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Ohio State football makes top-4 for four-star 2025 Illinois quarterback Jonas Williams

The Buckeyes are in a battle for one of the nation’s top 2026 quarterbacks

Quarterback recruiting has significantly changed over the last few years, as more and more of them are making early decisions.

Many of Ohio State football’s targets have committed elsewhere, and it looked for a while like the Buckeyes may just skip the 2026 cycle and focus on the future classes.

Fortunately, Ohio State was named as one of Illinois quarterback [autotag]Jonas Williams[/autotag]’ top four along with Oregon, LSU and Alabama. None of his finalists have a verbal at the position, so this is a big development for each of the schools.

The battle for the nation’s No. 96 overall prospect and 8th ranked quarterback according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings will be fierce.

At 6-foot, 3-inches and 185-pounds, Williams has the frame that many teams drool over. Expect Ohio State to put on the full-court press for him over the next few months.

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Ohio State basketball will officially host 2025 Nebraska power forward A’mare Bynum

The Buckeyes will host the star power forward in October #GoBucks

The recruiting calendar is much different from football to basketball, In fact, the Ohio State hoops team typically uses football weekends to host prospects.

That’s exactly what will happen with 2025 Nebraska power forward, [autotag]A’mare Bynum[/autotag], who will visit Columbus the weekend of October 4. The Buckeyes will host Iowa that weekend, as a packed Ohio Stadium will surely be impressive to see for the nation’s No. 108 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Bynum also scheduled officials to Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado and LSU, and all probably have a better chance of landing his commitment with it being dificult to lure him away from his home state school.

Ohio State currently does not have a 2025 commitment, but has plenty of interest from high end prospects.

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Ohio State football commit Tavien St. Clair is now a consensus 5-star recruit

An impressive rise in the rankings for the Buckeye’s commit

When Ohio State football took a commitment from in-state 2025 quarterback [autotag]Tavien St. Clair[/autotag], he wasn’t ranked especially high by the recruiting services.

The 6-foot, 4-inch, 225-pounder was initially placed in the 300’s by the 247Sports Composite, which still put him in the 4-star range. Fast forward to now, and the Buckeyes’ future signal caller continues to move north according to recruiting sites.

On3 recently updated its 2025 class, and St. Clair made yet another move up the rankings. With the change, he now is a consensus 5-star prospect, as he’s the No. 2 player with 247Sports, No. 11 with Rivals, No. 15 on ESPN, and No. 15 according to On3. His 247Sports Composite Ranking has him as the No. 9 overall player.

The other two Buckeyes that hold the consensus 5-star ranking are cornerbacks Na’eem Offord and Devin Sanchez. It’s shaping up to be another banner class for the Buckeyes in 2025, and there is still room for more elite players.

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Ohio State basketball offers 2028 in-state guard

The Buckeyes offer an in-state 2028 guard

It is still a long way until the 2028 basketball class can sign with any team, but that doesn’t mean Ohio State basketball is waiting around to offer a prospect it believes will be a great fit.

That happened on Tuesday afternoon, as the Buckeyes offered in-state guard, [autotag]Kameron Mercer[/autotag]. The Cincinnati native now holds three offers (Cincinnati and Xavier) at this extremely early stage of his recruitment. More will surely be on the way for the 6-foot, 5-inch and 175-pound incoming high school freshman.

Mercer is already considered one of the best prospects in his class, if not the best.

The focus on retaining Ohio’s best prospects has been at the forefront of Ohio State’s recruiting for new head coach [autotag]Jake Diebler[/autotag], and this early offer to Mercer is more proof of that.

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Ohio State football’s top remaining 2025 target sets commitment date

Sanders Jr. would be a massive pickup for the Buckeyes

Although Ohio State football currently has the country’s top 2025 recruiting class according to the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings, it still wants a few more elite players to join the group.

The biggest remaining target, both literally and figuratively, is North Carolina offensive tackle [autotag]David Sanders Jr.[/autotag] The 6-foot, 6-inch and 290-pound mauler is the nation’s No. 2 overall prospect and top ranked tackle according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Sanders took multiple official visits during May and June, including one to Columbus. That trip clearly went well for him as he has now set his commitment date, on August 17th. He will choose from his four finalists: Nebraska, Tennessee, Georgia and Ohio State.

Sanders is arguably the most important recruit of the cycle for the Buckeyes, as they haven’t had the best luck recruiting elite tackles for the past few classes.

It’s hard to say where he is leaning to, as the only 247Sports Crystal Ball pick for Sanders is to Clemson, who is not one of the schools that he will choose from.

