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Ohio State parts ways with safeties coach Perry Eliano.

Perry Eliano out as Ohio State safeties coach.

After much speculation about coaching changes on the football team, the first domino has fallen. Ryan Day has informed safeties coach, Perry Eliano that he will not be retained for the 2024 season.

Eliano signed a two-year deal in 2022, but that contract will not be renewed. In Ohio State’s official announcement, it was stated that a search for his successor is ongoing.

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Ohio State football misses out on KJ Bolden to somewhat surprising school

Coffee is for closers and the Ohio State coaches are thirsty on Saturday night #GoBucks

It has been a reoccurring theme with [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] and high-end prospects over the last two cycles, where the Buckeyes miss out on their guy.

It happened once again on Saturday night, as 2024 Georgia 5-star safety [autotag]KJ Bolden[/autotag] opted to stay in the South and commit to the Florida State Seminoles. This recruitment stings for multiple reasons, one of them being the fact that the safety’s uncle, [autotag]Perry Eliano[/autotag], is Ohio State’s coach at that position.

If family ties aren’t enough to pull the 6-foot, 1-inch, 185-pound star, then it really wasn’t meant to be. Bolden, who is viewed as the No. 1 safety and 7th overall player in the 247Sports Composite Rankings, has been a priority recruit for Ohio State.

The current 2024 Buckeye class has just two other safety commits, Garrett Stover and Jaylen McClain, but the former could end up playing linebacker as well.

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Is Ohio State falling out of favor for 5-star safety with ties to the Buckeyes?

It’s looking like the Buckeyes won’t be hearing a BOOM on August 5. #GoBucks

Although it seemed like [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] was going to have a leg up in the recruitment of Georgia 2024 safety [autotag]KJ Bolden[/autotag], that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

The Buckeyes safeties coach, [autotag]Perry Eliano[/autotag], is cousins with Bolden and for a while, it looked like the family connection would win out in his recruitment. Unfortunately for Ohio State, that doesn’t seem like it will be enough to push the 6-foot, 1-inch, 185-pound safety to land in Columbus.

In an X post, the website formerly known as Twitter, by On3, Bolden is quoted as saying that his recent visit to Auburn has pushed the Tigers into his top two. The perceived favorite has been Georgia and many thought Ohio State was right behind the Bulldogs, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Bolden is set to make his commitment on August 5, and we will find out where the top-rated safety and No. 7 overall player according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings will commit to. As of right now, it doesn’t seem like it will be the Buckeyes.

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Report: Ohio State hosting 5-star Georgia safety in June

Great news for the star safety and the Buckeyes #GoBucks

In [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] defensive coordinator [autotag]Jim Knowles[/autotag] scheme, safeties are a very important piece of the puzzle. That group for the Buckeyes played well overall, but had hiccups, especially in the final two games.

The best way to fix this issue is through recruiting and Georgia safety KJ Bolden is at the top of the list for the 2024 cycle. There is an easy connection for Bolden and the Buckeyes, his uncle, [autotag]Perry Eliano[/autotag], is Ohio State’s safeties coach.

That relationship has put the Buckeyes in high consideration. According to the report by 247Sports Blair Angulo, Bolden has scheduled an official visit to Columbus for the weekend of June 16.

Bolden is also considering Alabama, Georgia, USC and Oregon, and could visit those schools as well. Angulo also notes the star safety is looking to make his decision later in the summer. He is the No. 4 overall player and top safety in the country according to the 247Sports composite.

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Ohio State football finally offers top in-state 2025 prospect

The Buckeyes have entered the mix #GoBucks

After I questioned the [autotag]Ohio State football[/autotag] staff for not offering top 2025 in-state prospect [autotag]Dorian Brew[/autotag] earlier this week, it pulled the trigger on Saturday.

The in-state wide receiver was reportedly on a visit to Columbus when he went to Twitter to announce he had been offered. This wasn’t Brew’s first time visiting campus, but it is going to be one he remembers.

With a consensus top 100 player in the Buckeyes’ backyard, it was a bit odd they hadn’t offered, but that is now in the past. Ohio State has entered the chat, and you have to believe will be pressing hard for Brew’s commitment as his recruitment starts to heat up.

Since Brew tagged new offensive coordinator [autotag]Brian Hartline[/autotag] and safeties coach [autotag]Perry Eliano[/autotag], you have to wonder what side of the ball he would end up on if he ends up in Columbus. Head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] most likely doesn’t care at this moment, just get him to sign and figure out a position later.

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The day after: Thoughts on Ohio State’s crushing loss to Georgia

So many thoughts but these stuck out in my mind the most. How about yours Buckeye fans? #GoBucks

If you were like me, it was hard to sleep Saturday night.

