Brady Edmunds has been committed to Ohio State for more than 18 months. He is also, right now, the least settled piece of the 2027 class.
The 6-5, 220-pound quarterback from Huntington Beach, California took official visits in June to both Ohio State and UCLA, and he has not definitively recommitted since. He told 247Sports’ Blair Angulo that the Buckeyes “made it clear that they want me in this class,” which is reassuring right up until you remember that recruits who are fully locked in do not usually need to say it.
Why the stakes are so high
Edmunds is the only quarterback committed in the class. He was a five-star when he pledged back in 2024 and has since settled in as a four-star, ranked No. 251 nationally and No. 19 at the position in the 247Sports composite.
The staff has done its diligence on alternatives. Ohio State took a run this spring at five-star Nebraska commit Trae Taylor, who has repeatedly reaffirmed his pledge to the Huskers. And that is roughly where every road leads: per the composite, every top-100 quarterback in the 2027 cycle is already committed somewhere.
So the math is simple. If Edmunds stays, Ohio State has its quarterback and nobody remembers the summer wobble. If he flips to UCLA, the Buckeyes are shopping in the flip market at the sport’s most protected position. Watch this one closely through July.