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Kayin Lee Follows Up Official Visit With Buckeyes Pledge
The Buckeyes started the week off the same way last week did with a major commitment at a position of need with the verbal pledge of four-star Kayin Lee. The 5-foot-11, 185 pounder from suburban Atlanta took his official visit to Ohio State over the weekend and apparently liked what he heard. Lee chose the …
A-Deck: Booms On The Way After Final Official Visit Weekend?
Welcome to “A-Deck” at Buckeye Scoop, where I’ll bring you inside scoop, what I’m hearing, tidbits, thoughts, and more on Ohio State recruiting and team coverage every week. Last week’s A-Deck provided a breakdown from the June 17-19 official visit weekend at Ohio State. This week, I provide a breakdown of what I am hearing coming …
Did Ohio State Just Have The Greatest Recruiting Week Ever?
The Ohio State Buckeyes are always among the best-recruiting programs in college football, but even by those standards, what they did last week was incredible. On consecutive days, they added commitments from 5-star WR Carnell Tate, 5-star WR Brandon Inniss, and top-50 WR Noah Rogers. So was that the greatest week of recruiting in Buckeye …
Bigger, Wiser Jakailin Johnson Ready To ‘Show The World’
Ohio State signed three true freshmen cornerbacks last year, and it’s a good thing they did. Denzel Burke enrolled early and won a starting job. Jordan Hancock and Jakailin Johnson arrived in the summer and had some catching up to do. Hancock played in six games, seeing action on defense against Akron, Rutgers, and Maryland. …
Buckeye Offense Fired Up About New Buckeye Defense
For the first time in the last 25 years — and likely for the first time in school history, the Ohio State defense last year gave up over 450 yards of total offense to five separate opponents. And for the first time in over a decade, OSU’s defense gave up 200 yards rushing four times …
Five-Star Ellis Robinson IV Breaks Down First Visit To Ohio State
Ohio State is set to host a massive official visit weekend for many of their top class of 2023 prospects, but first the Buckeyes spent Thursday and half of the day Friday courting one of their top 2024 prospects in IMG Academy cornerback Ellis Robinson IV. The Buckeyes recently made the cut down to 10 …
Buckeyes, Blue Devils Slated For Rematch In 2022 ACC/Big Ten Challenge
One year after Ohio State downed No. 1 Duke 71-66 in Columbus, the Blue Devils and Buckeyes will take the court against each other in a rematch inside Cameron Indoor Stadium on Duke’s campus in the 2022 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The announcement was made Friday morning that the two schools would be facing each other …
Malaki Branham Selected In First Round Of 2022 NBA Draft, EJ Liddell Taken In Second Round
Ohio State guard Malaki Branham was selected 20th overall in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, marking the first time a Buckeye has been taken in the first round since D’Angelo Russell went second overall in 2015. Forward EJ Liddell was selected in the second round by the …
The Most-Anticipated Non-Conference Games In Ohio State History
This fall’s showdown between Ohio State and Notre Dame is going to be one of the biggest and most-hyped games on the college football schedule in 2022. Thursday’s news that Arch Manning was committing to Texas now makes the 2025 game between the Buckeyes and Longhorns a potential showdown of the No. 1 quarterbacks in …
Ranking The 12 Best Weeks In Ohio State Football Recruiting History (Since 2002)
Over the course of three days this week, Ohio State landed commitments from two five-star receivers and a four-star receiver. On Monday, it was Carnell Tate, the No. 3 receiver in the nation. On Tuesday, Brandon Inniss — the No. 2 receiver overall — followed suit. Then on Wednesday, it was four-star North Carolinian Noah …
Buckeye Weekly Podcast: Are Expectations Too High For CJ Stroud This Season?
In this episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tom Orr and Tony Gerdeman talk a bit about Ohio State’s recent hot streak on the recruiting trail. They then tackle a number of listener questions covering the following topics. Which position on the Buckeyes is likely to have the most transfers? What will be the most …
Top-50 Wide Receiver Noah Rogers Commits To Ohio State
Another day, another elite wide receiver commitment for the Ohio State Buckeyes. After 5-star Carnell Tate committed on Monday, and 5-star Brandon Inniss committed on Tuesday, 4-star Noah Rogers announced that he would join the class on Wednesday. It’s an unprecedented week of commits for one position group for the Buckeyes, and puts this wide …
The Rogers Impact
An epic week of wide receiver recruiting got its cherry on top on Wednesday as the Buckeyes landed Top 100 Rolesville (NC) star Noah Rogers. What Ohio State is getting Rogers is one of the more quiet recruits you’ll ever come across, but his game speaks pretty loudly. At every bit of 6-foot-2, Rogers is …
Top 50 Receiver Noah Rogers Commits To Ohio State
Ohio State has received a verbal commitment from four-star receiver Noah Rogers out of Rolesville High School in Rolesville, North Carolina. He is the third Top 50 receiver to commit to the Buckeyes in as many days. Ranked the No. 9 receiver in the 2023 class and the No. 50 player overall in the 247Sports …
Identical Twins Share Buckeyes Football Dreams
COLUMBUS – If you are looking for linemen in the state of Ohio you don’t have to go much further than Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward’s in the class of 2024. Earlier in the month we had a chance to see Ben Roebuck and on Tuesday it was a chance for the Armstrong twins to show …