HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Our Southern Swing tour heads south to a familiar school at Chaminade Madonna Prep, a place that has been good to the Buckeyes here recently. The next name up is Jeremiah ‘JJ’ Smith, a tall and talented wideout from the class of 2024.
Ohio State recently picked up signees with Ryan Turner and Kenyatta Jackson and would love to have Smith follow in kind, but it won’t be a walk in the park as Jeremiah is a national recruit and will be recruited up until the final moments, commitment somewhere or not.
One thing is for certain, the Buckeyes want this commitment and have been sure to let Smith know that he can commit whenever he is ready to, even as a member of the class of 2024, with more than 18 months until the first opportunity to sign.
“Coach (Ryan) Day said that me and Dylan (Raiola), from Arizona, were like the only two that they really have come hard at,” Smith said. “(Being) young, class of 2024, they said there is nobody that they are coming...
