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Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. I am Stephen Means, and that is Andrew Gillis. And it's time for

another episode of Whose High School Kid is Gillis. And it's time for another episode of

whose high school kid is it anyway, because it's one out and two in, though in two separate

recruiting classes. Ohio State right now and its 2026 recruiting class has a number nine

class overall. And it's down from 22 commits to 21 commits because it did lose one of its five

offensive linemen, Aaron Thomas,

number 5,06 player, number 46 offensive tackle from Phoenix, Arizona. And the reason they lost him

because it seems like he's going to end up at Florida State, where he's got some family ties.

Gillis, this is offensive line day, and we'll get into the two juniors in high school later in

this podcast. But I want to start with Aaron Thomas.

What did they lose? And is there a plan to replace him? Yeah. So they, on Monday afternoon,

in the middle of the day, they lost Aaron Thomas, like you said, Tens Mountain Point High School

in Phoenix, Arizona, number 506 player in the composite rankings,

number 46 offensive tackle. They lost some size and they lost a pretty valuable tackle.

He's 6'7, or at least he's listed at 6.7, 300 pounds. Got a lot of mobility that you like

at tackle. And like, we talk about this like projection a lot. An offensive line is such a, you know, projection type of position, right?

You know, you got to look and say, all right, you know, if this kid puts on 30 pounds of good weight,

after losing 20 pounds of bad weight, you know, what does he look like?

And I think you see the physical attributes.

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