Ohio State now favored to land every major 2025 recruit in the country
Ok, not every major recruit, but it sure felt like it.
Yesterday was a big day for Ohio State football fans. Not only was it the start of spring practice following one of the most exciting two-month, offseason periods in program history, but the floodgates seemingly opened on Tuesday in terms of expert predictions from the recruiting front. While some of the developments are new, others are improvements in OSU’s odds of landing the talented players, but nonetheless, it was a bit of a deluge when it came to recruiting news.
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So, we will run through all of the prognostications for you here.
Jaime Ffrench | Wide Receiver | No. 16 Nationally
On Monday, Ohio State Insider Matt Parker put an official prediction into On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine based on “intel” that the former Alabama commit would become a Buckeye. Ffrench (no, that is not a typo) is the No. 16 player in the country according to 247Sports Composite Ratings and is the No. 3 wide receiver nationally.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound pass catcher from Jacksonville originally pledged to play for the Crimson Tide in July of 2023, but following the retirement announcement of ‘Bama head coach Nick Saban, he opened up his recruitment again and Brian Hartline and the Buckeyes have been at the top of the list in terms of pursuit.
On3’s prediction machine needs a bit of a kick, because it is still factoring in predictions from before his Alabama commitment last summer, so the numbers are obviously off, but the Buckeyes appear to be battling Florida State for the receiver. Obviously, the Seminoles are one of Ffrench’s in-state teams, so nothing is decided yet, but it does appear to be moving in the right direction for OSU.
Justin Hill | Edge Rusher | No. 120 Nationally
On the other side of the ball, on Tuesday, Larry Johnson and the Buckeyes picked up a prediction for a high-value in-state edge rusher who has long been a priority. Yesterday, On3’s director of recruiting Chad Simmons logged an official prediction — also based on intel — for the Buckeyes to land Winton Woods defensive end Justin Hill.
