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Ohio State Recruiting News: Grading The Buckeyes' 2027 Class On Defense · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: It is starting to get real, So Juck, we're a
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  Speaker 1: recruiting on today's show. But first of all, pretty exciting.
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  Speaker 1: All of a sudden, it feels like it's sort of
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  Speaker 1: snuck up on us. But all of a sudden, boom.
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  Speaker 2: where all right, when that comes, it's like it's officially time.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go. We're rolling into camp soon, but first
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  Speaker 2: we get to hear from all around the Big Ten
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  Speaker 2: as we roll into a Big Ten season where they
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  Speaker 2: are the best conference in college football, three straight national championships,
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  Speaker 2: and we now have so many different coaches and programs
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  Speaker 2: of interest. This is no longer the old Big Ten
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  Speaker 2: media days where it was here's Ohio State this day,
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  Speaker 2: in Michigan this day, and try and find something to
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  Speaker 2: listen to in between. We got a lot of options,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of guys we're going to talk to. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be real fun.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really really looking forward to that. That is a
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  Speaker 1: three day event now now that they've expanded the conference
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  Speaker 1: to eighteen teams, so it's going to be a lot
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  Speaker 1: Monday evening in a couple weeks, and we will be
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  Speaker 1: there through Thursday evenings, so it will be a busy,
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  Speaker 1: busy week in just a couple of weeks. This would
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  Speaker 1: what is going to be a really, really busy several months.
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  Speaker 1: Big ten media days is generally the say goodbye to
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  Speaker 1: your wife and kids time, and we'll see in the
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  Speaker 1: transfer portal probably you know, early February or so. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see you for Valentine's Day, how about that. So there's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a lot going on between now and then.
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  Speaker 1: We would love to see it Buckeye Insiders to talk
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  Speaker 1: about all of that stuff. One of the things that
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about quite a bit on the Insiders
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  Speaker 1: board is recruiting, and the Buckeyes have a pretty solid
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven class already coming together, got some big
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  Speaker 1: commitment announcements coming in the next couple of weeks. Juck
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  Speaker 1: just wrote about the offense great in the offensive class
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  Speaker 1: position by position, and the defensive class position by position.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna start with the defense. We're gonna talk about
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  Speaker 1: that because frankly, it feels like that class is a
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  Speaker 1: little more completely there's a little more uncertainty on the
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  Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. So Juck, let's start with
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  Speaker 1: the edge position. And boy, Larry Johnson has had a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of really good classes. I don't know that I've
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  Speaker 1: ever seen Larry Johnson have an edge class quite like.
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  Speaker 2: This, certainly not certainly not. With DJ Jacobs as the
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  Speaker 2: number one player in the country, it doesn't get better
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  Speaker 2: than number one. Right, number one in the country, then
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  Speaker 2: five star Maxus, Marcus Packattuo and Wyatt Smith, who I
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  Speaker 2: think is going to close the class as a five
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  Speaker 2: star that Rivals just did their rankings update. He's now
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  Speaker 2: up to fifty one in the country, so less than
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  Speaker 2: twenty spots away from five star status. And we're looking
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  Speaker 2: at three five star edges. Now the caveat there is
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  Speaker 2: Wyatt Smith and Marcus Packattua. One of those guys may
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  Speaker 2: potentially swing inside. So are they really three legit edges?
