Dispatch
OSU football: Defensive back commits to class of 2009
Monday, February 11, 2008 3:01 AM
Defensive back C.J. Barnett of Clayton Northmont joined Ohio State's 2009 recruiting class yesterday when he gave the coaches the news after the Buckeyes' basketball game with Indiana. Even as Ohio State awaits word from perhaps the final piece to its 2008 class, quarterback Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, Pa., Barnett became the sixth commitment to next year's class.
Barnett, 6 feet 1, 180 pounds, joined many other high school senior prospects for a meet-and-greet with the
OSU football staff yesterday. Clayton Northmont coach Lance Schneider said he had a feeling his player was going to commit, even if Michigan and Florida State, among others, had been showing keen interest.
"Ohio State is where he's wanted to go," Schneider said.
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