For more than three quarters of the [autotag]Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl[/autotag], it looked like [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] would face [autotag]TCU[/autotag] with a national championship on the line. Georgia had different plans. It mounted a massive comeback during the fourth quarter and sent the Buckeyes back to Columbus with a disappointing loss.

Since the game ended, many thoughts have passed through my head, some good, some bad and a great many pondering what the future for [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] and his program will look like. Here are my thoughts the day after Ohio State’s 42-41 loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal. (Also, happy New Year’s everyone, even if it wasn’t what many of us wanted).

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Ohio State coaching staff impressed with freshman Sonny Styles

Ohio State coach Perry Eliano says Sonny Styles is mature beyond his years. #GoBucks

Everyone knew Ohio State had something special in freshman Sonny Styles. He was the No. 1 ranked safety in the 2023 class according to the 247Sports Composite rankings before reclassifying to the 2022 class. The five-star safety was a must-get for Ohio State living in the Buckeye’s backyard coming from Pickerington, Ohio, and with his dad, Lorenzo Sr. wearing the scarlet and gray in the 90s.

However, even as excited as everyone was about Styles joining OSU a year earlier than expected, there is a realization that the young man is only 17 years old. That doesn’t seem to be making a difference to the coaching staff as Styles seems to be holding his own and is mature well beyond his years… both physically and mentally.

New defensive backs coach Perry Eliano had nothing but high praise for his budding star.

“He’s a beast. He’s a big boy,” Eliano said recently at a media session. “The biggest thing about Sonny is that he is 17 years old and you’d think he’s 22. He’s very, very mature. Very humble. No entitlement. He just came in and worked.”

Sounds like dad has raised his son right. It might be easy for a highly touted recruit and son of a former star to walk in and think he already owns the place, but it doesn’t sound like there is any of that going on.

How much Styles will play this year remains to be seen. He is still waiting to have his black stripe removed to become an official member of the brotherhood. You can follow our black stripe removal tracker right here.

The Buckeyes will host Notre Dame to open the season on September 3 in Ohio Stadium. Styles older brother Lorenzo Jr. is a wide receiver for the Fighting Irish. I’m sure little brother will be chomping at the bit to get in the game. Somebody has to have bragging rights at Thanksgiving dinner.

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New Ohio State football assistants, Walton, Eliano’s, salaries unveiled

We now know what new assitants Perry Eliano and Tim Walton will be making at Ohio State. #GoBucks

Hopefully, your head isn’t still spinning from all the staff changes Ryan Day has been working on since the end of the regular season. In fact, you might want to excuse the “pardon the dust” signs around the football offices as they go through ‘Extreme Make Over: College Football Staff Edition’ over at the Woody.

All the changes have been well-chronicled, but not the salaries everyone will be making. However, that too is beginning to trickle out. And, thanks to the terms sheet obtained by Eleven Warriors, we now know what new assistants Tim Walton and Perry Eliano will be making per year (subscription may be required). Walton, the new secondary coach, will make a cool $700,000/year, while Eliano, who agreed to become the safeties coach, will make $450,000 annually.

Those figures might pale in comparison to some of the other dollar signs we’ve seen thrown around the program for assistants lately, but remember that these aren’t your big-time positions within a staff. What they are, is a foot in the door of one of the biggest college football machines out there, and a chance to further one’s career.

There are also bonuses and such that are pretty standard for all assistant coaches at Ohio State, but that’s boilerplate stuff for the program. In both cases, the assistants are making more in Columbus than in their previous stops.

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Ohio State reportedly set to name new safeties coach from Cincinnati

Some more news on Ryan Day’s reshaped defensive staff. #GoBucks

According to news originally reported by Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, Ohio State is set to name former Cincinnati cornerbacks coach Perry Eliano as its new safeties coach. The move was part of a flurry of news on the defensive side of Ryan Day’s staff Thursday that also included news of Kerry Coombs and Al Washington’s departures, as well as the reported hiring of Tim Walton as Day’s defensive backs coach.

Eliano spent the last two seasons at Cincinnati, and also spent three years as the special teams coordinator at New Mexico. He also had stops at Bowling Green, UTSA, Central Arkansas, and Sam Houston. He is a 19-year coaching veteran who helped lead the Bearcats to the second-best pass defense in the country last season.

Day is clearly banking on Eliano helping improve an Ohio State defense that ranked 96th in the country against the pass in 2021.

It’s been a whirlwind afternoon here keeping up with all the changes to Ryan Day’s staff, and we’ll stay on top of it as any further news develops.

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