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  Speaker 2: They'll start there, but it just doesn't get any better
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  Speaker 2: than this. And when we look at DJ Jacobs, he's
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  Speaker 2: kind of the guy that Buckeye fans have been waiting
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  Speaker 2: for for a long time, through a lot of different
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  Speaker 2: misses on that number one target on the board. Finally
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  Speaker 2: you got him this year here he is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like this is the year where for
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  Speaker 1: years and years they've they've had good classes where they've
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  Speaker 1: been really thrilled with say the wide receiver position. They've
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  Speaker 1: loaded up at wide receiver and that the class ranks
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  Speaker 1: is the number three class in the country, and everyone
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  Speaker 1: goes yeah, But they min at these spots, especially in
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  Speaker 1: the defensive line. This year, they have not been a
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  Speaker 1: lot of misses on the defensive line. There have been
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  Speaker 1: a lot of hits there. One spot that they have
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  Speaker 1: not had a hit yet yet is the defensive tackle position. However,
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  Speaker 1: there could be some good news coming there for the
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  Speaker 1: buck Eyes. That is one of the announcements that is
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  Speaker 1: coming in the next couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: July eighteenth, Carlos May will announce Carlos May out of
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  Speaker 2: Alabama at six two, three hundred and thirty pounds, a
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  Speaker 2: heck of an athlete, a kid who's really really strong
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  Speaker 2: shot putter who puts up great numbers but also has
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  Speaker 2: run track. A three hundred plus pounder running track and
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  Speaker 2: looking really athletic out there doing it. But a guy
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  Speaker 2: who's just a big space eater. And if you're trying
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  Speaker 2: to do a comp for a Caden MacDonald in this
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  Speaker 2: class at twenty twenty seven, this is the guy and
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  Speaker 2: he is you know, he was the number two to
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  Speaker 2: three guy on the board for the buck guys at
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  Speaker 2: defensive tackle and it'll anounce July eighteenth. I think he's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a buck eye if he is, because
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  Speaker 2: we know that. The big pitch to Carlos, and he
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  Speaker 2: told me this was the big pitch to him, is
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  Speaker 2: you're the guy. You're the guy we want, and it's
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  Speaker 2: just going to be one. So if that's the case,
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  Speaker 2: if they only went into the class looking for one
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  Speaker 2: defensive tackle and they pull out of here with one
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  Speaker 2: guy and it's Carlos May, I'm gonna say that's an
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  Speaker 2: A minus obviously an A plus at edge, that would
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  Speaker 2: be an A minus a defensive tackle, even though you're
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  Speaker 2: just getting one, because it's all you.
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  Speaker 1: Wanted and now, and so it feels like on the whole,
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  Speaker 1: you grade that defensive line class if you get those,
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  Speaker 1: if you get May, you keep those defensive those edge guys.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's an A to me. You combine
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  Speaker 1: those two for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're looking at four top one hundred prospects. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't get better.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that is a very very very solid class there
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  Speaker 1: for Larry Johnson. Again, assuming you close as we are
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  Speaker 1: sort of expecting them to and yes, the Carlos made
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  Speaker 1: decision coming in just four days. So then beyond that,
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  Speaker 1: got to talk about linebackers and got a couple names there.
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  Speaker 1: I know you'll look at the you will look at
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  Speaker 1: the recruit rankings and Prince Goldsby is listed as an edge.
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  Speaker 1: When he was there for the spring game, he was
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  Speaker 1: spending a whole heck of a lot of quality time
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  Speaker 1: with James Laurnitis. So that is certainly where you would
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  Speaker 1: sort of expect him to play for Ohio State. But
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  Speaker 1: what are they looking at at the linebacker position this year?
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  Speaker 2: So Prince Goldsby out of Kansas City in the mold
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  Speaker 2: of Braxton Rembert from last year's class. Braxton Remembert, out
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  Speaker 2: of Georgia in a much lesser known prospect at the
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  Speaker 2: time James Laurynnitis got in on him, but six foot five,
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  Speaker 2: two hundred pounds and then Goldsby similar stature about six
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  Speaker 2: four two hundred pounds. And these guys are just that long, fast,
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  Speaker 2: athletic body type that can play edge. But now we're
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  Speaker 2: going to see James laurn Nitis kind of tried to
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  Speaker 2: turn them into the new age rvel race.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Take these guys that are great athletes that are really long,
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  Speaker 2: kind of basketball bodies, but aggressive on the football field,
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  Speaker 2: and Prince really is and he's got a lot of skills.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see if we can welcome up to two hundred
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  Speaker 2: and thirty pounds and see what you get there. Prince
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  Speaker 2: very instinctive, sideline, a sideline speed. Obviously, he's a top
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  Speaker 2: one hundred player, so he's a well respected player. But
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  Speaker 2: I'm equally as excited for Quentin Cipher out of North Carolina,
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  Speaker 2: who is now I think rated like top two thirty
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  Speaker 2: in the country, so four star, two hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 2: ish in the country. But this is a guy that
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  Speaker 2: the two best linebacker coaches in the country, and Glenn
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  Speaker 2: Schuman from Georgia and James Loernitis from Ohio State were
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  Speaker 2: going after as like their top guy. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: were all in on this kid. And if those two
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  Speaker 2: guys were all in on this kid, who is also
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  Speaker 2: a tremendous athlete at six' two about two point, fifteen
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  Speaker 2: he could play in the, middle he could play on the, edge,
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  Speaker 2: sideline a sideline, Ballhawk he's even played. OFFENSE i am
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  Speaker 2: all in on this. Dude he's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: high Level Ohio state starter at some. Point i'm pretty
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  Speaker 2: certain of.
