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Ohio State Football Recruiting: Buckeyes Add 5-Star Safety Commit From Louisiana · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyes Tomorrow Morning for Tuesday, April first time
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  Speaker 1: this is the show for April Fool's Day, and this
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  Speaker 1: is going to sound like an April Fool's Day show,
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  Speaker 1: It is not. The Buckeyes just landed a commitment from
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  Speaker 1: a five star safety out of the state of Louisiana.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Noon joins me, Kevin, this was you know there
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  Speaker 1: were you know I heard, Oh there's a commitment today. Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 1: And there were a bunch of names. Oh, I beg
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  Speaker 1: could be this guy, you could be this guy. This
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  Speaker 1: is not one that was on my bingo card.
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  Speaker 2: No, not on mine either. I was driving to the
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  Speaker 2: Woody as this went down. I get in. I hear
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  Speaker 2: people talking about Louisiana I'm like, I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: the hell anybody's talking about. Blame Bradford, five star safety,
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  Speaker 2: twenty four to seven composite. You know, this is a
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  Speaker 2: huge get I mean six two o seven Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: put together a really solid defensive class, defensive back class
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  Speaker 2: last year. I think the addition of Blaine Bradford is
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  Speaker 2: gonna be huge. I should probably just say it now.
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  Speaker 2: They got a hold on to him, and that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a challenge and we'll kind of get into all
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  Speaker 2: the points why. But we know who leads right now.
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  Speaker 2: It's Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know this is again you're it's April first,
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  Speaker 1: so early signing even early signing day is more than
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  Speaker 1: eight months away, so you got you got a little
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  Speaker 1: ways to go to hang on to him. And he
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  Speaker 1: has an older brother, is that correct? Who is you know,
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  Speaker 1: a twenty twenty five class member so just just signed
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  Speaker 1: with LSU. So this is this is that's a whole
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  Speaker 1: another reason why this was kind of like what right exactly?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, having having an older brother who has not
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  Speaker 2: played it down yet at LSU. They're going through spring
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  Speaker 2: practice just like everybody else. But you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that Ohio State was certainly one of the schools he
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  Speaker 2: was very interested in, but I think everybody thought it
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  Speaker 2: was going to be and we're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: sit there and see what happens. He does have an
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  Speaker 2: official visit set to Ohio State on the thirteenth of June.
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  Speaker 2: As of now, he has an official visit for LSU
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  Speaker 2: sent on the twentieth. It would be really nice if
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State could dissuade him from going to Baton Rouge
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  Speaker 2: to check out his brother. I mean, granted, it's just
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  Speaker 2: down the street. He both went to Catholic High school there,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, it's going to be interesting. And we haven't
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  Speaker 2: even necessarily gotten into Georgia and Alabama and Auburn and
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  Speaker 2: other schools that will certainly really present a challenge as
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  Speaker 2: times goes on. I take us back to naim Offord
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  Speaker 2: and his recruitment, and Ohio State was sitting in a
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  Speaker 2: great position until it wasn't. So you know, stuff happens.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, stuff does happen. And with a twenty twenty with
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  Speaker 1: a five star guy, you know, anywhere you know in state,
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  Speaker 1: it can be a challenge to keep someone out of
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  Speaker 1: state who knows everyone is going after them with everything
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  Speaker 1: they've got. But we've also seen over the years the
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  Speaker 1: two brothers who go to a school and you normally say, well,
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  Speaker 1: if they both have it offer, obviously they're both getting
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  Speaker 1: to go to the same place. Well, not necessarily. We
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  Speaker 1: saw the Styles brothers. Lorenzo Styles went to Notre Dame
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  Speaker 1: and then every well, oh you know where Sunty Styles
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  Speaker 1: is going, and then they did ended up playing together,
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  Speaker 1: but they ended up playing together in Columbus because Sonny
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  Speaker 1: came to Columbus and then Lorenzo followed him there. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, this is you know, that is not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: a absolute this is you know, this is a you know,
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  Speaker 1: lock stock barrel. No chance you're gonna pull someone whose
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  Speaker 1: brother's going to a different school. And as you said,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot to do to hang on to them.
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  Speaker 1: But Ohio State does have a lot going on for
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  Speaker 1: them right now in this recruitment as well. You've they've
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  Speaker 1: recruited very well in the secondary with Matt Walton or
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  Speaker 1: Matt Gerary and Tim Walton. But you've also got, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you want some proof of concept of how things can
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  Speaker 1: go for a talented safety from the South. Well, Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State has a guy who wears number two on defense.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, that's a pretty good proof of concept.
