Earlier this week, Florida tight end Asher Ghioto became only the fourth player in the 2028 class to pick up an offer from Ohio State.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound prospect joined wideout Eric McFarland and quarterbacks Caiden Belton and Neimann Lawrence as the only athletes in the 2028 cycle with an Ohio State offer so far, something Ghioto says he doesn’t take for granted given how early he is in his recruiting process.
Super excited and blessed to receive an offer from THE Ohio State University!!! #AGTG #GoBucks @ryandaytime @CoachKee @OhioStateFB @Birm @DeshawnBrownInc @Bolles_Football @ToddFordham78 pic.twitter.com/ejPHTqjvL0
— Asher Ghioto (@Asherghioto34) August 27, 2024
OSU tight ends coach Keenan Bailey offered Ghioto on Tuesday after speaking with his high school teammate and fellow OSU target, four-star 2026 tight end Corbyn Fordham, about Ghioto.
“It was amazing,” Ghioto told Eleven Warriors of his OSU offer. “I was just getting out of class and my teammate Corbyn Fordham had texted me and told me the coaches texted him about me asking them about me and basically asked him if they should offer me and how I was as a person and stuff like that. When I got to Corbyn, they FaceTimed him and put me on the phone and (coach Bailey) basically let me know he wanted to offer me a scholarship there.”
Ghioto plays both ways at The Bolles School (Jacksonville, Florida) and Bailey believes he’s capable of playing defensive line in Columbus too along with tight end.
“He wanted to offer me because I had seen him during spring practice, he was looking at Corbyn and I got to talk to him a lot and he went back and talked to (coach Johnson) and everything too,” he said. “What he told me was he wanted to offer me not only as tight end but also as a defensive lineman but he can’t do that, so when I go up there and I can talk more with the coaches in person and connect with them more, maybe I’ll end up as a defensive lineman there if I were to go to Ohio State.”
Ghioto has already earned 12 Division I offers, also including Baylor, Boston College, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, Syracuse, Washington and UCF. He said he plans on visiting Columbus with Fordham for the Nebraska game in October, but the visit isn’t 100 percent set in stone yet.
“I’ve heard a lot of great things,” Ghioto said about what he’s heard about OSU from Fordham. “Just about the program, the way they coach, the way they treat their players and the recruits. I’ve heard a lot of great things and I’m really excited to get up there and see what they’re all about.”
Phillip Bell set to commit Saturday
As we mentioned earlier in the week, Ohio State will soon find out if more good news is in store for its 2025 recruiting class. Saturday isn’t only the season opener for the Buckeyes for the 2024 season, but four-star 2025 wideout Phillip Bell will announce his commitment on the same day, either to Ohio State or USC.
Bell will make his announcement on 247Sports’ YouTube channel at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Bell took official visits to Ohio State on June 14 and USC on June 21. While his recruitment has been a back-and-forth affair between those two schools for a few months, there’s lots of cautious optimism the Buckeyes will be the victor in this recruitment.
If he commits to Ohio State, Bell would be the fourth OSU wide receiver commit in the 2025 class, joining Bodpegn Miller, Quincy Porter and De’zie Jones.
Jaime Ffrench Jr. commits to Texas
Ohio State has long been trending away from 2025 five-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. and on Friday, the Florida wide receiver made his college choice. Ffrench picked Texas over LSU, Miami and Tennessee.
BREAKING: Five-Star WR Jaime Ffrench has Committed to Texas, he tells me for @on3recruits
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) August 30, 2024
The 62 180 WR from Jacksonville, FL chose the Longhorns over LSU, Miami, & Tennessee
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