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  Speaker 1: That so mentioned earlier that a lot of times the
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  Speaker 1: class has had a lot of, yeah they're great butt
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of cases recently it has been butt
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  Speaker 1: offensive line or butt defensive. Line this, year it feels
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  Speaker 1: like there's a little bit of a butt with the
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  Speaker 1: cornerback position and especially the in state recruiting at the cornerback,
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  Speaker 1: position where there have been some names that have been
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  Speaker 1: relatively highly ranked in state that they have not been
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  Speaker 1: able to bring, in but they've still ended up with
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  Speaker 1: a pretty solid class.
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  Speaker 2: There the thing when we look at the cornerback position
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  Speaker 2: is to get the defensive line, haul you're going to
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  Speaker 2: have to find other places on the roster to potentially
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  Speaker 2: go the less expensive route to make sure you got
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  Speaker 2: the money to do, that and that's. Understandable you have
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  Speaker 2: to do that from time to. Time and what you're
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  Speaker 2: able to do in that class at cornerback is you
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  Speaker 2: don't get top one hundred months and At torbert or
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  Speaker 2: As alston Or Sebastian, telfair all those guys go elsewhere
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  Speaker 2: from the state Of. Ohio but you do Get Deontai,
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  Speaker 2: malone who is a four star top two fiftieth in
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  Speaker 2: the country out Of massaline and at five to, eleven
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty. Pounds i've watched this kid play
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  Speaker 2: a lot of football At. Masslin i'm out Of Northeast,
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  Speaker 2: ohio and he is a. Dynamo he's on my freaks
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  Speaker 2: list as far as. Athletics the fast twitch jumps out
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  Speaker 2: of the, gym sub four to four, GUY i, think
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  Speaker 2: and he plays everywhere all over the field For. MASSALIN
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  Speaker 2: i think he'll settle in to be a real nice.
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  Speaker 2: Addition he kind of reminds me of I gb just
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, shorter long, arms and if this is
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  Speaker 2: what the budget guy looks, LIKE i am very happy
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  Speaker 2: with the budget.
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  Speaker 1: Guy and it feels like this is a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a conversation about the budget is kind of part
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  Speaker 1: of the conversation because obviously defensive line was sort of
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  Speaker 1: a priority this year and you have seen the results with.
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  Speaker 1: That we've talked about the wide receivers maybe not having
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  Speaker 1: quite the budget they have in previous, years with the
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  Speaker 1: way they loaded up at corner last year Between Jay
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  Speaker 1: timmins And thomas Bringing Dominic kelly in the, portal this feels, Like,
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  Speaker 1: okay you could maybe shift some resources away from corner
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  Speaker 1: and if you just have a good class at corner
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  Speaker 1: this year after having a great class at corner last.
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  Speaker 1: Year and also they may not be done at. Corner
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  Speaker 1: they're expecting probably another player there that may not be
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  Speaker 1: a bad. Outcome and there's probably a little more still
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  Speaker 1: to come at safety as, well where you know they've
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  Speaker 1: got one really really, solid you, know really good, prospect
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  Speaker 1: one very familiar, name and then potentially a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more to come.
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  Speaker 2: Later Eli johnson at safety keeps dropping in the, rankings
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  Speaker 2: just updated, rankings he's dropped a little bit further outside
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  Speaker 2: the top fifty. Ish and this is a six foot,
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  Speaker 2: three two hundred and ten pounds safety who came up
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  Speaker 2: To Ohio state camp last year and one over mcgreary
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  Speaker 2: as all, right this is my. Guy and we've seen
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  Speaker 2: mc gary hit on his top target every year since
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  Speaker 2: he's been At Ohio. State Eli johnson was that guy for.
