Ohio State Lands Three In-State Commitments and We Predict Who Will Join Them Next

The summer official visit season is now over, but more BOOMs could still be coming to Ohio State.Ohio State already landed three big BOOMs from in-state prospects over the past week as quarterback Tavien St. Clair committed to the Buckeyes’ 2025 class last Wednesday and Glenville teammates Bryce West and Damarion Witten joined Ohio State’s 2024 class on Saturday. With Eleven Warriors recruiting reporter Garrick Hodge filling in for Griffin Strom on this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays, we start the discussion by talking about each of those three commitments and why they were all priority targets for Ohio State.Then, we predict who will join West, Witten and Ohio State’s other 14 commits in the 2024 class by playing another round of “In or Out” with the Buckeyes’ top 18 remaining targets in the class. A brief summary of our predictions for each player, with more rationale for each of our picks in the podcast:Player | Garrick | Dan
CB AARON SCOTT JR. | IN | OUT
S KJ BOLDEN | IN | IN
DE EDDRICK HOUSTON | IN | IN
DE DYLAN STEWART | IN | IN
S PEYTON WOODYARD | OUT | OUT
CB KOBE BLACK | OUT | OUT
CB MILES LOCKHART | IN | IN
LB KYNGSTONN VILIAMU-ASA | IN | IN
DT JUSTIN SCOTT | OUT | OUT
DT JAYDEN JACKSON | OUT | IN
DE MARQUISE LIGHTFOOT | IN | IN
DE NIGEL SMITH | OUT | OUT
OT BRANDON BAKER | OUT | OUT
OT GUERBY LAMBERT | OUT | OUT
OL DANIEL CRUZ | OUT | OUT
WR JEREMIAH MCCLELLAN | IN | IN
WR ELIJAH MOORE | OUT | OUT
WR JOSHISA TRADER | OUT | OUTLater in the show, we also talk about a few of the players who impressed us most across Ohio State’s six high school football camps, our expectations for Brice Sensabaugh with the Utah Jazz and our thoughts on who did and didn’t make Ohio State’s Four Kings at linebacker.The full rundown: 0:47: Tavien St. Clair’s commitment a prime example of how quickly things can change in recruiting 3:52: Ohio State will continue to recruit Ryan Montgomery, but he’ll probably end up elsewhere 7:13: Buckeyes took St. Clair because of his potential – and because they knew he wanted in 15:53: Bryce West and Damaron Witten were always likely Buckeyes, but closing the deal matters 19:43: Vince Marrow’s “groan man” tweet was not a good look for Kentucky 21:16: Witten’s potential as a pass-catcher is obvious, but will he be a true tight end? 28:14: The race to land Aaron Scott Jr. remains too close to call between OSU and Michigan 31:18: Ohio State looks well-positioned with KJ Bolden, Eddrick Houston and Dylan Stewart 36:40: A Peyton Woodyard flip from Georgia to Ohio State looks less likely than it once did 37:56: Ohio State has gained ground with Kobe Black, but he’ll still be tough to pull out of Texas 39:26: Miles Lockhart, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa trending toward OSU after visiting this past weekend 42:05: Chances of landing Justin Scott appear to be improving, but his recruitment is far from over 43:45: Jayden Jackson appears to be most likely DT commit, but he’s not an Ohio State lock 45:26: Marquise Lightfoot is likely in at defensive end, which could leave Nigel Smith out 46:44: Top remaining offensive line targets could all end up elsewhere 50:10: Ohio State still in a good spot with Jeremiah McClellan, but Elijah Moore could be trending away 52:42: Buckeyes not out of the race for Joshisa Trader, but they have to get him back on campus first 53:51: Mylan Graham, Devin Sanchez, Jordon Davison among bigges