2020 Prep Tracker: Cameron Martinez Runs Wild, Lathan Ransom Can Do It All and Ohio State Wide Receiver Commitments Continue to Impress

KEY STATS AND QUICK NOTES FROM WEEK THREE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON:

• Ohio State commitments and their teams had a record of 22-2 this past week.
• Gee Scott Jr. had a career-high 13 receptions in his week one game this season.
• Jack Miller's head coach said that Miller is week to week with an undisclosed injury.
• Kyle McCord and his St. Joseph's Prep team took down the fifth-ranked team in the country in St. Johns.
• Of the four Ohio State wide receiver commits that played, they combined for 27 receptions for 397 and 7 touchdowns.

Each week this high school season Eleven Warriors will highlight an offensive and defensive champion of the week out of all the players committed to Ohio State. Let's get the week three edition of the prep tracker started with the offensive champion of the week.

OFFENSIVE CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: CAMERON MARTINEZ, ATH, 2020

Martinez is the reigning Michigan state player of the year and one of the best athletes in the country, and that was on full display last Friday.

Martinez is listed as an athlete by recruiting services and recruited by Ohio State as a safety, but he also plays quarterback for his high school team and he put up big numbers this week.

On Friday night against Detroit King High School, he ran for 179 yards and 2 rushing scores. On top of that Martinez, threw a 28-yard touchdown pass and added a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to finish with 297 all-purpose yards and four total touchdowns, earning him our offensive champion of the week status.

Other notable offensive performances from Ohio State commitments:

• 2021 quarterback Kyle McCord had almost 300 yards passing and 3 touchdowns.
• The 2020 wide receiver trio of Julian Fleming, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Gee Scott Jr. all had at least 90 yards receiving and a touchdown.
• 2021 wide receiver Jayden Ballard 2 catches for 113 yards that resulted in 2 touchdowns.

DEFENSIVE CHAMPION OF THE WEEK: LATHAN RANSOM, S, 2020

This past January, newly-minted head coach Ryan Day overhauled his defensive coaching staff and brought in former San Francisco 49ers secondary coach, Jeff Hafley. While Buckeye fans are just seeing the results of Hafley's scheme and coaching, his recruiting has been excellent since coming to Columbus.

Part of Hafley's recruiting success was landing four-star safety Lathan Ransom. On Friday, Ransom showed just why he was so highly-coveted by Hafley. Ransom had 8 total tackles, 4 of which were of the solo variety, and had an impressive 2 tackles for loss from his free safety position.

Here is one of Ransom's TFLs: 

I let my pads do the talking... pic.twitter.com/tZRlIyJRw0

— L8R (@L8thanRansom) September 7, 2019 

Ohio State has a long line of high-level safety play and after how Ransom played on Friday he certainly looks like he will carry on that tradition. Ransom's hard-hitting nature and limitless range at the safety position make him the week three defensive champion.

Other notable offensive performances from Ohio State commitments:

• Jack Sawyer had 3 TFLs and 3 sacks to bring his season total to 8 sacks through 2 games.
• Mitchell Melton had 11 tackles that included 3 stops behind the line (2 TFLs, 1 Sack).
• Cody Simon had 9 total tackles with 1 for a loss in a shut out win over New York power, Erasmus Hall.

Check back next week to see how Ohio State's football commitments performed in their high school game. Along with seeing who is named the offensive and defensive champion of the week by Eleven Warriors.