Recruiting Outlook is a weekly series on Buckeye Sports Bulletin designed to be your one-stop shop for all news related to the Ohio State football recruiting trail.
All focus is on the Rose Bowl as “The Granddaddy of Them All” approaches on New Year’s Day, but there’s still news to Read More
Ohio State freshman defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau understood arriving months late to campus would come with significant challenges.
He didn’t expect any preferential treatment. His national recruiting status wouldn’t earn him any brownie points with the coaching staff and locker room.
Knowing this, Tuimoloau took a blue-collar approach to his Read More
Ohio State sophomore Paris Johnson Jr. became one of the Big Ten’s best offensive guards in 2021, but he isn’t looking to stick around at the position next year.
After 12 games as the Buckeyes’ starting right guard, the 2020 top-rated tackle prospect smiled and let out a small chuckle on Read More
At the end of the day, it comes down to 85. That’s the maximum number of football scholarships that schools can hand out, according to the NCAA bylaws, and this time of the year, schools are always looking to manage that number as the next recruiting class rolls in.
Heading Read More
For the second year in a row, Ohio State has reached into the Pac-12 and plucked a linebacker out of the transfer portal. After landing USC transfer Palaie Gaoteote IV a season ago, the Buckeyes have secured a pledge today from former Arizona State player DeaMonte Trayanum, giving OSU its Read More
Things won’t be finalized until National Signing Day on Feb. 2, but Ohio State was able to sign 18 commits during the early signing period from Dec. 15-17, good for the fourth-overall 2022 recruiting class in the nation.
Ohio State will be looking to sign a couple more players before Read More
Ryan Day has been clear from the start that new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, hired away from Oklahoma State and slated to open his Ohio State tenure on Jan. 2, isn’t going to turn the Buckeye defense upside down. Day has made a point of noting – on several occasions Read More
Though it was all-but confirmed following 2022 four-star safety Zion Branch’s commitment to USC, 2023 five-star wide receiver Zachariah Branch has made his commitment to the Trojans official on Christmas Eve, following his brother to join new head coach Lincoln Riley.
Zachariah, out of Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman High Read More
Oklahoma State senior safety Tanner McCalister started all 13 of the Cowboys’ games in 2021, and now he is in the transfer portal. According to Bill Kurelic of 247Sports, Ohio State is McCalister’s top destination.
McCalister entered the portal Wednesday with one more year of eligibility due to COVID-19. He Read More
Ohio State still has the Rose Bowl against Utah to compete in here in a couple of weeks, but with the regular season in the rearview, linebacker Steele Chambers was able to reflect on his first season playing on the defensive side of the ball.
Given the rapid pace at Read More
