Even though he’s from Huntington Beach, Calif., 2027 Ohio State quarterback commit Brady Edmunds is still trying to get back to Columbus as much as he can before he officially becomes a Buckeye.
“My first visit back after I committed, it’s more of a family aspect. Everybody knows who you are now,” Edmunds said. “The good thing about here is I feel like I’m still being recruited too.”
He was at the Buckeyes’ first one-day camp on June 5 before taking a long weekend visit, but even though he already is in the 2027 class, he’s still trying to prove himself at events like that.
“Definitely not,” he said. “If it’s not, ‘I’m trying to earn an offer,’ it’s ‘I’m trying to show you that I’m as good as you think I am.’ “
When Edmunds first committed, Chip Kelly was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Kelly has since moved on, but Edmunds said Billy Fessler getting the promotion to QB coach has been a transition he has appreciated, getting to build that relationship even more.
“I think he handled more of the hands-on stuff last year, compared to Coach Kelly being a play caller. Everyone kind of knew that (Kelly) was going to end up in the NFL at some point,” Edmunds said. “So, I’ve had the relationship with Coach Fessler, and then when Coach Kelly left, he picked up even more. The last six months or so, I’ve gotten really, really close with him.”
But now that Edmunds is committed, and says he’s locked in with the Buckeyes, he’s trying to build up the class of 2027 by recruiting other talented players to join him as Buckeyes.
“Whenever someone gets offered or something like that I’ll connect (with them),” Edmunds said. “Or sometimes, Coach will text me and call me and I’ll get someone to go after. Brock Williams is a big guy we’re going after. I talk to him basically every single day.”
He said he doesn’t have much of a pitch to his fellow recruits when he’s trying to get them to join him in the class, the program speaks for itself.
“I don’t really think there is a big pitch,” he said. “They just won the national championship. It’s kind of self-explanatory year in and year out. Year in, year out you’re playing at the highest level. It’s not like there’s a downside. Obviously the wide receivers are really good, every position is high tier.”