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Ohio State football commit Riley Pettijohn junior season highlights video

Check out what Ohio State will be getting #GoBucks

Ohio State added to its 2025 recruiting class in a big way on Saturday with the commitment of 5-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn out of McKinny, Texas. He’s the fourth 5-star prospect that OSU has received a verbal commitment from in the cycle and the third linebacker included in the class.

As a 5-star recruit, you’d expect his video highlights from his junior season to be impressive, and that’s exactly what you’ll see if you look up the 6-2, 215-pounder online.

Better yet, rather than look it up, we’ve got some highlights from last season right here for you thanks to the YouTube channel, “Brodie Knows Ball.” Hit play below and check out the speed and ability to process and react.

What you see here will hopefully be coming to a stadium on the banks of the Olentangy near you over the next few years.

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WATCH: The moment Riley Pettijohn chose Ohio State

The moment Riley Pettijohn picked Ohio State. #GoBucks

In case you missed it, the Ryan Day, James Laruinaitis, and the Ohio State football program picked up one whale of a commitment for the linebacker room when 5-star prospect Riley Pettijohn chose the Buckeyes Saturday.

And everyone rejoiced.

He’s the third of a solid group of linebackers to join the 2025 cycle, and it was a bit of a flex for OSU, going down in the state of Texas and stealing him away from the teams in Texas and the south. For awhile, it sure looked like the 6-foot, 2-inch, 215-pounder would be heading to L.A. to play for the USC Trojans, but that all seemed to change as the announcement got closer.

In the end, Pettijohn appears to be headed to Columbus, and in case you missed his announcement live, we’ve got the moment he chose Ohio State over USC, Syracuse, Texas, and Texas A&M.

It’s an exciting and big-time sales job by OSU, now it’s time to get on campus and get to work next year.

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Major Boom! Ohio State gets commitment from 5-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn

Big #BOOM on Saturday. #GoBucks

In a class with several five star prospects already, Ohio State football just landed another in its 2025 class with the commitment of five-star linebacker, Riley Pettijohn on Saturday.

Out of McKinney, Texas, Pettijohn is ranked as the No. 4 linebacker and 31st overall prospect in the 2025 class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. His recruitment seemed to come down to Ohio State and USC, but in the end, the Buckeye leaves began to point towards Columbus just ahead of the announcement.

Pettijohn makes the 23rd commitment for the cycle and fourth five-star commitment for the Buckeyes, leading all programs. It keeps the class out ahead as the No. 1 class in the country as it stands today with a legimate shot at finishing at the top class this year.

There are hits and misses on the recruiting trail, but this is a big one for linebackers coach James Lauranaitis and company.

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Ohio State football trending for 2026 in-state athlete

The Buckeyes are looking good to keep one of the state’s best 2026 prospects at home

During one of Ohio State football’s camp sessions this summer, an offer went out to 2026 in-state Avon athlete, [autotag]Jakob Weatherspoon[/autotag].

The 5-foot, 11-inch, 172-pound prospect saw his recruiting take a major jump following the Buckeye offer. Penn State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame and others followed Ohio State’s, showing that it was deserved.

Ranked as the nation’s No. 196 overall player and 16th athlete according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings, it looks like the Buckeyes have a leg up on the competition.

247Sports insider Bill Kurelic logged a crystal ball prediction (subscription required) for Weatherspoon to ultimately commit to Ohio State. He is being recruited as a defensive back.

It’s very early in the 2026 cycle, but Ohio State does have a commit in wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. If the prediction is correct, the Buckeyes will eventually add Weatherspoon to the class.

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Ohio State football misses on another target who goes to Oregon

The Ducks are starting to be a problem

Although the Oregon Ducks have yet to play a single game in the Big Ten, they are turning out to be a big problem for Ohio State football.

The Buckeyes and one of the newest members of the conference have battled it out for multiple recruits like Dorian Brew, Jordon Davison and Ajani Cornelius. Each of those battles have gone Oregon’s way, and it happened again on Thursday.

Texas 5-star wide receiver [autotag]Dakorien Moore[/autotag] had Ohio State as one of his four finalists, but the nation’s No. 3 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings chose the Ducks, also spurring Texas and LSU.

Ohio State is still in good position with its 2025 wide receiver class, as they currently have Quincy Porter, De’zie Jones and Bodpegn Miller committed. It’s clear the coaching staff still wants one more, but the pickings are getting slim at this point in the cycle.

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