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Ohio State football commit making cross-country trip for Indiana game

Ohio State football’s wide receiver commit Phillip Bell will be making a cross-country trip for the top-five battle on Saturday.

The Ohio State Buckeyes bring in some of the best wide receivers in the country, and next season is going to be no different with talent like Phillip Bell joining the program.

Bell, who is the 28th-best recruit via 247Sports Composite Rating, committed to Ohio State in August and will be making the trip back to Columbus for the Buckeyes battle with Indiana.

He told the public that via Twitter/X.

Bell was recruited by Brian Hartline and visited back in June as well. With Ohio State having beaten out other Big Ten programs like USC and Penn State, getting a commitment from Bell was huge.

Bell will join Tavien St. Clair, the No. 2 quarterback in the class, and Devin Sanchez, the No. 1 cornerback, in Columbus next season. Let’s just say the Buckeyes will again have high expectations with this array of talent.

A four-star commit, Bell is playing his high school football with Mission Viejo in California, so to make this game, he’ll have quite the mission ahead of him. But, for a top-five battle, it should be worth it.

Ohio State football trending to add another 2025 wide receiver

Another recent official visitor is leaning towards the Buckeyes. #GoBucks

Following Ohio State football’s official visitors from this past weekend, it seems like it was a huge success.

On Sunday the Buckeyes added running back Isaiah West, and on Monday, it’s looking like another one of the prospects on campus is trending to join him.

On3’s Director of Recruiting, Chad Simmons, has made a prediction that Ohio State will eventually get a commitment from California wide receiver [autotag]Phillip Bell[/autotag]. The 6-foot, 2-inch, 195-pound prospect is ranked as the nation’s No. 152 overall player and 16th rated at his position according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

With the recent addition of New Jersey’s Quincy Porter and De’Zie Jones, the Buckeyes have two of the nation’s best already in their class.

Ohio State wants at least three receivers, and if Simmons is correct, Bell would round out a great unit.

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Gators offer blue-chip west coast wide receiver in 2025 class

The Gators offered a scholarship to one of the best pass-catchers on the west coast.

Scholarship offers have been flying out of Gainesville of late as Billy Napier and his army of staffers continue their tireless work on the college football recruiting trail. One of those offers was extended to four-star wide receiver [autotag]Philip Bell[/autotag] out of Mission Viejo (California) in the 2025 class by wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 195-pound pass catcher pulled in 56 receptions for 1,002 yards and 12 touchdowns as a freshman and followed that up with 73 catches for 818 yards and 20 touchdowns as a sophomore with his previous school, Christian Brothers in Sacramento.

He has also been contacted by the Oregon Ducks, Ohio State Buckeyes, USC Trojans, Clemson Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, Michigan Wolverines, Wisconsin Badgers, Miami Hurricanes, UCLA Bruins, Colorado Buffaloes, Penn State Nittany Lions and Tennessee Volunteers, among others.

The high school junior is ranked No. 44 overall and No. 7 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 industry ranking has him at Nos. 40 and 7, respectively.

Bell has a crystal ball prediction for USC from 247Sports while On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has the Trojans in front with a 25.4% chance of landing him; the California Golden Bears (15.1%), Colorado (6.8%) and Washington Huskies (5.6%) follow behind.

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Tennessee football recruiting: Vols’ notable upcoming March visits

Tennessee football recruiting: A look at the Vols’ notable upcoming March visits

The recruiting dead period ended Feb. 28 and the Volunteers have been actively hosting top recruits for on-campus visits throughout March.

Tennessee currently has five 2024 commitments, headlined by four-stars Jonathan Echols (athlete), JJ Harrell (wide receiver) and Kaleb Beasley (cornerback).

During March, Tennessee hosted four-star linebacker D’Angelo Barber, three-star running back Peyton Lewis, five-star edge rusher Ari Watford and four-star cornerback Jontae Gilbert.

The Vols’ 2024 recruiting class currently ranks No. 9 nationally and No. 5 in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee’s 2024 class is on pace to be the highest-ranked for the Vols since 2015.

Vols Wire looks at notable upcoming recruiting visits scheduled for the final two weeks in March. Upcoming March recruiting visits are listed below.

Sooners building foundation for future with flurry of offers for 2025 and 2026

Oklahoma gets a jump on its recruiting future, extending offers to a number of 2025 and 2026 prospects.

While the 2024 class is next up for the calendar year, recruiting future classes starts with years of relationships. Those relationships take time to build and don’t always develop overnight. It’s imperative to lay the foundation early on, which is why it should come as no surprise that the Sooners sent a  flurry of offers to 2025 and 2026 prospects in recent weeks.

Recruiting services have hardly evaluated them enough to rank them all just yet. These players have already received Power Five offers and look to be premier players who will eventually be significant prospects come their senior year.

We’ve taken the liberty to take a brief look at these 2025 and 2026 offers and offer a bit of insight about each.