You may have forgotten, but today is National Signing Day.
From Ohio State’s perspective, the real signing day happened two months ago, as the Buckeyes signed 26 high school players during the early signing period. Ohio State isn’t expected to add any more scholarship players to its high school recruiting class for 2025, making the traditional February signing day a non-event for the Buckeyes.
That said, we didn’t spend much time talking about Ohio State’s 2025 recruiting class on Real Pod Wednesdays during the early signing period because the Buckeyes were preparing to play in the College Football Playoff at the time. So we felt the secondary signing day would be an appropriate time for us to take a more complete look at Ohio State’s new crop of freshmen.
In case you need a refresher, here’s the full list of high school prospects who signed with the Buckeyes in December with their final 247Sports composite rankings:
| Pos | Name | Rating | Rank | Size | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | TAVIEN ST. CLAIR | ★★★★★ | #4 NATL | #3 QB | 6-4 | 225 | Bellefontaine (Bellefontaine, Ohio) |
| CB | DEVIN SANCHEZ | ★★★★★ | #5 NATL | #1 CB | 6-2 | 180 | North Shore (Houston, Texas) |
| WR | QUINCY PORTER | ★★★★★ | #20 NATL | #4 WR | 6-3 | 200 | Bergen Catholic (Oradell, New Jersey) |
| LB | RILEY PETTIJOHN | ★★★★ | #40 NATL | #2 LB | 6-2 | 215 | McKinney (McKinney, Texas) |
| S | FAHEEM DELANE | ★★★★ | #55 NATL | #5 S | 6-3 | 195 | Good Counsel (Olney, Maryland) |
| OT | CARTER LOWE | ★★★★ | #73 NATL | #11 OT | 6-5 | 325 | Whitmer (Toledo, Ohio) |
| DE | ZION GRADY | ★★★★ | #83 NATL | #9 ED | 6-4 | 235 | Enterprise (Enterprise, Alabama) |
| RB | ANTHONY ROGERS | ★★★★ | #101 NATL | #5 RB | 5-8 | 190 | Carver (Montgomery, Alabama) |
| LB | TARVOS ALFORD | ★★★★ | #137 NATL | #11 LB | 6-2 | 210 | Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Florida) |
| RB | BO JACKSON | ★★★★ | #153 NATL | #9 RB | 6-0 | 205 | Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| DT | JARQUEZ CARTER | ★★★★ | #190 NATL | #27 DL | 6-2 | 284 | Newberry (Newberry, Florida) |
| TE | NATE ROBERTS | ★★★★ | #201 NATL | #11 TE | 6-4 | 235 | Washington (Washington, Oklahoma) |
| DE | EPI SITANILEI | ★★★★ | #269 NATL | #28 ED | 6-5 | 220 | St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) |
| WR | PHILLIP BELL | ★★★★ | #275 NATL | #36 WR | 6-2 | 195 | Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, California) |
| WR | BODPEGN MILLER | ★★★★ | #279 NATL|#11 ATH | 6-4 | 180 | Ontario (Mansfield, OH) |
| TE | BRODY LENNON | ★★★★ | #326 NATL|#18 TE | 6-4 | 220 | Gates Mills (Gates Mills, OH) |
| DT | MAXWELL ROY | ★★★★ | #357 NATL | #36 DL | 6-3 | 285 | St. Joseph's Prep School (Philadelphia, PA) |
| WR | DE'ZIE JONES | ★★★★ | #369 NATL | #51 WR | 6-0 | 180 | DePaul Catholic (Wayne, New Jersey) |
| C | JAKE COOK | ★★★★ | #376 NATL|#23 IOL | 6-5 | 295 | Westerville North (Westerville, OH) |
| S | DESHAWN STEWART | ★★★★ | #378 NATL | #34 S | 6-2 | 185 | DePaul Catholic (Wayne, New Jersey) |
| OT | JAYVON MCFADDEN | ★★★★ | #389 NATL | #24 IOL | 6-5 | 300 | Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, MD) |
| S | CODY HADDAD | ★★★ | #518 NATL | #45 S | 6-1 | 175 | St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| DT | TRAJEN ODOM | ★★★ | #519 NATL | #61 DL | 6-4 | 285 | Weddington (Matthews, North Carolina) |
| LB | ELI LEE | ★★★ | #587 NATL | #64 LB | 6-3 | 230 | Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio) |
| RB | ISAIAH WEST | ★★★ | #728 NATL | #58 RB | 5-11 | 208 | St. Joseph's Prep School (Philadelphia, PA) |
| CB | JORDYN WOODS | ★★★ | #1139 NATL | #107 CB | 6-3 | 175 | Cartersville (Cartersville, GA) |
| Prospect Rating Data: 247Sports Composite | |||||
Eleven Warriors recruiting reporter Garrick Hodge joins us on this week’s Real Pod Wednesdays as we share our overall thoughts on the 2025 class and make our picks for who we think will be some of the class’ biggest stars and hidden gems.
The full rundown for this week’s show:
- 0:00 Intro
- 3:31 Overall Thoughts on Ohio State’s Fifth-Ranked 2025 Recruiting Class
- 7:43 Devin Sanchez, Tavien St. Clair Headline the 2025 Class
- 17:09 Projecting Some of the Other Future Stars from Ohio State’s 2025 Class
- 22:19 Freshmen with the Best Chance to Play Early
- 25:51 How Ohio State’s Transfer Class Supplements Its High School Recruiting Class
- 29:00 Nate Roberts, Bodpegn Miller, Trajen Odom Among Intriguing Developmental Prospects
- 34:18 Potential Commits and Priority Positions in the 2026 Recruiting Class
You can watch our look at the 2025 class in the video at the top of the page or listen to it in the audio player below. All episodes of Real Pod Wednesdays are also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Eleven Warriors’ YouTube channel.
