Ohio State / Class of 2028
2028 Commits
Ohio State has 4 pledges in the class of 2028, and the recruiting services do not agree about any of them. 247Sports, ESPN, Eleven Warriors and Rivals each give their own answer on position, on measurements and on how good these players are. So this board does not pick one. Every outlet gets its own line, in its own words, and anything the outlets agree on is printed once without a name on it.
Is there a five-star in here? Depends who you ask. Christopher Vargas (Eleven Warriors), Jett Harrison (Eleven Warriors), Jameer Whyce (Eleven Warriors) carry the label, and the other outlets on this page do not give it. Signing day for this class is still more than a year out, which is when a rating is at its softest.
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Christopher Vargas
COMMITTED AUG 8, 2026QB St. John's Prep / Danvers, MA (247Sports)
What each outlet says about Christopher Vargas Outlet Pos Rating Rank Size 247Sports QB 96 rating NO. 4 NATL / NO. 2 QB OWN BOARD 6-4.5 / 195 ESPN QB-PP 4 stars, grade 88 ESPN 300 OWN BOARD 6-4 / 185 Eleven Warriors QB Five-star NO. 6 NATL / NO. 1 QB 247 COMPOSITE 6-5 / 205 Rivals QB 93 rating NO. 15 NATL / NO. 1 QB OWN BOARD 6-4 / 180 Two ranking scales are on this table. Ranking on its own board: 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals. Republishing the 247Sports Composite: Eleven Warriors. The composite is a separate ranking from any one service's board, so these lines can differ without either of them being wrong.
Our coverage: read the commitment story. Christopher Vargas’s full profile.
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Jett Harrison
COMMITTED JUL 1, 2026WR St. Joseph's Prep School / Philadelphia, PA
What each outlet says about Jett Harrison Outlet Pos Rating Rank Size 247Sports WR 92 rating NO. 16 NATL / NO. 3 WR 6-1 / 175 ESPN WR 4 stars, grade 89 ESPN 300 6-1 / 180 Eleven Warriors WR Five-star not listed not listed Rivals WR 98 rating NO. 1 NATL / NO. 1 WR 6-2 / 175 Our coverage: read the commitment story. Jett Harrison’s full profile.
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Jameer Whyce
COMMITTED OCT 16, 2025POSITION DISPUTED Trotwood-Madison / Dayton, OH (247Sports)
What each outlet says about Jameer Whyce Outlet Pos Rating Rank Size 247Sports Edge 91 rating NO. 31 NATL / NO. 4 EDGE 6-4 / 270 ESPN DT 4 stars, grade 87 ESPN 300 6-5 / 285 Eleven Warriors DL Five-star not listed not listed Rivals DL 90 rating NO. 73 NATL / NO. 8 DL 6-4 / 290 -
Elijah Newman-Hall
COMMITTED JUN 13, 2025RB IMG Academy / Bradenton, FL (247Sports)
What each outlet says about Elijah Newman-Hall Outlet Pos Rating Rank Size 247Sports RB 90 rating NO. 80 NATL / NO. 4 RB 6-0 / 215 ESPN RB 4 stars, grade 82 ESPN 300 6-0 / 215 Eleven Warriors RB Four-star not listed not listed Rivals RB 90 rating NO. 60 NATL / NO. 4 RB 6-0 / 200
How this board is built
The 4 names above are the complete list on all 4 outlets we read, and every outlet that dates a pledge dates it the same day, which is why the dates are the one thing on this page printed without an outlet beside them. Everything else varies by service, so it is attributed. Where an outlet has not published a value the cell says not listed rather than borrowing the column beside it, because an outlet that never listed a high school has not agreed with one that did.
The class rank of no. 2 nationally comes from 247Sports, read AUG 9, 2026. A class this small ranks on average rating rather than volume, so it will swing hard as the cycle fills. Every man above also has a profile of his own, and they are indexed together at 2028 recruits: one line each, built for scanning rather than for reading, and it names the field each service splits on. There is no watch list here yet, and that is a rule rather than a gap: an offer is not a pursuit. A row on the 2027 watch list carries a status, the school he is already pledged to, a note and a named outlet on every cell, because it is a claim about a recruitment two programs are contesting. One dated offer is one school’s action and fills none of those cells. When a 2028 pursuit is reported to that standard, this board gets a watch list. Until then the reporting is carried as what it is, a story.
Reported in this cycle, and not a pledge
- Offer Ohio State offered a running back on Monday, and he is in the 2028 class, not the one with none Zion Coger / AUG 18, 2026
The class that is actually about to sign is the 2027 board, where the same discipline applies to 19 commits, a watch list and the recruits who chose elsewhere. You can see where that class still has holes on the 2027 needs page.
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