Other programs simply aren't safe from the Ohio State football team's wrath. The Buckeyes have been able to flip recruits from programs all across the country as their rampage continues. All of a sudden, the 2026 recruiting class is starting to look very solid.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are leaping up the recruiting rankings with each recruit they flip. Over the last month or so, they have flipped an offensive lineman, a defensive lineman, and a defensive back, just to name a few. On Tuesday, the Buckeyes flipped another recruit.
After hosting him on a visit for the UCLA game, the Buckeyes have flipped three-star linebacker recruit Braxton Rembert. Rembert had previously been committed to Wake Forest, but he had been trending towards flipping to Ohio State for the last few weeks.
The Ohio State football team flips Braxton Rembert from Wake Forest
Rembert is from Hoshcton, Georgia, and stands at 6'5 and 200 pounds. He had been committed to the Demon Deacons since June. Once Ohio State offered him in late October, it seemed that he was destined to flip his recruitment and end up in Columbus.
Ohio State continues to grow this recruiting class. With the addition of Rembert into the fold, they now have 28 recruits in this class. Not only are they expecting to lose a lot of players to the NFL Draft this season, but there is also no limit on recruiting classes anymore.
This is not the last recruit that will flip his allegiance before Signing Day, either. Ryan Day is expecting a few other recruits to change their minds and end up in Columbus before Early Signing Day next month. In fact, a few of them are likely to make that decision sometime this week.
This is the momentum that everyone thought Ohio State would have early in the recruiting cycle after winning a national championship. Now that they are the favorites to win back-to-back titles, everyone is looking at them with a fresh perspective. Recruits want to go to winning programs.
Perhaps some added spending in the NIL space is happening, as well. Ross Bjork was notoriously stingy early in the cycle, but things may have changed since the House Settlement was approved. Perhaps other schools are running out of NIL money that they can spend, as well.
Whatever the case may be, Ohio State has clearly been the beneficiary late in this cycle.