The Ohio State football team has started to close the gap in the 2026 recruiting class. After a rough start to the summer with this class, the Buckeyes have been on a flurry of flipping recruits for that class late in the cycle. With Signing Day just a few weeks away, Ohio State has the seventh-best recruiting class in the country.
If that ranking holds, the Ohio State Buckeyes would have the worst recruiting class by ranking in the Ryan Day era. He and his staff are trying like heck to make sure that the ranking does not hold and that it improves before the cycle is finished. They're doing that by flipping recruits.
After dismantling the UCLA Bruins 48-10 on Saturday night, the Buckeyes were able to land a stud edge recruit on Sunday morning. Dre Quinn, a four-star recruit from Buford, Georgia, has decided to commit to Ohio State. He was previously committed to Clemson.
Former Clemson recruit commits to the Ohio State football program
Quinn de-committed from Clemson in September. Right after that, the Buckeyes became hot on his tail. He ultimately picked the Buckeyes ahead of Texas and Tennessee. Quinn stands at 6'4 and 228 pounds, and is someone who can get off the snap quickly in both the run game and the passing game.
Ohio State used its final massive recruiting weekend to its advantage. Having a night game this late in the season allowed them to host a ton of high-level recruits. Even some recruits who weren't there got to watch the Buckeyes play in primetime, even if the opponent wasn't great.
Ohio State will continue to recruit guys hard as the final weeks of the cycle wind down. They are still the undefeated number-one team in the country, and the play on the field is certainly helping them get plenty of attention from recruits who are not firm in their relationships with other schools.