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Tuesday evening, the Buckeyes offered 2014 Louisiana defensive back Terrence Alexander. The 5-10 175 pound Alexander, accounted for over 30 tackles and 16 pass deflections last season for his John Curtis High School squad. Terrance has an impressive list of schools after him with Arkansas, Ole Miss, Stanford, Arizona State amongst quite a few other quality programs already beating OSU to the punch in offering the three star prospect.
His John Curtis teammate and fellow class of 2014 recruit Mattrell McGraw also happened to name his top eight Wednesday afternoon. The three star McGraw announced that he is now down to eight programs spread from all around the United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona State, Florida State, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA and USC all made the cut for the 6-0 185 pounder who also hails from the same school as ex-Buckeye running back Jonathan Wells. Mattrell currently also has plans to visit the OSU campus next month.
The Buckeyes also sent out an offer yesterday to 2014 Dwyer High School Florida defensive back Shawn Boone. If the Dwyer name sounds familiar, it is because the Bucks have already sent an offer to his teammate, wide receiver Johnnie Dixon. The 5-10 185 pound Boone already holds scholarship offers from the likes of Arkansas, Boston College, Ole Miss, North Carolina State, Tennessee and a gang of others. I had the chance to catch up with Boone and asked him how it felt to be offered by a program like Ohio State:
"I talked to the defensive coordinator [Everett Withers] and he said he loved the way I play. It feels good to have an offer from OSU and Urban Meyer, who has produced many great players."
The Buckeyes also offered 2014 Richmond, Virginia athlete Raymon Minor on Wednesday. The 6-3 210 pound Minor is talented enough to play on either side of the ball at the next level and adds Ohio State to offers from home state Virginia Tech, Clemson, Duke and Colorado, to name a few.
Ohio State just offered me
— Raymon Minor#⃣1⃣ (@R_Minor1) May 30, 2013
Also from Wednesday, fellow Virginia native and class of 2014 tight end/defensive end Jalyn Holmes named his top three. The 6-5 225 Holmes has narrowed his list down to the Buckeyes, Florida State and Clemson as the final programs to battle it out for his services. Last season for Lake Taylor, the junior, who plans to visit Columbus next month, had over 350 receiving yards and seven touchdowns on offense while tallying nearly 80 tackles and 11 sacks on defense. According to the 247 Crystal Ball, many of the recruiting analysts on the scene believe he is headed to the Sunshine state to join the Seminoles.
#Top3 twitter.com/JayHolmes_/sta…
— Jalyn Holmes #⃣1⃣1⃣ (@JayHolmes_) May 30, 2013
Coppell High (TX)'s head coach tweeted out that his star defensive end, prospect Solomon Thomas is down to Ohio State, Texas, TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Alabama, Stanford, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Oregon and Arkansas. Those 12 programs all still have a chance to land the 6-3 255 pound lineman while teams like Clemson, LSU and West Virginia were left in the dust.
Recruiters..Solomon's narrowed listTexasTCUBaylorOklahomaOklahoma StateOhio StateUCLAStanfordNotre DameAlabamaA&MOregonArkansas
— Joe McBride (@coachjmcbride) May 29, 2013
Last night peach State offensive line prospect Nick Wilson told me he might be visiting Ohio State July 26th for Friday Night Lights, the first remotely close to official confirmation we have of a target date for the 2013 version of OSU's annual recruiting showcase. The 6-4 280 pound class of 2015 prospect already holds offers from Miami, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee,Wake Forest and others but grew up a fan of the Bucks, as the Milton High junior to be's father is originally from the Buckeye state and attended OSU.
2015 4-star Georgia OL Nick Wilson tells me he might be visiting #OhioState July 26th for Friday Night Lights
— Charles Doss (@CDoss_LGHL) May 29, 2013
In Ohio State basketball recruiting, Thad Matta and his staff received some comforting news yesterday when 2014 five star center Jahlil Okafor put to rest any doubts and announced the Buckeyes had made his final eight. Rounding out the list are Arizona, Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas and B1G foe Michigan State. The 6-11 280 pound manchild attends Whitney Young, the same program that produced current OSU hooper Sam Thompson, and is in my opinion the top recruit left on the Ohio State recruiting board.
In no particular order: My final 8 ArizonaBaylorDukeIllinoisKentuckyKansasMichigan stateOhio state
— Jahlil Okafor (@jahprobound) May 29, 2013
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