Ohio State / Class of 2027
Recruiting Needs
Where the class stands position by position: the commits landed, the targets still on the board, and the groups Ohio State has not filled yet. Every count comes straight from the verified commit board. As of the last board update, the class has no commit yet at running back or tight end.
Offense
Quarterback
1 COMMITRunning back
STILL OPENStill on the board
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Committed to Alabama on Sunday, May 31 and shut down his recruitment, the seventh pledge in the Tide's 2027 class. Ohio State hosted him for the spring game in April and had a June 12 official visit on the calendar that he committed before taking.
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Named entering August as one of Ohio State's two likeliest running back flip targets. Rivals ranked him the No. 6 running back nationally on June 1, 2026 (SI / CFB HQ); the board's rank column stores the 247Sports Composite, which files him No. 226 nationally and No. 16 among running backs, read August 15, 2026. The reporting that names the school also names the state, which is the fact most likely to be guessed wrong here: it is Gainesville, Georgia, not the Gainesville in Florida or the one in Texas.
Reporting: Cleveland.com, Andrew Gillis, August 3, 2026 (flip target); 247Sports, Brett Greenberg, May 31, 2026 (commitment day: "announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide on Sunday afternoon"); Sports Illustrated / CFB HQ, James Parks, June 1, 2026 (ranking, school)
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Uncommitted, with a commitment date of October 23 and a final three of Missouri, Ohio State and Penn State: he told Rivals' Hayes Fawcett on October 1, and Hunter Shelton of Rivals reported it that evening. Ohio State has offered him.
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He took his official visit to Ohio State for the Kent State game on Saturday, September 19. Garrick Hodge of Bucknuts on 247Sports reported the visit that afternoon and Mick Walker of Lettermen Row the next day; Dan Hessler of Land-Grant Holy Land reported on September 22 that no date had been set yet. It was his second trip to Columbus in three weeks, announced by Hodge on September 17. He decommitted from Miami (Ohio) on September 3, 2026, reported the same day by Dave Clark of the Cincinnati Enquirer and by Greg Wilson of Buckeye Sports Bulletin, and stamped Sep 3, 2026 on his own 247Sports timeline. He had been pledged to the RedHawks since June 7. He took the game-day visit to Ohio State for the Ball State opener on September 5 and the offer came that day: Hall announced it on Instagram from Columbus, the Cincinnati Enquirer's Alex Harrison reported it that afternoon, and 247Sports' Garrick Hodge reported it the same day. His 247Sports page now carries Ohio State on a list of nine offers, read September 5, 2026; the same list read eight without them on August 29 and again on September 4. The offer followed Princeton's 49 to 6 win over Colerain on Friday, September 4, in which the Enquirer reports he ran for 100 yards and four touchdowns. Five other schools had offered in the five days after Princeton beat Archbishop Moeller 31-24 on August 20, Penn State first.
Reporting: Cincinnati Enquirer, Alex Harrison, September 5, 2026 (the Ohio State offer); 247Sports, Garrick Hodge, September 5, 2026 (the same offer); 247Sports' Jordan Hall player page, read September 5, 2026 (the nine-school offer list); Cincinnati Enquirer, Dave Clark, September 3, 2026 and Buckeye Sports Bulletin, Greg Wilson, September 3, 2026 (the decommitment); Land-Grant Holy Land, Caleb Houser, September 4, 2026; 247Sports / Bucknuts, Garrick Hodge, September 17, 2026 (the official visit); 247Sports / Bucknuts, Garrick Hodge, September 19, 2026 and On3 / Lettermen Row, Mick Walker, September 20, 2026 (the visit taken); Land-Grant Holy Land, Dan Hessler, September 22, 2026 (no commitment date then); Rivals, Hunter Shelton, October 1, 2026 (the October 23 date and the final three)
Every running back in the 2027 class →
Went elsewhere
- Jayden Miles to Florida State · JUN 8
- David Gabriel Georges to Tennessee · JUL 22
Tracked in full on the watch list.
Wide receiver
2 COMMITSStill on the board
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Committed to Texas Tech on November 20, 2025. Named as an Ohio State flip target; Ohio State had an official visit on the calendar for May 29, 2026 (On3 / Rivals, Hunter Shelton, April 7, 2026).
Reporting: Eleven Warriors, July 6, 2026
Every wide receiver in the 2027 class →
Went elsewhere
- Blake Wong to BYU · JUN 27
- Monshun Sales to Indiana · JUL 17
Tracked in full on the watch list.
Tight end
STILL OPENNo commit and no reported target on the board at this position.
Defense
Edge
2 COMMITSDefensive line
2 COMMITSLinebacker
2 COMMITSEvery linebacker in the 2027 class →
Went elsewhere
- Kaylon Bailey to Colorado · JUN 25
- Brayton Feister to Oregon · AUG 14
Tracked in full on the watch list.
Cornerback
2 COMMITSStill on the board
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Committed to Oklahoma in June. Ohio State is still pursuing him. 247Sports moved him to five stars in its June 10 rankings update (News On 6, June 11, 2026).
Reporting: Eleven Warriors, July 1, 2026
How this reads: every commit above is grouped by the position board.json lists for him, so the counts add up to the full 19-man class. A group shows Still open when Ohio State has landed no pledge there yet. The recruits under Still on the board are the uncommitted and flip targets a named outlet has tied to Ohio State, and the outlet is printed on each line. Went elsewhere names recruits Ohio State pursued at that position who committed somewhere else. They are not a need and they count toward nothing above: they are here because a position with no commit and no target is a hole, and the reporting on how it emptied is usually a name.
We do not project a class shape: how many players Ohio State ultimately signs at each position is the staff's call, not ours to guess. What is here is only what can be counted or sourced. Every name links to its full profile, and the targets are tracked in full on the commit board's watch list.
This page groups the class one way. The same names grouped by where they are FROM are at recruits by state, which carries the 2028 pledges as well as this cycle and is the only place on the site that answers the in-state question directly.
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