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Good morning Buck Nudders. It is Tuesday February the 28th, 2023. I am Dan Rubin. This is the Buck Nuts Morning 5 and Change.

Very lucky today to be joined by Andrew Ivan's director of scouting for 24-7 sports.

Our Florida guru, and if you see a little smile on his face and you have the Twitter, you know he has reupped with 24-7 sports and our commitment to have the best be here

for as long as we can possibly hold him. We've got Wolfong in the stable. We've got Andrew Ivan's in the stable. Now there's going to be a hiring freeze because they took all the money.

But Andrew also getting married in a week. Mr. writer passage. Welcome.

Hey, thanks for having me on. Yeah. Exciting times. Glad to be here. I'm back. I knew as soon as you hit me. I had to be ready when all the Florida guys I'm ready to go.

So I've been watching a ton of tape lately. You know, we've had a few events down here in Florida. A few 7 on 7 tournaments. I was up in Atlanta over the weekend for the Under Armour Camp.

We got another one coming up here in Orlando this weekend. So it's a fun time. Kind of re familiarizing ourselves with the 2024 class. And you know we're going to make a big update next month. So exciting fun time for us.

Andrew is the guru of our rankings. And he is down there in Florida in the Lauderdale area, which means he is in the eye of the storm. Ohio State offers in the class of 2024 state of Ohio 15 state of Florida, 22.

We also have Georgia, whereas they call it was southern Florida northern Georgia. I didn't know how they call that north. I know they consider that basically another state and Jacksonville. But anyway, we're going to get into all of it. Ohio State is heavily involved in Florida. And like he said,

Andrew has been on the show before and is back by popular demand. We're going to kind of reset 2024 here. And let's start at the top.

Ohio State's class at one point time had Dylan Rayola in it. The number one quarterback. He's gone. They have the number one receiver in it. Jeremiah Smith.

He created some interest in the last month with a tweet or two. Please bring us up to speed. How nervous should bucknoters be about Jeremiah Smith. And it's planned migration to Columbus.

I don't think there's reason of really panic at all. Right. I mean, this is kind of what happens when you recruit one of these South Florida kids. And you know if they make an early commitment, usually you're going to have to hold on and and you know you're kind of gripping your seat a little bit.

But Jeremiah Smith to me, I think he's an Ohio State guy. I think when he gave a pledge to the buck guys back in December. I mean, I think that was pretty calculated.

Let's not forget that his camp has been through the recruiting process before. I mean, he's cousins with Juno Smith. That was a high profile recruitment.

This isn't some family that didn't sit down and think things through. And he's been to Ohio State a bunch. And I know there's reports out there that I think he's going to take some visits.

I think FSC on March 4th is one of one of them out there also rumors that he might get to Florida and Miami. And sure, I think he could show up on those campuses at some point over the next two, three months.

But I think he's all Ohio State. I think the big reason why is Brian Hartline. I think he wants to be in that offense. He wants to play for zone six. He knows what Hartline can do with wide receiver.

So I think as long as Hartline is there, I think as long as Keenan Bailey, the new tight ends coach, he's very well dialed in down in Broward County. He's played a big role in that recruitment.

I think as long as those guys are there, Ohio State's still throwing it around the yard, getting receivers, touches, getting them to the league. And then Jeremiah Smith's going to end up there.

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