Ohio State’s newest offensive tackle offer in the 2025 class is expected to make an official visit next month.
Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye offered Damola Ajidahun, a four-star Georgia Tech commit, after stopping by his school last week. The interest between the Buckeyes and Ajidahun seems to be mutual, as Ajidahun has told 247Sports that he’ll be taking an official visit to Ohio State this fall, likely for the Iowa game on Oct. 5.
#AGTG I am Extremely blessed to receive an offer from THE ohio state university!!! #buckeyes @DuluthHSFB @Coach_Cam_Jones @OhioStateFB @Rivals @ChadSimmons_ @RecruitGeorgia
— Damola Ajidahun (@DamolaAjidahun) September 13, 2024
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“He stopped at my school to watch practice and called me Thursday to offer me,” Ajidahun told 247Sports of Frye giving him an offer. “Man, I was with family and friends, we were all excited knowing the kind of program Ohio State is. I love the culture and the NFL-style pro offense they run.”
Ajidahun has been committed to Georgia Tech since Aug. 3 and also took official visits to Georgia and Ole Miss this summer. He’s picked up nearly 30 Division I offers, including Florida, Kansas State, Georgia, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Kentucky, NC State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tulane, Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Wake Forest.
If OSU can flip Ajidahun from Georgia Tech, the 6-foot-6, 280-pound prospect would begin his collegiate career in Columbus as an offensive tackle.
Ohio State commits turn in big weeks on the gridiron
Several future Buckeyes had big performances on the prep scene this week.
Starting with Tavien St. Clair, Eleven Warriors’ Dan Hope was on hand in Bellefontaine to watch the five-star quarterback complete all but one of his 11 passes for 222 yards and threw for three touchdowns in a 49-0 blowout win.
“The confidence and the swagger that Ohio State plays with, I bring that back to my team and really just try and like, let them know that we can have fun out here. It's always a grind during the week, but you can have fun on Fridays. You put the work in throughout the week to have the result like we had tonight,” St. Clair told Eleven Warriors after the game. “It's always awesome to watch Ohio State play and perform the way they do and then come out here and do the same.”
Meanwhile, Ohio State wide receiver commit Quincy Porter caught two passes for 80 yards and a touchdown in his team’s 31-10 win and wideout De’zie Jones racked up seven catches for 94 yards and one touchdown in a 36-20 victory.
Tight end Nate Roberts caught eight passes for 85 yards and a touchdown, while Brody Lennon hauled in eight catches for 161 yards and three scores.
8:07 left in the first
— Ben Hercik (@BHercikNH) September 14, 2024
Gilmour answers back. Cooper Panteck finds Brody Lennon for the 58 yard strike. Kick is good.@galancerad: 7@ndclathletics: 7#NHFootball pic.twitter.com/7uc3qbSaCh
Defensively, defensive end Zion Grady recorded six tackles, three tackles for loss and three sacks over the weekend and defensive tackle Jarquez Carter notched seven tackles and five tackles for loss.
Finished the play even though my helmet came off pic.twitter.com/rONwiuVrch
— Jarquez Carter (@JarquezCarter) September 15, 2024
Five-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn racked up 15 tackles, a forced fumble and a pass breakup and Tarvos Alford had a solid performance with eight tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack.
Three OSU commits crack top 15 in On3’s latest player rankings
On3 released updated player rankings for the 2025 class on Monday, and three future Buckeyes have cracked the top 15.
Five-star cornerback Devin Sanchez is the highest-rated OSU commit at No. 8 overall, followed by fellow five-star prospects Na’eem Offord (No. 10) and Tavien St. Clair (No. 15).
In all, 17 of OSU’s 26 commits are in On3’s top-300 player rankings.
The other 14 who made the cut are Quincy Porter (No. 29), Riley Pettijohn (No. 45), Faheem Delane (No. 81), Tarvos Alford (No. 114), Bo Jackson (No. 115), Zahir Mathis (No. 124), Carter Lowe (No. 128), Brody Lennon (No. 145), Nate Roberts (No. 177), Trajen Odom (No. 194), Phillip Bell (No. 267), Jayvon McFadden (No. 284), DeShawn Stewart (No. 286) and Zion Grady (No. 293).