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  Speaker 2: Right Caleb Down certainly is a banner carrier in in
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  Speaker 2: a lot of ways in terms of what is possible.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I do find that maybe some of these
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  Speaker 2: defensive commitments before we really get a chance to see
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  Speaker 2: what Matt Patricia is all about. But then again, by
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  Speaker 2: the time that Blane would enroll at Ohio State, Matt
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  Speaker 2: Patricia may already be back off to the NFL. So
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  Speaker 2: you just you don't know. But it's a relationships with
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  Speaker 2: Tim and Matt and guys like that that really make
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  Speaker 2: a huge difference. And Ohio State really has expanded the map.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, has gone into the state of Alabama, recruiting
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  Speaker 2: a kid in Mississippi, recruiting kids in Louisiana. I mean
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  Speaker 2: schools that would have never really been in play. And
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  Speaker 2: in this case, a lot of times I identify it
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  Speaker 2: as Ohio State finds maybe weakness with the home state school.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying that LSU is necessarily in a weak spot.
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  Speaker 2: I just think that Ohio State's brand is so strong,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, uh, national champions, but you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: their brand is so strong that they're able to kick
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  Speaker 2: down some doors that maybe they were hesitant to just
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  Speaker 2: a couple years ago.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and if you're not going to say it, I
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  Speaker 1: will say it. LSU's brand is not great right now.
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  Speaker 1: LSU's defense has been I don't know how you say
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  Speaker 1: trash in Cajun, but it's yeah, yeah, there's there's crawlfish
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  Speaker 1: and crawfish and lots of touchdowns for the opponent in it.
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  Speaker 1: They were something like seventy ninth in total defense this
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  Speaker 1: year and that's been a multi year thing under Brian Kelly.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not like, I mean, Ryan Age just got
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  Speaker 1: a big long contract extension. What's Brian Kelly's job status there?
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  Speaker 1: Like the bar there is you win one national championship
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  Speaker 1: as LSU's head coach. That's the bar. That's the standard.
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  Speaker 1: That has been this case for everyone since Nick Saban.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Kelly has not gotten even close so far. So,
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I don't know how I would imagine
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  Speaker 1: the novelty of having the guy from the Northeast coaching
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  Speaker 1: LSU might be wearing off a little bit with some
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  Speaker 1: of the folks down there, and when that happens sometimes
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  Speaker 1: that can be a that can hurt you in Anil
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  Speaker 1: and all that kind of accent he does. He and
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  Speaker 1: his family have made themselves comfortable down there. But you
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  Speaker 1: know that there is a lot more uncertainty around the
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  Speaker 1: LSU program right now than there is around Ohio State,
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  Speaker 1: and that's certainly something that would play in Ohio State's favor.
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  Speaker 1: So this is now the second, not the first safety
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  Speaker 1: commitment for the Buckeyes for twenty twenty six. It is
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  Speaker 1: not the first defensive back commitment, so this is the
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  Speaker 1: second one there. Where do things stand just in the
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  Speaker 1: second area on the whole?
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  Speaker 2: Oh I mean, I think that they're in really good
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  Speaker 2: shape with a lot of kids right now. They have
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  Speaker 2: the commitment of Jacob Weatherspoon out of the State of Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: He's a corner Ohio State obviously pursuing Elbert Hill out
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  Speaker 2: of Akronhobin. He's really I mean, I think he may
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  Speaker 2: be the best corner out there that I've seen. And
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  Speaker 2: then it's safety, I mean, Brayln Wollmack, You've got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of other names out there. I think that we
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  Speaker 2: could see something similar to last season of where Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State just kind of tries to load up there and
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  Speaker 2: we just see what sticks at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's that's not a bad idea with you know,
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  Speaker 1: with as uncertain as things can be in recruiting, and
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  Speaker 1: as you said, you know you have a commitment from
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  Speaker 1: a guy from an area where you're not normally expecting
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  Speaker 1: to get a lot of commitments. Last kid from louis
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  Speaker 1: ended a play at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: They just had j R.
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  Speaker 1: Brown Brown sort of from Louisiana, but also the.
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  Speaker 2: Large largely from Ohio too. I mean you have to
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  Speaker 2: go back to people like Natter Abdalah and Jonathan Wells.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is not that is not an area where
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  Speaker 1: they have traditionally pulled a lot of guys, but they've
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  Speaker 1: pulled guys recently out of there. They've pulled some really
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  Speaker 1: talented players out of the Deep South Alabama just in
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  Speaker 1: the last cycle or so. So yeah, very very interesting,
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  Speaker 1: very surprising commitment for the buck Eyes. But very good
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  Speaker 1: news and yes, real real news here on April first,
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