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With the beautiful weather sticking around over the weekend you might’ve missed out on some of the latest recruiting news surrounding the Ohio State football program.
Don’t worry Land-Grant Holy Land is here to get you caught back up with things.
Buckeyes host top notch prospects
With all the hype surrounding Ryan Day’s new look Buckeyes, many highly sought after prospects are hoping to get a chance to see it for themselves. A number of future and potential OSU student athletes did just that over the weekend.
While Day and crew didn’t land any verbal pledges during the last few days, the Buckeyes’ coaching staff took the time to show some out of stater’s from the class of 2020 and 2021 what it would be like to play their college ball in Columbus.
Want to know what high school talent spent time in the 614 over the weekend? Below are just some of the recruits who took time out of their summer vacation to mingle with the Buckeyes.
4-star WR Mookie Cooper
Class: 2020
Town: Saint Louis, MO/Trinity Catholic
Size: 5’8/193
Status: Currently verbally committed to Ohio State
One u become a family first.. everything else will fall in line ❤️ #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/OuPqNLMBgB
— M5’ (@uheardof5) July 27, 2019
3-star OT Grant Toutant
Class: 2020
Town: Warren,MI/De La Salle Collegiate
Size: 6’7/320
Status: Currently verbally committed to Ohio State
4-star DT Taizse Johnson
Class: 2021
Town: Washington,DC/St. John’s College
Size: 6’1/290
Offers: Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Penn State. etc
#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/dQ1HJFw9eZ
— Ta (@TaizseJohnson) July 27, 2019
4-star ILB Greg Penn III
Class: 2021
Town: Hyattsville,MD/DeMatha Catholic
Size: 6’1/225
Offers: Ohio State, Alabama, Florida, LSU, Michigan, etc
3-star OG Noah Josey
Class: 2021
Town: Brentwood,TN/Brentwood Academy
Size: 6’5/280
Offers: Ohio State, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, etc
After a amazing visit, I’m truly blessed to say I have received an offer from THE Ohio State University @OhioStateFB @theBAFootball @Rbcoachdgraham pic.twitter.com/tlT92VVZbb
— Noah Josey (@JoseyNoah) July 26, 2019
3-star ATH Damon Owens
Class: 2021
Town: Brentwood,TN/Brentwood Academy
Size: 6’1/203
Offers: Kentucky, Louisville, Missouri, Penn State, Tennessee
Great visit today at The Ohio State University @CoachWash56 @CoachTonyAlford @Rbcoachdgraham ️ pic.twitter.com/zqTvKUmUSY
— Damon Owens (@DamonOwens2021) July 26, 2019
ATH John Howse
Class: 2021
Town: Brentwood,TN/Brentwood Academy
Size: 6’2/185
Offer: Kentucky
Great time @OhioStateFB thank you @CoachJeffHafley @CoachWash56 @ryandaytime. pic.twitter.com/ckgf8zGSrb
— John howse (@Johnhowse4) July 26, 2019
ATH Chief Borders
Class: 2021
Town: Powder Springs,GA/McEachern
Size: 6’3/211
Offers: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, etc
#GoBucks Wasssup The Ohio State Fans I’m Here pic.twitter.com/0uiIb8Gc4M
— Ç H Ï É F M Â Ł Ī K (@ChiefBorders) July 28, 2019
Quick Hits
- It looks like the Buckeyes might strike out on some of their top class of 2020 running back targets this week. Our Patrick Mayhorn takes a look at who else the OSU coaches could pursue next.
- Four-star West Bloomfield (MI) safety Makari Paige will announce his college plans on Tuesday evening. Although Ohio State is among his finalists, most around the scene believe he’ll stay close to home and attend the University of Michigan.
- Class of 2020 five-star inside linebacker Noah Sewell took to his Twitter page on Sunday afternoon to share with the world his current top eight programs. Still in the mix for the 6-foot-2, 266-pound Utah native are OSU, Texas A&M, Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee, Florida, LSU, and Alabama.