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Ohio State football reportedly finds its new Director of Player Personnel

Votteler will be a big help to Ohio State’s recruiting efforts #GoBucks

When former [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] Director of Player Personnel [autotag]Zach Grant[/autotag] left in December, everyone figured that head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] would make a quick hire.

Although it took a few months to find Grant’s replacement, Day has indeed found it according to multiple reports. It comes by way of [autotag]Marc Votteler[/autotag]. The Buckeyes are apparently set to hire away Marshall’s general manager, and before you question the move, Votteler had previous stops as the Assistant Director of PlayerPpersonnel at Alabama, UCF, and Tennessee.

In other words, the experience is there, and now [autotag]Mark Pantoni[/autotag], the Assistant Athletic Director of Player Personnel, has found his next helper. (Insert joke from The Office about being an assistant to the assistant.)

Votteler will now help Pantoni in the recruiting department, one where Ohio State has been extremely successful.

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Ohio State hires new recruiting director, what it teams to Notre Dame

Time will tell if the Irish take advantage of this hire

For the first time in Ryan Day’s tenure at Ohio State, he did not lead his team to a berth in the College Football Playoff. Day needed a makeover on his staff, as he has hired a new defensive coordinator and now replacing his recruiting director who left for USC with Zach Grant.

This move is viewed around the country as a good one, one that obviously has an impact on Notre Dame. The Irish, along with the Buckeyes and a handful of other schools have a national brand and recruit that way. The Midwest powers rosters each have players from all across the country, often pitting against each other in those recruiting battles.

The hiring of Grant could be seen as an advantage for the Irish, as he will have to establish relationships with a new set of recruits. Western Kentucky, his old employer, doesn’t recruit at the same level as OSU, so Grant is going to have to make new impressions.

Marcus Freeman may be the “new” head coach for the Irish, but his Midwestern roots along with being on the staff for a season prior give him and his staff, who for the most part stayed with him, a leg up. Yes, Ohio State has been one of the best recruiting schools in the country, but Notre Dame needs to take advantage of any chink in the Buckeyes recruiting armor.

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