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Ohio State / Class of 2027

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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.

19COMMITS
8/10GROUPS FILLED
2GROUPS OPEN
3ON THE BOARD
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Offense

Quarterback

1 COMMIT

Every quarterback in the 2027 class →

Went elsewhere

Tracked in full on the watch list.

Running back

STILL OPEN

Still on the board

  • Nigel Newkirk ★★★★ NO. 226 NATL FLIP TARGET

    Committed to Alabama on June 1 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. 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. No hometown is stored because none of the reporting we read prints his town.

    Reporting: Cleveland.com, Andrew Gillis, August 3, 2026 (flip target); Sports Illustrated / CFB HQ, James Parks, June 1, 2026 (commitment, ranking, school)

Every running back in the 2027 class →

Went elsewhere

Tracked in full on the watch list.

Wide receiver

2 COMMITS

Still on the board

  • Benny Easter Jr. ★★★★ NO. 72 NATL FLIP TARGET

    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

Tracked in full on the watch list.

Tight end

STILL OPEN

No commit and no reported target on the board at this position.

Every tight end in the 2027 class →

Went elsewhere

Tracked in full on the watch list.

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Defense

Cornerback

2 COMMITS

Still on the board

  • Gabriel Osborne Jr. ★★★★★ NO. 36 NATL FLIP TARGET

    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

Every cornerback in the 2027 class →

Went elsewhere

Tracked in full on the watch list.

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.

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