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McCullough should be a gray shirt but there are different reports out there. I trust guys like Birm on 11w and Givler on Rivals over anyone on Scout at this point so I'm leaning towards gray shirt.

 

That'll probably be it for commits until Hilliard announces. Things look really good for OSU right now. He was at ND this past weekend but most feel it wasn't enough to overcome OSU's recent surge. He'll be at Iowa here soon to help move his brother in there then he's coming back to OSU for an overnight stay with Raekwon before deciding. May announce at The Opening on TV. But if OSU lands him there are a lot of other players who would follow. Maybe not right away but in the long run Hilliard will be huge not just because he's a 5* but because he's a great recruiter.

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Always a good thing to start the class off with an Ohio kid ranked in the top 60 by all the recruiting services. I think 2016 may be the best class Urban has landed while at OSU

 

It helps that Ohio is stronger than it has been in a couple years for 2016 AND they may have their QB in pretty early. Dwayne Haskins out of MD.

 

Compare that to 2014 and 2015 where they struggled to land a QB/focus on the right one. And of course 2017's QB has been in for a while now.

 

QB is likely done for 2015. Gibson is a bit of a mess right now with his suspension(s) and whatnot plus the staff isn't even sure he'd stay at QB. Travis Waller keeps saying an offer is coming soon but that's not happening unless something changes. I've seen texts from OSU staff members about Gibson (mentioning the not staying at QB thing) and Waller (says he's pissing them off with the games he's playing) so people seem pretty solid that it's Burrow and done now.

 

Right now the 2015 class' ranking has a lot depending on Justin Hilliard's decision. He's coming back to OSU sometime in the next couple weeks and supposed to be staying overnight with Raekwon who everyone loves. That was supposed to be his last visit before announcing but ND is trying real hard to get him back on campus and he was just there last weekend. He should be announcing in July (possibly at The Opening) and there are a lot of kids watching to see what he does because he's made a lot of friends at camps and on visits.

 

The class will be fine regardless but landing Hilliard and having him work to land other elite kids could be the difference between a top 5 finish and a top 20 finish.

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Hilliard will be at ND on Friday for some special thing they're having then his dad will be dropping him off at OSU on Saturday so he can stay with Raekwon and Sam Hubbard overnight and hang out with the team.

 

Should be his last visits then announces late this month or early next month. This is really the closest thing to a "must get" in this class.

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Nick Conner came to camp, worked out, got an offer and committed. 4* LB out of Dublin.

 

Probably closes the door on a guy like Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane if he were still considering OSU as some were suggesting after he committed to FSU. Now they just need to lock up Hilliard. He tweeted tonight that he wants Damien Harris, Chris Clark and Jashon Cornell (all 4-5* guys) to join him wherever he goes. That would actually kinda rule out ND because ND has not been interested in Cornell for a while and ND fans are saying Clark doesn't have the grades to get in...

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And the in-state commit train keeps on rolling... 4* DE Dre'Mont Jones out of Cleveland made a surprise visit to OSU today and committed. It was always just a matter of time with him but nice to have him officially in the fold. That will move OSU into the top 30 on the 247 composite. OSU was around 60 in the country 10 days ago.

 

Should be a few more coming in the next few weeks. Hilliard is obviously the biggest in-state fish but on the heels of a commitment from him guys like Jashon Cornell (4* DE out of MN) and Chris Clark (4* TE out of CT) could follow. I know Damien Harris (5* RB out of KY) is friends with all or some of those guys and most have had him as an OSU lean for a while now (was committed to Michigan several months ago due to their OC - once he was fired and replaced Damien was gone) but a summer commitment from him would be a surprise. He may be an early enrollee so that could make it earlier than signing day but probably not by more than a couple months.

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Farrell is supposed to be tomorrow. Also, another 2015 kid should be finalized tomorrow. A flip from Miami, Kevin Feder. 6'9" OT. Played DL last year because there were a couple seniors ahead of him at Don Bosco in NJ (big-time HS program) but he came to camp and it was pretty much impossible not to offer him so they did it and he supposedly committed.
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6'9 has to be one of the tallest footall players ever haha. From what I am reading he is also a wrestler

 

Yeah, they described him as a freak show at the camp. Apparently the main reason he played DL last year and not OT was he broke his leg in preseason practice and by the time he was ready to come back the coach didn't want to disrupt the OL's chemistry. Could be a kid who jumps high in the rankings at some point.

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5* LB Justin Hilliard has been set to announce on Wednesday for a while now. Seemingly an ND/OSU battle with most people thinking OSU. He's good friends with several top prospects. One of them, 5* DL Jason Cornell, has moved up his announcement to this Wednesday as well. People thought ND had a good chance at him early on (same high school in MN as Michael Floyd - a Catholic school) but eventually he didn't visit them again (as Hilliard did) and it came out that they didn't like him as much. So basically this should confirm that both of them are committing to OSU on Wednesday.

 

And 4* ATH/LB Jerome Baker is announcing July 11th. That should be OSU as well.

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I have read as many as 5 or 6 players committing in the month of July supposedly.

 

Hilliard, Cornell and Baker are hopefully done deals. Then 5* RB Harris could be moving his decision up since he's buddies with Cornell and Hilliard especially. So that's 4 right there. Harris could scare LJ Scott off to MSU though. But that would open the door for 4* RB Mike Weber from Cass Tech in Detroit. And 4* OT Matthew Burrell may commit as well. Then a 2016 kid, 4* RB Demario McCall.

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SD OT Grant Schmidt predicting as many as 4 commitments for OSU tomorrow in his post on the misc...

 

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=159965051&p=1263810301&viewfull=1#post1263810301

 

I don't even know who the 3rd would be after Hilliard/Cornell let alone a 4th. I can't see Harris coming out of the blue and just joining the commit train without letting some sites know about his announcement in advance. I could see it being fellow OL Matthew Burrell. Another candidate apparently is recently offered OL Mirko Jurkovic.

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