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Ohio State makes offer to 2023 Tight End

It’s never too early to begin looking ahead at the next crop of talent at Ohio State. The Buckeyes have offered to a 2023 tight end.

We are only two months into 2021 and we’re already talking about 2023 recruits? Yep, that’s the way things work when you’re trying to get your hands on the best.

Ty Lockwood of Thompson’s Station, TN let the world know via Twitter that Ohio State has shown interest in having him be part of the family. Lockwood is 6 feet, 5 inches, and 220 pounds and is only a high school sophomore. Lockwood does not have a star rating just yet but a quick look at Lockwood’s list of suiters says this kid has some serious potential.

So, why would the Buckeyes be going after a sophomore tight end so early in the game? Well, they have verbal commits at the tight end position in Bennett Christian and Benji Gosnell in the 2022 class and wouldn’t take more than that, so time to look ahead to the future.

After many years of underutilizing the tight end position, the Ohio State coaches are finally taking advantage of some very skilled playmakers on the receiving side of the ball. And recruits are taking notice knowing they can make a name for themselves in scarlet and gray.

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NCAA extends recruiting dead period: How that impacts Ohio State’s chances of signing J.T. Tuimoloau

Ohio State was hoping to host some prized recruits during the spring. That doesn’t look very promising with another dead period extension.

The NCAA has once again extended the recruiting dead period and could be a huge blow to Ohio State. With the COVID-19 vaccine beginning to roll out earlier this year, it seems most businesses and other entities are moving closer to reopening. The governing body of college athletics seems to be going in the opposite direction and has once again extended the dead period, this time to May 31.

April 15 was the date that had been set in place to lift the dead period, which gave hope for recruits looking to see some schools during spring practices. Moving the date to the end of May will be a wild card on Ohio State’s chances at one of the best defensive ends in the nation.

We told you a few weeks ago that the No. 1 rated player and defensive end in the 2021 recruiting cycle, J.T. Tuimoloau would wait until later in the spring to make his college decision. The reason? Because he and his family wanted to visit schools to be certain of his choice before committing the next three to four years of his life. That’s actually a very reasonable and mature thing for an 18-year-old kid to be thinking through.

With the NCAA making this extension, if Tuimoloau wants to see Columbus and the Ohio State campus before signing, he’ll have to do it on his own dime and wouldn’t even be able to see the athletic facilities or speak with coaches.

Tuimoloau and his family have been very intentional with this entire process and now they and Ohio State have been handed another obstacle to overcome. Recruiting experts still see Tuimoloau as a Buckeye, but one has to wonder if Ohio State is losing its grip with another dead period extension.

This can only be seen as a blow to Ohio State’s chances to land Tuimoloau, but it also means that 2022 and 2023 recruits won’t be able to visit in the spring as well. Hopefully, Tuimoloau thinks enough of OSU to still land in Columbus, but we just don’t know. While the recruiting process looks glamorous on the outside, it doesn’t take much to see that the whole process can be very stressful.

Add another dead period extension, and well… it just piles more on top of what has already been a very long year.

 

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Ohio State football in the mix for another top 2022 talent

Ohio State would love to land another top cornerback in the 2022 class. One of the best in the country included the Buckeyes in his top 10.

Just because we’re in the middle of basketball season, doesn’t mean our ears can’t perk up when we hear some football news. While the basketball Buckeyes are getting it done on the hardwood, the Ohio State football team is continuing to make waves in the 2022 recruiting cycle.

We told you earlier about Walter Nolen, the nation’s No. 1 defensive tackle who has trimmed his list and kept the Buckeyes in the top-ten. Now another top talent has also cut his list to ten and again we see that beautiful scarlet and gray.

Austin Jordan is a four-star cornerback from the state of Texas. The Buckeyes got in early on Jordan offering him all the way back in 2019. If the Bucks are to land Jordan, they’ll have to beat out a who’s who of blue bloods. Outside of OSU, the young corners list includes Texas, USC, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Penn State, Texas A&M, and Auburn.

Ohio State already has verbal commitments from five-star cornerback Jaheim Singletary and four-star cornerback Jyaire Brown in the 2022 class. But can you ever have too many corners? Uhh… I don’t’ think so. Not at a place that calls itself B.I.A. (Best in America) for the defensive back position group.

Ohio State football 2022 recruiting commitment tracker

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Ohio State makes cut for 2022 five-star defensive tackle

Ohio State looks to add to an already impressive 2022 recruiting class. The class’s top defensive tackle has the Buckeyes in his top 10.

We already know that Ohio State is off to a fast start in the 2022 recruiting cycle. After signing the No. 2 class in 2021 and the potential to still add J.T. Tuimoloau later in the spring, the Buckeyes just made the cut for another big-time name in the coming class.

Walter Nolen is listed as the No. 1 defensive tackle in the 2022 class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings and the No. 2 player overall. Nolen recently cut his list down to ten programs for consideration.

Included with Ohio State in his top ten are his home state Tennessee Volunteers, along with LSU, Alabama, Oregon, USC, Auburn, Florida, Clemson, and arch-rival Michigan.

Ohio State is still sitting pretty in the race for Tuimoloau. Adding the No. 1 defensive tackle in the country would be another home run for Ryan Day and a recruiting class that is shaping up to be one of the greatest in college football history.

Ohio State football 2022 recruiting commitment tracker

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LOOK. Is the Ohio State 2022 recruiting class up to something big?

Ohio State football’s 2022 verbal commitments all look like they are up to something big on Twitter. Could another commitment be coming?

Last recruiting season, we saw the 2021 class share a bunch of steak emojis that turned into a bushel of commitments through the late spring and summer. We were a little baffled at the time, but it was clear the group was working together to try and do a little recruiting of their own.

