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2025 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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calibuck said:
These LB recruits have gotta look at tOSU's defensive scheme, losing one of the traditional LB sets. Bringing down a S to cover the TE or extra WR appears to be a solid iteration to the traditional LB sets, so reduces the potential to see the field by 1/3. Can anyone recollect how many times tOSU lined up three LB across, that didn't involve moving Sonny down? Not something I paid attention to, unless in run situations, and with the Buckeyes DL, seemed that splitting the TE out to the sideline was the more important defense needed. Anyway, believe there's enough LB strength in the pipeline anyway, so maybe not as critical a fix this year.
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Yeah, I've thought this since Knowles took the job, and I started looking at the way he runs his defenses. He mainly uses 2 LBs, and I said early on that if OSU signs 3LBs in a class, then that is the cap. The interesting part though, is there will be a number of HS LBs, who will be signed but then converted into the Jack(if we finally get to see it used). So in essence, OSU could sign 3 in '25, but Hill is probably going to be moved down similar to Reese in '24. So '25 would sign 2 actual LBs, which is fine for the scheme, as the room can get crowded quickly and guys will sprint to the Portal when they don't see any actual PT(besides ST) by year 3.
 
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Agree. Just the amount of WRs who include tOSU on their list could be daunting. However, doesn't preclude taking an offer from a good school, and waiting to see, maybe after a camp or two, if something develops. Earning an offer from Hartline will immediately bring more recruiting attention to said recruit. Another however, an already secured landing spot is worth something. We readers always hear about a recruit decommitting, but how often do we hear when a school pulls their offer to a kid because they snag someone they like better? And if the recruit plays the 'crying foul' for the newsies, it kinda gives the schools a 'he's a whiner' rep. And in this new and very different era, all that has to be put out there is, 'gotta be NIL $'.
 
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Absolutely could be what NatiBuck opines. Or it could just be a significant 'talking head', merely throwing something out there as a 'report'. Believe this is called influencing the masses. Done all the time in politics, attempting to sway opinion towards a specific team. Be that as it may, enjoy seeing tOSU with such a large lead for a recruit. Looooong way to the finish line however.
 
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Full Rivals 250 update with commits and targets with + or - indicating how many spots they moved (lots of movers in this one that are of interest, mostly all in a good direction for our commits):

2. OT David Sanders 5* (-1)
5. CB Devin Sanchez 5* (+1)
10. CB Na'eem Offord 5* (0)
11. OT Michael Fasusi 5* (+1)
12. OT Carter Lowe 5* (+79)
14. WR Winston Watkins 5* (0)
15. RB Jordon Davison 5* (-2)
22. WR Jaime Ffrench 4* (-3)
23. S Faheem Delane (-7)
32. S Trey McNutt (+6)
33. DB Dorian Brew (-1)
35. CB Blake Woodby (0)
38 QB Tavien St. Clair (+5)
46. OT Micah Debose (-31)
47. DE Zahir Mathis (-5)
48. LB Nasir Wyatt (-1)
51. LB Madden Faraimo (-2)
67. WR Naeshaun Montgomery (-15)
72. LB Riley Pettijohn (-2)
73. WR Jayvan Boggs (+69)
74. DE London Merritt (-2)
80. LB Elijah Melendez (0)
86. RB Bo Jackson (+54)
101. DE Marion Dye (+107)
123. DT Maxwell Roy (+72)
145. OT Avery Gach (-7)
151. TE Nate Roberts (-5)
161. LB Tarvos Alford (+56)
194. LB/DE Justin Hill (-4)
213. RB Marquise Davis (-1)
 
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Following the above 'how does one calculate the %age favoring X school?" Same as RB's notes above. Who in blue blazes puts X over Y in the Top 300 ratings? And how determines who falls or rises? However, I do like that many of the names Nutters are familiar with are inside the top 100. would like to review the new season mags and see 25 commits within the top 100. Guess these #s will change depending on how the recruit plays this HS season, and or other factors that am not familiar with...would guess who the recruit has officials with? Maybe there's a pool of water in someone's office that one can look into and see a number associated with a player? This may be one of those 'how come a person on the other side of the earth isn't upside down?' kinda things. Go Bucks! PS, have seen the # and quality of offers affect the ranking of any recruit. Go Bucks once more.
 
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calibuck said:
Following the above 'how does one calculate the %age favoring X school?" Same as RB's notes above. Who in blue blazes puts X over Y in the Top 300 ratings? And how determines who falls or rises? However, I do like that many of the names Nutters are familiar with are inside the top 100. would like to review the new season mags and see 25 commits within the top 100. Guess these #s will change depending on how the recruit plays this HS season, and or other factors that am not familiar with...would guess who the recruit has officials with? Maybe there's a pool of water in someone's office that one can look into and see a number associated with a player? This may be one of those 'how come a person on the other side of the earth isn't upside down?' kinda things. Go Bucks! PS, have seen the # and quality of offers affect the ranking of any recruit. Go Bucks once more.
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I think the theory is if we take many "informed" opinions, we arrive at some level of wisdom of the masses, which is about as useless of the wisdom of one person but with less outliers. I'm other words, it's a different kind of arbitrary than you think.
 
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RB07OSU said:
5. CB Devin Sanchez 5* (+1)
10. CB Na'eem Offord 5* (0)
23. S Faheem Delane (-7)
32. S Trey McNutt (+6)
33. DB Dorian Brew (-1)
35. CB Blake Woodby (0)
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Imagine a DB class with 6 recruits where the lowest rated is the #35 player nationally. That's just insane.
 
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NastyNatiBuck said:
I think the theory is if we take many "informed" opinions, we arrive at some level of wisdom of the masses, which is about as useless of the wisdom of one person but with less outliers. I'm other words, it's a different kind of arbitrary than you think.
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Different sites use a different process but with the composites and improvements to technology and access to tape of recruits, I think there is a better product now in recruiting rankings. Definitely an imperfect science, but those teams getting the higher ranked recruits are generally doing much better than those who are not. Your top 5 teams nationally recruiting are basically your top 5-10 on the field. Clear exception this year with ttun and UW in the title, but if you look over the last 15 years that's the trend.

Fungo Squiggly said:
Imagine a DB class with 6 recruits where the lowest rated is the #35 player nationally. That's just insane.
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I think it's highly likely to happen. I've been unable to hide how giddy I am about that prospect, particularly at the heels of two great DB recruiting classes.
 
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Not certain sure, but believe the 5* cut off has been from 30-35. Am also certain someone with more knowledge will correct me, but by my reckoning, that will put 6 DB recruits as 5*s. Awesome, and unheard of. Additionally, these DBs can hone their skills against the best WR room in the nation. Assuming Will Johnson can put the ball somewhere the WRs can snag it.....and from I see/read, he can/will do just that.
 
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