lived up to his potential at moving over from linebacker.

It will be interesting to watch Gee Scott Jr. and his development continue from wide receiver to tight end, but most expected the jump last season to be much bigger. There is still a surprising amount of hype surrounding Joe Royer and there are murmurs that he will see more time than Scott, but only time will tell.

We rank the scholarship tight ends on the roster based on their 247Sports recruiting rankings. Off we go …

Transfer tight end will select between Ohio State and Alabama next week

The tight end will pick from two national powers #GoBucks

The Ohio State football team is looking to bolster its tight end room and has turned its sights to the transfer portal to do so. With [autotag]Cade Stover[/autotag] being a senior and most likely making the move off to the [autotag]NFL[/autotag], there isn’t much depth behind him.

Backup [autotag]Gee Scott Jr.[/autotag] got some run but what sticks out in all of our minds was his stupid head-butt that lead to a personal foul penalty against our rivals. His five catches for 28 yards and a score aren’t too inspiring either, and Scott Jr. is still learning the position after entering the program as a wide receiver.

Enter [autotag]Maryland[/autotag] transfer [autotag]CJ Dippre[/autotag], who was just a bit short of what Stover accomplished this fall, catching 30 passes for 314 yards and three scores. He visited Columbus this past weekend and also took a trip to Tuscaloosa to visit Alabama, his other finalist.

[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] has not had much luck in the transfer portal this season but that could all change if Dippre chooses the Buckeyes on December 27th. The opportunity for playing time is there and he is obviously familiar with the conference as well.

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WATCH: Ohio State players TreVeyon Henderson and Gee Scott Jr show off house flipping efforts

Look at the creative NIL project TreVeyon Henderson and Gee Scott Jr are working on! #GoBucks

There are all kinds of ways to make some money with Name, Image, and Likeness now becoming the norm in college sports. Some are the standard spokesman variety, but others are a little more creative.

Take the project Ohio State tight end Gee Scott Jr and running back TreVeyon Henderson are undertaking. Rather than sign a lucrative deal to drive a nice car, or show up at some autograph signings, they have taken to flipping houses.

Don’t believe us? Take a look at video shared by the Twitter account @nilmanagement and see the progress the two are making on their first house flip. The video says that they are about midway through the refurbishment with mechanical upgrades like plumbing, HVAC, and electrical taking place.

There’s no timetable provided for when this flip will be completely done, but if they are good at it, maybe they’ll have their own H(enderson)G(ee)TV in the near future.

Now, let’s hope the two can decorate the house with some individual and team-oriented championship hardware when it’s all said and done.

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WATCH: Ohio State tight end Gee Scott Jr makes homeless man’s day

We can’t share this and like it enough. #GoBucks

Some things fly under the radar when they probably shouldn’t. With everything going on in the world today, things that can make you believe in humanity should be celebrated more than what we do.

Take the latest video from Ohio State tight end, Gee Scott, Jr. He has his own YouTube Channel and he just contributed to it for the first time in a while, and for good reason. Scott must have been motivated and touched by an encounter he had with a homeless man in Columbus because he was spurned on to make a video of his interaction with him.

The initial meeting took place prior to the start of the video, but Scott told the man that he’d be back in an hour with a surprise and to meet him at a location. And that’s where the video picks up.

You can follow the rest of the story yourself, but Scott finds the man, has a game of catch with him and even offers to meet him for lunch, pay for a hotel night, and even gives him a significant monetary surprise. Check it all out thanks to Scott’s YouTube channel and share and pass it around so that others might pay it forward.

Well done Scott, well done. Here’s to hoping more acts like yours are shown and shared so that others might take inspiration.

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Former Four-Star Recruits Change Positions during OSU spring ball

The Ohio State football team has started spring football practice and have already made a couple of huge position changes.

The Ohio State football team is in the middle of spring practices and all of the attention is on the heated quarterback position and other position battles that will go a long way to determining what the team will look like in 2021.

Although position switches are less prominent in the day and age of transferring, they can still occur. Schools like Ohio State recruit five-star athletes by the dozen. With logjams occurring all over the place on the depth chart, it is a great idea to move some of these elite athletes around to get them on the field and improve the Buckeyes’ chances across the entire roster.

Ohio State is no stranger to position changes. We all remember when Braxton Miller moved from quarterback to wide receiver. Miller moving helped the offense become more explosive and also improved his draft stock. More recently, Cade Stover moved from linebacker to tight end to add depth at that position.

And now we have a couple of significant changes early on in 2021. A few days ago it was announced that two former four-star recruits are working out at other positions for 2021, but will the moves have the same effect? Will they stick, and will they last?

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Gee Scott Jr. learning tight end position. What it means.

Ohio State wide receiver Gee Scott, Jr. has been working out with the tight ends. What a move could mean for the Buckeyes.

If you missed the news last week coming out of Ohio State spring ball, we got a little nugget about a pretty significant position change or two.