Fast forward to now, and the 2022 class seems to be taking queues from what the most recent class did. It started with the top prospect in the class, five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers changing his Twitter profile picture to an image of deer antlers with an Ohio State ball cap on top. Now, it seems the rest of the class is changing their Twitter profile pictures to the same, with Ewers talking about a potential, huge, #Boom or series of #Booms, we’ll just have to wait and see.

We’re sharing with you this series of Tweets from many of the already verbally committed Buckeyes in the 2022 class, and we’ll just have to keep an eye to see if any huge news breaks soon on the Ohio State football recruiting front. So far, eight of the ten commits have made the change to their profile pictures.

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How Ohio State football’s recruiting classes have finished since the year 2010

Not many programs recruit at the level of Ohio State. Here’s where Buckeyes football classes have stacked up in team rankings since 2010.

There aren’t too many programs that recruit at the level Ohio State does. In fact, you can count them on one hand. The Buckeyes bring in a slew of talent that competes for conference championships and national titles on almost an annual basis. Recruiting is the backbone of any big-time college football program, and the Buckeyes have done it better than most.

And it’s not just been a recent run of success. Ohio State has been dominant now for quite some time on the recruiting trail even back in the Woody Hayes days. It can pull the best players from talent-rich Ohio as the biggest program in the state, and also cherry-pick some of the best around the country because kids want to be a part of going to the NFL and playing some monumental games.

We decided to take a look back from really when the records of thes types of things have taken off and see where Ohio State has finished in recruiting rankings with the major recruiting services. It’s pretty impressive as you’ll see. So let’s get to it, beginning with the year 2010.

 

Ohio State football national signing day recruiting commitment tracker

It’s officially national signing day, and although it’s been quiet for Ohio State, we’ve still tracked all the commitments for 2021.

It’s national signing day, at least of the traditional variety. And even though Ohio State may have signed its entire class back during the early signing period in December, were keeping tabs on anything else that occurs today and reminding you of all the commitments already locked in.

What Ryan Day and his staff pulled in for the 2021 class is truly remarkable. It is currently the No. 2 overall class in the country behind just Alabama and has 18 of the 21 commitments so-far rated as four and five-star prospects. It’s unlikely much happens today, but we’ve got all the official commitments outlined for you and will update any further news that comes about.

Remember, the Buckeyes are still waiting on word from the top defensive end in the class, five-star J.T. Tuimoloau out of Washington State. He won’t likely pull the trigger on where he’s going to school until later in April. Right now, he is considered a heavy lean towards the Buckeyes.

Here, is your 2021 Ohio State football recruiting class.

Ohio State loses out on four-star linebacker Raesjon Davis

Raesjon Davis loved his visit to Ohio State, but ultimately chose to stay closer to home.

Four-star linebacker, Raesjon Davis has made his college decision, and, unfortunately, it wasn’t the news Ohio State fans were hoping for. Davis picked Southern Cal to spend his days playing college football.

This doesn’t come as too much of a surprise. Almost all of the experts believed the Mater Dei High School standout was all but a lock for the Trojans. Of course, there was a spark of hope after Davis and his family took an unofficial visit to Columbus and gave rave reviews of their visit.

Ultimately, Davis decided to stay closer to home, something he had said was important to him after decommitting from LSU in late fall. Davis made his intentions known live on CBS Sports HQ this morning.

This gives USC and coach Clay Helton another big catch in their 2021 class, which sits seventh nationally according to 247 Sports.

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Ohio State adds long snapper as preferred walk on

It’s nice to be able to add a specialist to an already stacked class. Ohio State just added a preferred walk-on to its 2021 class.

The long snapper on a football team is one you rarely ever hear about and if you do it’s usually for all the wrong reasons. Even though it’s not a high profile position, it is nonetheless a very important spot, to say the least.

On that note, Mason Arnold has accepted an invitation to join the Ohio State football team as a preferred walk-on at long snapper. Arnold is from the Tampa, Florida area, but has ties to Ohio with family from both Columbus and Cleveland.

Arnold is also a pretty good wrestler, competing for a state championship twice as in his high school career. He is currently 18-0 and hoping to cap off that career with a state title in 2021. One of his high school wrestling coaches, Eric Smith, wrestled for the Buckeyes as well.

Arnold has played on both the defensive and offensive lines in high school but will look to hone his skills mainly as a long snapper at Ohio State.

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Ohio State fans will love Quinn Ewers new Twitter profile pic

Quinn Ewers is the top prospect in the class of 2022. Ohio State fans are going to fall in love with his new Twitter profile picture.

By now, every Ohio State fan knows who Quinn Ewers is, or at least should. He’s the No. 1 rated overall player and quarterback in the 2022 recruiting class.

Ewers has been a lifelong Texas fan and was committed to the Longhorns as late as fall of 2020. Ewers decided to back out of his verbal commitment to play in Austin and within a few weeks, pledged his allegiance to the Buckeyes. This may have been the straw that broke Tom Herman’s back and ultimately led to his firing as the Texas head coach.

Enter Steve Sarkisian, who just led Alabama’s prolific offense to a historic year capped off by a national championship. There have been whispers that Ewers may swing back to Texas with a new man at the helm. However, the Southlake, Texas QB seems to be firm in his commitment to Ohio State.

Just check out his new Twitter profile pic as proof.

That seems to be a pretty good sign that Ewers is locked in on Columbus as Ohio State is putting together quite the stockpile of QB talent. By the time Ewers arrives on campus, he’ll be battling C.J. Stroud, Jack Miller, and Kyle McCord all of whom were highly rated quarterback prospects as well.

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