The Ohio State coaching staff was busy as the recruiting calendar moved into a new period.
As soon as Friday turned into Saturday, college coaches were permitted to start calling prospects in the 2026 class. Some phone calls result in new scholarship offers. Some lead to plans for future visits. Some are just ways to let players know they’re on the radar.
The Buckeyes have one commitment for 2026 in five-star guard Marcus Johnson from Garfield Heights, Ohio. Otherwise, it’s not clear how large the class will become. On June 10, coach Jake Diebler told reporters that the days of signing four or five freshmen are likely over in an era where the Buckeyes will be adding important pieces through the transfer portal as well as the traditional prep recruiting route.
“It’s hard for me to see a time right now the way the landscape is today of the days of having five-man freshman classes,” he said. “You may have some outlier years where that’s necessary. More importantly you’re trying to project the impact guys can have that next year. If it’s freshmen who can do it, great. If it’s transfers, that’s fine.”
Here’s an alphabetical list of players reported to have received phone calls from Ohio State.
Davion Adkins
Listed as a 6-8, 205-pound center, Adkins is a four-star prospect in the 247Sports.com composite. Adkins plays for Dallas Faith Family of Oak Cliff and is rated as the No. 64 national prospect, the No. 9 center and the No. 4 player in his state. He also heard from Kentucky, Texas, Texas Tech, SMU and Oklahoma State, according to multiple reports. He is not known to have an Ohio State offer.
Latrell Allmond
Ohio State is on a list that also includes Michigan State, Penn State, Kansas, Villanova, North Carolina, LSU and Notre Dame, among others, to have reached out. A four-star center according to…
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2024-06-17 16:09:36
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