New Highly Touted Quarterback Pushing to Join Ohio State

The Ohio State Buckeyes are set to have quite the quarterback competition over the next couple years. 2024 5-star recruit Julian Sayin is the top returning quarterback from Ohio State’s national championship roster. The program will also have 5-star signal caller Tavern St. Clair arriving in the 2025 recruiting class. But 2026 4-star quarterback Derek Zammit doesn’t sound worried about a little competition. Zammit shared with On3.com’s Alex Gleitman on Thursday how meaningful it would be to get an offer from Ohio State. “If Ohio State offered it would be awesome, I’d definitely be interested,” Zammit said. “I’d for sure try to get out there this spring [if offered]. To play with those guys (Jones and Stewart) again would be incredible. “They’re like brothers to me and if we got the chance to play together in college, that would be awesome.” Zammit is a top 25 quarterback prospect in the 2026 recruiting class according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. He is also the No. 4 recruit from New Jersey in the class.

2026 four-star quarterback Derek Zammit is a new name to watch for the Buckeyes according to Alex Gleitman.

Gleitman reported Zammit has offers from 22 football programs. This spring, he plans to visit Alabama, Washington, Syracuse and Mississippi State.

But if Zammit’s discussion with Gleitman indicates anything, Ohio State could vault to the top of his wish list should they make an offer. Zammit will play his final season of high school football at DePaul Catholic in Wayne, NJ.

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Approaching the 2025 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.

TreVeyon Henderson has had a meteoric rise up draft boards lately, and the Steelers need a running back. Is Henderson a potential fit with the black and gold?

TreVeyon Henderson scouting report

If the Steelers are looking to add more speed to their running back room in the upcoming draft, the premier talent to target will be Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson.

His acceleration is fantastic and he has the speed to race by linebackers in the open field.

Henderson also has the speed to bounce runs outside and he’s lethal when defenders are flat-footed. If Arthur Smith is going to keep the toss plays in the Steelers’ playbook, Henderson would be the running back to try them with.

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While Henderson’s burst is special, I do have some doubts about his overall profile. His vision and contact balance were good but not particularly special, and while he had some good moves in the games I watched, he’s not the human joystick some have made him out to be. I think he’s a good prospect; I don’t get the first-round hype.

Power and durability are also concerns. Henderson struggled with foot injuries in 2022 and 2023 and largely functioned in a running back committee when healthy (only 144 carries last season). He likely isn’t an every-down runner in the NFL. It’s far from a massive weakness, but despite his average size, Henderson simply isn’t a pile-mover.

Here he is getting stopped one-handed by Michigan’s Mason Graham.