Recruiting

Get to know Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco four-star edge rusher Epi Sitanilei, who will sign with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. 

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Height, Weight: 6-5, 220  

247Sports Composite Ranking: Sitanilei is the nation’s 348th-best prospect, 27th-best edge rusher and 30th-best player out of California. 

Commitment Date: Sitanilei — who was Read More

Get to know Vero Beach, Fla., four-star linebacker Tarvos Alford, who signed with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. 

Height, Weight: 6-2, 210

247Sports Composite Ranking: Alford is the nation’s 103rd-best prospect, eighth-best linebacker and 15th-best player out of Florida.

Commitment Date: Alford committed to Ohio State on March 30.  Read More

Get to know Montgomery (Ala.) Carver four-star running back Anthony Rogers, who signed with the Buckeyes on Wednesday.

Height, Weight: 5-8, 190

247Sports Composite Ranking: Rogers is the nation’s 148th-best prospect, ninth-best running back and No. 10 player out of Alabama.

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Get to know Mission Viejo, Calif., four-star wide receiver Phillip Bell, who signed with the Buckeyes on Wednesday. 

Height, Weight: 6-2, 195 

247Sports Composite Ranking: Bell is the nation’s 232nd-best prospect, 28th-best wide receiver and 21st-best player out of the state of California. 

Commitment Date: Bell committed to Read More

Ohio State pulled off a successful recruiting flip on the first day of the Early Signing Period on Wednesday, earning a pledge from Montgomery (Ala.) Carver four-star running back Anthony Rogers (5-8, 190), a former Alabama commit. 

Rogers, the nation’s 148th-best prospect, ninth-best running back and No. 10 player out Read More

Get to know Wayne (N.J.) DePaul Catholic four-star wide receiver De’zie Jones, who signed with Ohio State on Wednesday.

Height, Weight: 6-0, 180

247 Composite Rankings: Jones is rated as the No. 336 overall recruit, the No. 47-ranked wide receiver in the class and the No. 9-ranked player Read More

Get to know Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic four-star wide receiver Quincy Porter, who signed with Ohio State on Wednesday.

Height, Weight: 6-3, 190

247 Composite Rankings: He is rated as the No. 56 overall recruit in the country, the No. 9 wide receiver and the No. 1-ranked player Read More

Get to know Washington, Okla., four-star tight end Nate Roberts, who signed with Ohio State on Wednesday.

Height, Weight: 6-4, 235

247 Composite Rankings: He is the No. 180 overall recruit and the No. 10 tight end in the nation, and is the No. 3-ranked recruit out of Read More