Andy Anders

2 weeks ago | elevenwarriors.com | Andy Anders |Dan Hope

Ross Bjork gave one of the longest press conferences in recent Ohio State sports memory on Thursday, and each of the 75 minutes was warranted. Coming off the NCAA's House settlement, not only is the landscape of college athletics changing, but the Buckeyes are making proactive changes themselves with the formation of Buckeye Sports Group and the Center for Sports Intelligence and Strategy.

3 weeks ago | elevenwarriors.com | Andy Anders

That was the case with Ohio State tight ends coach Keenan Bailey talking about Will Kacmarek. Answering a question about Purdue transfer tight end Max Klare and his Pro Football Focus blocking grades, Bailey used Kacmarek as a reference point for how they could be wrong. It came with a bold statement about the former Ohio Bobcat. “He’s the best blocking tight end in the country,” Bailey said in late March.

3 weeks ago | elevenwarriors.com | Andy Anders

“It was June 10th or 11th when I got the offer and that's probably when I knew,” Edmunds said. Edmunds returned to Ohio State for a week-long visit this week, but also retook the field for the same recruiting camp where he earned his deal-sealing offer in 2024. And the four-star quarterback is already trying to bring others with him in the class of 2027. “Whenever someone gets offered or something like that, I kind of connect,” Edmunds said.

3 weeks ago | elevenwarriors.com | Andy Anders

Five-stars Jeremiah Smith and Eddrick Houston were obvious candidates, and the duo were two of the three 2024 class members to start a game as freshmen, Smith all 16 of them and Houston one against Purdue in place of Tyleik Williams. Those were the Buckeyes’ two highest-ranked prospects per the 247Sports composite. Scrolling down to the 14th-highest-ranked of Ohio State’s 22 recruits from 2024, one will find safety Jaylen McClain, the third and final true freshman to start a game last season.

3 weeks ago | elevenwarriors.com | Andy Anders

It seems the writing was on the wall with Dorian Jones. When the Ohio State hoops signee announced on Friday that he would not be enrolling with the Buckeyes, indications were that he would maintain his relationship with the program. But on Wednesday, the four-star guard prospect in the class of 2025 announced he'd request his release from Jake Diebler's program and reopen his recruitment.