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Highlighting 5 top Ohio high school football recruit performances

Here is a glimpse of how the top high school prospects in Ohio played.

All though we are still waiting anxiously for the Ohio State football team to kick off its football season, Ohio high schools around the state have at least broken the seal, and we wanted to provide a breakdown on how some of the top prospects have played.

If you follow us here at Buckeyes Wire you know how much we love Gabe Powers, but unfortunately, Marysville High School does not kick off their season until next week. There is still a ton of exciting talent and we will highlight where the prospect is currently committed as well.

Here are some of the most notable performances from Friday under the lights in the great state of Ohio.

Penn State commit takes aim at Buckeyes

A Penn State commit for 2022 showed he is not afraid to mix it up with Ohio State on Twitter

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There has been no shortage of recruiting buzz for Penn State in recent weeks. The Nittany Lions are on a roll and have moved up to No. 3 in the national recruiting rankings after a big week, and the excitement and enthusiasm is being shared by players in the incoming class. One commit went so far as to poke the stick at the only Big Ten team recruiting at a higher rate than Penn State, that being Ohio State.

Ken Talley, a four-star defensive end from Philadelphia who is the No. 7 player in Pennsylvania who has committed to Penn State, showed he is not afraid to stir the pot on Twitter. Following the commitment decision of Reading running back Nicholas Singleton, Talley took to Twitter to claim no other school is recruiting like Penn State. But he also took a jab at Ohio State in the process.

Naturally, these tweets caught the eye of a number of Ohio State commits, including cornerbacks Jyaire Brown and Ryan Turner.

 

When someone pointed out Talley was hoping to get an offer from Ohio State (the tweet has since been deleted), Talley laughed it off and said he wanted that to motivate others from Philadelphia to realize it can happen for them too.

It is true that head-to-head matchups have clearly favored the Buckeyes over the years, so Ohio State players and commits do get to have some bragging rights. And for as good a class as Penn State is putting together, it is the Buckeyes who currently lead the nation in recruiting according to the recruiting rankings. But it is still encouraging to know an incoming Penn state player is already showing some confidence in what Penn State could potentially do moving forward.

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Notre Dame football grabbed a coach with rising stock

New Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman is picked as a coach who saw their stock rise after the 2020 season by ESPN.

It’s safe to say we all agreed that when Brian Kelly announced defensive coordinator Clark Lea’s replacement was Marcus Freeman, it was a home-run hire. Just because we all think it’s the case doesn’t mean it’s is, but today when ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg looked at college football coaches who improved their stock (insider) who improved their stock, it was nice seeing Freeman included in the group.

Rittenberg prefaced Freeman’s inclusion by noting that he didn’t coach at the Power-5 level this year but does that really matter what level he was on? What he did a Cincinnati this past season was impressive, top-8 nationally in points allowed, raw QBR and yards per play allowed.

What’s nice to know is that Freeman had options to join multiple programs, as Rittenberg noted that he was a candidate for the Illinois head coaching job along with defensive coordinator at LSU, but chose the Irish. “No recent Group of 5 coordinator has built a stronger profile than the 35-year-old former Ohio State linebacker,” he said when explaining why Freeman made his list.

The ties to Indiana and Ohio are significant, as Freeman “has spend his entire coaching career” in the two states. What’s important about this fact is he understands how important the Midwest region is in recruiting. There is already buzz about Notre Dame potentially flipping Ohio State instate commit Jyaire Brown and making a big impact in chatting with Indiana defensive tackle Caden Curry, a top-100 prospect.

It’s not just the fact that Freeman is a coaching star on the rise, it’s the fact that he will be able to use his pull locally to bring in high level prospects to South Bend. Although we have yet to see the fruits of his labor, it’s a great feeling to know that Kelly made the right choice for Lea’s replacement in Freeman.

Could Notre Dame flip an Ohio State ‘22 cornerback commit?

According to a report by Andrew Ivins of 247Sports, Jyaire Brown, an Ohio State commit has been talking with Notre Dame and could flip.

Growing up in Ohio, playing for Ohio State and later coaching at Cincinnati, it’s an understatement to say that new Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman has deep roots in the Buckeye state. According to a report from 247Sports Andrew Ivins, Freeman is going hard after Jyaire Brown, an instate Ohio State commit, who made his verbal pledge last April.

Brown told Ivins that although he is committed to the Buckeyes, that hasn’t stopped him from speaking to other schools. The five-foot-eleven-inch and 165-pound cornerback has continued contact with LSU, USC, and Georgia but the Irish have caught his attention more than the rest.

Freeman certainly has Brown thinking about flipping as “he was recruiting me at the University of Cincinnati and when he went to Notre Dame, he hit me up and said he’s not going to take his foot off the gas. So he’s going to keep recruiting me.”

Not only that, Ivins found out that Brown and Freeman had a virtual meeting one week ago. “Notre Dame is a great program. Like I said though, I’m just chilling. So I got to listen to what they got to say and see if the interest is really there and if they love is really there.” Brown did say that he is still solid to the Buckeyes, and if he was to change his mind, it would be in the coming months.

Even if he doesn’t ultimately flip to the Irish, Brown gave a glowing assessment of Freeman saying “I think he great coach man. I think he’s a great family man. With him it’s like love. You are going to get love out of him. He was obviously doing great things at UC and he’s about to go do great things at Notre Dame.”

Only time will tell if Freeman is able to get in Brown’s ear enough and get the Ohio State commit to flip to Notre Dame, but this is only good news going forward. Brian Kelly’s hiring of Freeman has turned out to be grand slam.

BOOM! Ohio State football gets first commitment for 2022

Ohio State kept the recruiting momentum going Wednesday night, getting its first football commitment for the 2022 class.

The Ohio State football program is putting together one of its best-ever recruiting classes for 2021, but that doesn’t mean it can’t also get a jump on 2022.

And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday night. It’s too early to get a composite ranking across multiple recruiting sites, but 247Sports individual metrics have Jyaire Brown, a 6-foot, 165-pounder, rated as a four-star prospect. He is the No. 16 rated corner and No. 122 overall recruit in the entire class.

Brown is the first verbal commitment for the 2020 class so far, and continues the recruiting momentum the program has enjoyed throughout the dead period associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jyaire “Hollywood” Brown is right out under the nose of LSU and the SEC, hailing from Warren Easton High School in New Orleans, LA.

He apparently wants to play for BIA instead of DBU.

 

Michigan State offers 2022 4-star CB Jyaire “Hollywood” Brown

MSU Football has offered one of the top defensive backs in the 2022 class a scholarship.

While Mel Tucker might not be able to do too much to turn around a “meh” 2021 recruiting class, he is certainly looking to get a head start on his 2022 efforts. On Tuesday, Michigan State Football offered one of the top defensive backs in the 2022 recruiting class in Jyaire “Hollywood” Brown.

Brown is currently ranked as the No. 17 cornerback in the 2022 class and the No. 6 ranked player in the state of Louisiana according to 247sports. Personally, I think if you are nicknamed Hollywood you should get an immediate 5-star ranking but maybe that’s why I’m not in charge of star ratings.

Tucker had already offered Brown while at Colorado and he has major interest from Mississippi State along with Texas, Utah, Tennessee, and Louisville, to name a few. He attends Warren Easton High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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