As the Ohio State football team continues to dominate on the field, they are trying to turn that success into success on the recruiting trail. They still have just the ninth-best class in the country. Coming off a national championship, that's simply not good enough.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are hosting plenty of recruits at the home games they have had to start the season. They are trying to make sure that they give themselves the best chance possible of turning their 2026 class around. They will have another batch of recruits at this weekend's game against Ohio.
That doesn't mean they are ignoring the 2027 class. One recruit who they just hosted had a good time while he was visiting the Buckeyes. Three-star defensive tackle Malachi Brown was just offered last weekend and had himself a good time while he was in Columbus.
Three-star recruit Malachi Brown has only good things to say about the Ohio State football program
While speaking to Lettermen Row's Mick Walker, Brown only had good things to say about the Buckeyes and his visit to Columbus.
“Ohio State is just crazy different from other schools.”
Brown isn't a blue-chip recruit by any means, but that doesn't mean that Larry Johnson doesn't see potential in him. The question is whether Johnson will be around to coach him. That could be part of the reason why the Buckeyes haven't been able to land enough elite recruits on the defensive line.
Ohio State is hoping that winning more games in blowout fashion will entice some of these recruits to want to be part of the program. Of course, the NIL money has to make sense, too. Ross Bjork has refused to allow outside collectives to keep helping them out, which might be reversed soon.
If the Buckeyes are interested in him this early, Brown could end up being a really good player once he develops into his body a little bit and gets some college coaching.