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  Speaker 2: Him he's dropping in the rankings because he only played
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  Speaker 2: eight games last year due to. Injury there's not a
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  Speaker 2: ton of film on. Him in addition to, that he's
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  Speaker 2: not a guy who's been out on the camp circuit
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  Speaker 2: because he's been locked Into Ohio, state so there's no
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  Speaker 2: reason for him to be on anybody's mind to bump
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  Speaker 2: him up in the. Rankings, therefore naturally that. Happens this
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  Speaker 2: guy is a total. DUDE i, mean he's a total,
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  Speaker 2: dude and the fact That matt values him that much
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  Speaker 2: tells us all we need to know with. That SO
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  Speaker 2: i feel very confident that we got A tier one
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  Speaker 2: safety in the class with. Him then you pair him
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  Speaker 2: With Angelo, smith who obviously Is jeremiah's, brother and it
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  Speaker 2: is a long, shot, Right something needs to happen, here
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  Speaker 2: and we don't usually See Ohio state offer someone where
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  Speaker 2: a physical transformation needs to. Happen he's to grow a little.
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  Speaker 2: Bitter he's not going to see the field At Ohio.
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  Speaker 2: State in my. Opinion there's just too many great options
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  Speaker 2: and that's, unfortunate but it is what it. Is who's
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  Speaker 2: to say that doesn't. Happen we Saw jeremiah grow up
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  Speaker 2: until he was ten and a half twenty years, old
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  Speaker 2: And angelo's young for the. Class what he is is
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  Speaker 2: a damn good football, player, instinctive, crazy hard hitter for
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  Speaker 2: a kid his, size he's. Fearless so those two guys,
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  Speaker 2: together you like. It you'd like to see one more
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  Speaker 2: who you know there doesn't need to be, well if this,
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  Speaker 2: happens maybe he can.
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  Speaker 1: Play so that's where the class stands right. Now, obviously
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  Speaker 1: there's still plenty of time for the class to change
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  Speaker 1: and to potentially have some additions between now and signing
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  Speaker 1: day In. December so where is there more work to
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  Speaker 1: do or where is there maybe some potential additions coming
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  Speaker 1: to this?
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  Speaker 2: Class before signing that we did skip, ONE i wanted
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  Speaker 2: to Mention Jayden, carrey the other cornerback in the class
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  Speaker 2: out Of. St Thomas, aquinas three star guy out Of,
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  Speaker 2: aquinas who has been pretty. Underrated five foot ten and
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  Speaker 2: a half five, eleven one hundred and eighty, Pounds and
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  Speaker 2: this is a guy who really reminds me Of Peyton
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  Speaker 2: pierce in the way that he's such a heady football.
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  Speaker 2: Player even though he's not going to come in as
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  Speaker 2: fast As deyonne him, alone he just feels like the
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  Speaker 2: type of guy who's going to be a tick faster
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  Speaker 2: because he's just so smart and he learns everything and
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  Speaker 2: he picks up on, everything and Like James lorinidis talks
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  Speaker 2: About Peyton pierce talks about himself being a tick faster
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  Speaker 2: because he knows what's. Coming Jayden carry reminds me of that,
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  Speaker 2: guy and he's going to be an inside guy AND
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  Speaker 2: i think that'll suit him really. Well also a great
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  Speaker 2: closing speed and a REAL. Ballhowk BUT i do think
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  Speaker 2: after the first three weeks of the senior, season we're
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  Speaker 2: probably going to see a couple new offers go, out
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  Speaker 2: maybe at, cornerback certainly as, safety and REALLY i think
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  Speaker 2: that's about it when we look at the linebacker room
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  Speaker 2: bringing in these two, guys looking at next year's, roster
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  Speaker 2: taking into account maybe one two, transfer you're still at
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  Speaker 2: about nine to ten, linebackers SO i don't think there
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  Speaker 2: needs to be another. One you would have Tooken Kaylen
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  Speaker 2: bailey out Of glenville because that's a really strong prospect
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  Speaker 2: in your, backyard but he ends up going To, colorado
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  Speaker 2: AND i think this probably wraps it up bit, linebacker all.
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  Speaker 1: Right so there you. Go so that's where things stand
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  Speaker 1: right now on the defensive side of the ball for The.
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  Speaker 1: Buckeyes very solid class on the, Whole potentially a couple
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  Speaker 1: more editions still to. Come we want to hear about
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  Speaker 1: the you want to read about the where things stand
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the. Ball there's probably some
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  Speaker 1: decisions coming there as well that will impact those. Grades
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