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Jun. 6—Almost one year after verbally committing to Ohio State, Tavien St. Clair wouldn’t have it any other way.
“You know, it’s really just been it’s been a major blessing,” the Bellefontaine quarterback said Tuesday. “I’ve gotten to meet former players and former coaches from Ohio State and really just build relationships with some of the players I grew up watching” including C.J. Stroud, Troy Smith and Braxton Miller.
The senior-to-be has become recognizable throughout not only Ohio Stadium but Columbus and beyond as potentially the next quarterback of the Buckeyes.
“Even at like the spring game, I actually had autographs to sign and things like that, so it was just a pretty cool moment just to know that people notice you,” he said.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound St. Clair has been on the rise as a prospect for the past year, moving all the way up to No. 2 in 247Sports national rankings of all prospects in the class of 2025, but he was noticed locally long before that.
“I think he was going into the seventh grade and the middle school was throwing seven or seven out on our field,” BHS head coach Jason Brown recalled. “Some of the coaches came into the building and said, ‘Hey, you got to come out here and look at this young guy that’s throwing right now.’ And when we all went outside and and watched what was going on, and we all looked around shaking our heads like, ‘Wow, this kid is really talented.'”
St. Clair was on the national recruiting radar by his sophomore season, but the big-time offers started adding up early last summer: Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Iowa State, Louisville and more.
Then came Ohio State in May followed by Alabama and LSU in early June.
He shut it down in June 22 when he announced he had verbally committed to be a Buckeye, fulfilling a lifelong dream that first appeared it could be a reality when…
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Author : Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Publish date : 2024-06-06 18:44:00
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