A big picture conversation about Ohio State football's recruiting

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

How should you view Ohio State football's 2026 recruiting class and future classes? The Buckeyes have set a standard to annually have one of the nation's top-five classes. But given the many changes across the sport, should that still be the expectation? Or should that expectation remain, but the road to get there be viewed differently? On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Andrew Gillis try to break down what recruiting looks like in the modern era and how OSU fits into it. This conversation might get a little confusing, but maybe that mirrors exactly where things are in the sport right now. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.6	Yeah. Hey, hey, come on in. Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. I'm Stephen Means and that is Andrew Gillis.
1:19.6	And it's time to check in on recruiting.
1:21.6	We said we were going to do this once we got through the Texas game.
1:24.6	Because just like how Ryan Day was talking, we just kind of had to get through Texas and then everybody could come up for air and then we could start focusing on
1:31.2	literally everything else that matters around Ohio State as they start their process of trying
1:34.9	to repeat as national champions. They're also trying to put together a recruiting class. Right now,
1:39.2	they have 21 commits in their 2026 recruiting class. A lot of those guys were actually on
1:43.6	campus over the weekend for that Texas game. That includes its two five-star recruits Chris Henry Jr. The number 21 player, number three wide receiver. And Brayland Bradford, excuse me, Blaine Bradford, the number 36 player, number five, safety. He was the number one safety when he committed to all. I said, I don't know what's happening there. And Chris Henry Jr. is going to be the number one wide receiver by the time he graduates in high school.
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