It’s no secret that the wide receiver group for the Buckeyes is a stacked one. The coaching staff hauled in the country’s top receiver from 2020 and 2021 according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. In addition, Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave are still making plays with numerous other top fifteen type receivers in the mix. It all adds up to a lot of guys vying for playing time, and a challenge to keep them all happy.

That’s where Gee Scott, Jr. comes in. He committed to Ohio State in the 2020 class as the No. 10 rated receiver and No. 66 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. In other words, he’s a talented kid that could probably carve out a starting spot for almost any other team in the country. By all accounts, he’s physical with outstanding hands.

He has more than enough talent to break into that rotation at receiver for OSU, but he’s got a frame that could very easily put on some muscle. Knowing that, he’s been seen working out at tight end in spring practice. He has struggled to stay at a playing weight of 215-pounds, but at tight end, he could still keep the speed he has, but add a few pounds easily and learn to become a good blocker. Add that to a position group that is thin, and the move makes a lot of sense.

And the interesting thing is that Gee came to the coaching staff about the change, not the other way around. When Day met with reporters last week, he seemed excited and intrigued about the move.

“We look at the way they’re built — certainly their knee size — the size of their legs is usually a pretty good indication of how much weight they can put on, and how much they can handle,” Day told reporters. “He was doing everything he could to stay at 215. He actually said that. He says I’m fighting every day to be at 215. He says if I just have a few Big Macs I can get to 225 in a heartbeat. We think that his growth potential fits that of a tight end.”

Ohio State receiver Gee Scott learning at tight end. What it means.
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Picture Scott as a tight end and what a weapon he could be for the offense. With a guy that has wide receiver speed, he’s going to be covered up by linebackers most of the time. There simply aren’t too many linebackers that are going to be able to stay that type of fast-twitch talent. If Scott can put on the weight he needs and becomes solid in blocking, it’s a very intriguing possibility.

And, if a team decides to shade a defensive back over to cover him up, it opens things up for a receiving group that’s already going to be a handful for opponents. And let’s not forget about the possibility of pairing him with Jeremy Ruckert and really putting a pinch on coverage schemes.

Now, switching positions isn’t always a flip of the switch type of affair, so things will have to align with more than a dash of hard work from Gee. There will be a learning curve, but picture the possibilities, especially while the Buckeyes break in a new quarterback.

Oh, the intrigue …

Gee Scott, Jr., latest to lose black-stripe at Ohio State

Watch as Ohio State freshman wide receiver Gee Scott Jr goes through the ceremony of having his black stripe removed in preseason camp.

We’re starting to see several new additions to the Ohio State football team shed their black stripes. So far, we’ve seen running back Trey Sermon, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and safety Kourt Williams receive the honor.

And you had to believe another one of the hard working blue-chip wide receivers would be recognized as “officially” a part of Buckeye Nation soon. Sure enough, we had a black-stripe alert Tuesday for Gee Scott, Jr.

The 6-foot, 3-inch, 210-pounder out of Seattle might be one of the most underrated players in the 2020 class. Not that being ranked as the No. 10 receiver in the class and No. 66 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings is anything to sneeze at, but he’s not had quite the buzz of fellow wide receivers Julian Fleming and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Make no mistake though, Gee was impressive in every camp and national competition he was a part of and will be a huge part of this offense in the future.

“Man, I appreciate y’all welcoming me in right away and making me one of your own, man,” Scott said to during the short ceremony. “I’m just blessed to be a part of this. Shoutout to Zone 6 — coach Hartline. Appreciate y’all, man. Buckeyes!”

Thanks to the Ohio State Football Twitter account, you can watch the video of some highlights and it all go down in practice where it’s apparent Scott, Jr. can high point the ball.

 

Gee Scott Jr. on Ohio State: “I just felt it. This is where I want to be”

It’s not superficial for Gee Scott. It’s not about the clothes, the name. He chose Ohio State because it’s all about development.

It’s not superficial for Gee Scott, Jr.

The four-star Ohio State commit isn’t planning to live in Columbus because it’s truly his dream city. It’s not about the clothes or the name for the high school senior who is currently ranked as the Class of 2020’s 10th-best receiver according to 247Sports.

He chose Ohio State because it’s all about development.

Scott’s commitment has helped Ohio State bring in quite possibly the best wide receiving recruiting class in modern history. He’ll join the nation’s top overall commit in Julian Fleming.

He’ll tag-team with Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave. He’ll be a dynamic part of Ryan Day’s offense, and that type of impact is why he wanted to join the Buckeyes.

Tony Gerdeman, a senior writer at The-Ozone, caught up with Scott Jr. and got the entire explanation for why he chose Ohio State over other top programs.

At 6-foot-2.5, Scott Jr. has all the attributes to be a future star. With Brian Hartline’s wide receivers having immense success at the collegiate level, Scott Jr. knew this was the place to be.

Now, in just a few months, he’ll get to prove himself and earn that black stripe.

 

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