If you were wondering if offensive line recruits were paying to attention to the job Ohio State’s unit was doing during its run to the national championship, allow 2018 prospect Blaine Scott to answer that.
“Oh, heck yes,” he said Tuesday during the Buckeyes’ second one-day positional camp of the summer.
Scott is a 6-foot-4, 299-pound high school sophomore at Sciotoville Community School in Portsmouth, Ohio. He currently has two scholarship offers — from Ohio and Toledo — but is gaining interest from the Buckeyes, Virginia Tech and Purdue, among others.
The improvement of Ohio State’s offensive line made under coach Ed Warinner is being noticed by recruits like Scott.
“Last year, I think we can all agree in the Virginia Tech game the O-line looked average and, you know, nothing at Ohio State is average,” Scott said. “They came to practice every single day, got on the grind, and by the end of the year they were the best freaking O-line in the nation and won a national championship so that definitely stands out.”
Scott wants to be part of that success himself and it’s a big reason why he’s camping as much as he can this summer with hopes of gaining more scholarship offers before his sophomore season.
“Just grinding with my team. Lifting in the morning and running, doing my own stuff on the track and bleachers,” Scott said of his summer. “Staying focused and doing mental work, stuff like that. Just becoming an overall better player on and off the field.”
Scott is also a big fan of Warinner and the way he goes about his business on the field.
“He can be in your face, up in your grill and I just love his work ethic, just how hard he works with his players,” Scott said. “I’m just all about work, I love the grind and that’s just kind of my thing.”
And in addition to his strong relationship with Warinner, Scott has another strong tie to the Buckeyes’ program. Scott and 2016 Ohio State commit Tyler Gerald hail from the same hometown, too. And though the two are good friends, Scott says Gerald’s commitment to Ohio State won’t have an impact on his recruitment.
“Me and Tyler are good friends and everything, but to be honest anything he does isn’t really gonna affect me as far as the recruiting process goes,” Scott said. “I think I’m my own person and I’m gonna do what’s in the best interest for me. Me and him are best friends on and off the field but as far as my recruitment goes, I’m gonna do what’s best for me.”
