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Michael Chen

Ohio State football recruiting weekend recap: June 9th-11th, 2023

It was a pretty important recruiting weekend for the Ohio State football team.

They had an opportunity to solidify a massive verbal, Florida wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was on his official visit. Other current 2024 commits were on campus as well along with multiple players who are uncommitted.

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News of the Buckeyes trending for New Jersey 2024 safety Jaylen McClain was just the tip of the iceberg for Ohio State. Multiple other players were predicted by recruiting analysts to eventually play their college football in Columbus.

Find out below some of the latest actions surrounding Ohio State football recruiting that happened over this past weekend. (Note: All-star rankings are according to the 247Sports composite.)

Florida 2024 wide receiver commit Jeremiah Smith

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Smith, a 5-star, posted a picture of offensive coordinator Brian Hartline smoking a cigar. It’s typically the image that is used when a prospect that the Buckeye OC is recruiting has committed. Great news here.

California 2024 offensive tackle Brandon Baker

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The high 4-star tackle looks like he had a very good time on his official visit. The Buckeyes are firmly in the mix here.

Georgia 2024 defensive end Eddrick Houston

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Another 5-star prospect on an official visit, multiple recruiting experts have the Buckeyes in the driver seat for Houston with a commitment date set for August 22nd.

 

 

Indiana 2024 offensive line commit Ian Moore

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The future teammates got together to recruit Baker and the player that we focus on next…

2024 Florida defensive lineman Jayden Jackson

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The 3-star was on his official visit. Like many of the other visitors, it seems like Jackson had himself a very enjoyable trip.

2024 Texas running back commit James Peoples

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The high 4-star running back is on his only scheduled official visit and Peoples seems locked in with the Buckeyes.

2024 Illinois defensive end Marquise Lightfoot

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Like mentioned before, there was a lot of good news coming out of this weekend, Lightfoot being some of it. The 4-star had multiple experts across different sites predict that he commits to the Buckeyes.

Ohio 2026 athlete Elbert Hill is offered

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Clearly a lot of action surrounding the official visitors, but there was also a camp help and in-state athlete Elbert Hill was offered. Currently no ranking but it’s very early in the 2026 class.

Florida 2025 athlete Waltez Clark

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Like Hill, Clark was offered earlier in the weekend after his camp performance. He’s rated as a 4-star at the moment expect the Buckeyes to continue to recruit Clark.

2024 Florida defensive end Elias Rudolph

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It wasn’t all good news on the recruiting front as the Ohio native is trending to face the Buckeyes in their only Big Ten “rival,” Michigan. Rudolph is scheduled for his official visit to Columbus next weekend.

2024 Ohio safety Reggie Powers

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At one point it looks like a forgone conclusion that Powers was going to join the Buckeye 2024 recruiting class. Well, time has pass and the in-state safety is now trending towards Michigan State.

Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes, and opinion. Follow Michael Chen on Twitter.

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