You can’t compete periodically for national conference and championship titles in a place like Ohio State without continuing to recruit at a high level. The Buckeyes, of course, have been doing this for a long time, and that’s why they are among the elite programs year after year.
Ryan Day is no different. In fact, you may have even gotten hired a bit of what we say with Urban Meyer. It has just polished consensus number 2 in the country’s recruitment class for 2021, with several of them already on campus as enrolled.
Several will be the main contributors and there is little doubt that at least a handful (probably more) will also end up in the NFL when they finish their careers on the brink of Olentangy.
But who has more possibilities with more potential? These opinions vary, but ESPN provided an option (subscription required) for each of the teams participating in one of the top 25 recruiting classes for 2021. Who chose Tom VanHaaren from the OSU class? Research minds want to know.