Plus, Buckeyes QB commit Tavien St. Clair earns his spot at the Elite 11 Finals.
After last weekend’s festivities surrounding the annual Ohio State spring game, this past weekend was much quieter on the recruiting front. Still, the Buckeyes remained active on the trail over the past few days in both the 2025 and 2026 classes as they extended a new offer to one of the nation’s premier tight ends, while also making the top schools list for a top-70 national linebacker.
A little over a week ago, Ohio State landed a commitment from four-star 2025 tight end Nate Roberts, the No. 5 player at his position in the cycle. As the leader of the room, Buckeye assistant Keenan Bailey is wasting no time in looking for the next big name to add to his group, and made the first step towards building a strong relationship with a premier talent on Sunday when he extended an offer to 2026 tight end, Brock Harris.
@CoachKee and I have had some great conversations recently. Today’s was extra special. I am so excited that I was offered to play football at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY @OhioStateFB Thank you Coach Bailey pic.twitter.com/G1hpGzEgzF
— Brock Harris (@BrockHarris2026) April 21, 2024
A native of Utah, Harris currently ranks as the No. 2 TE and No. 21 overall prospect in the 2026 class, per the 247Sports Composite. A five-star prospect, the 6-foot-6 tight end holds over 30 offers at this early stage in the process, with Ohio State joining the likes of Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oregon and many others. Harris is looking to become the first five-star prospect out of Utah since Kingsley Suamataia in 2021, and the first four-star-or-higher TE from the Beehive State since 2015.
Harris is coming off a big 2023 season at Pine View, hauling in 55 receptions for 665 yards and eight touchdowns. Having been the top performer at the Under Armour Camp Series in Salt Lake City over the summer, Harris earned an invite to the 2026 All-American Bowl. He was also selected to the 2025 Polynesian Bowl, where he will get a chance to play against some of the best players in the 2025 recruiting class as well.
Harris has not yet visited Columbus, but listed the Buckeyes among the teams he plans to visit with this summer in talking to Sports Illustrated.
“Hopefully, I will be getting to Texas and Baylor in April, as well as Georgia in May. Then this summer I plan on doing several visits including Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan and several SEC schools,” Harris said.
In addition to dishing out a new offer, Ohio State also learned over the weekend that it made the cut for one of the top linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class when Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng released his top-13 schools.
NEWS: Four-Star LB Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng has narrowed his list to 1️⃣3️⃣ Schools, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’2 210 LB from Manassas, VA is ranked as the No. 4 LB in ‘25 (per On3 Industry)
Where Should He Go?⬇️https://t.co/sjwUNpwgVB pic.twitter.com/qfQpNTbhUe
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) April 21, 2024
A four-star prospect out of IMG Academy in Florida, Owusu-Boateng currently sits as the No. 4 LB and No. 45 player nationally per 247Sports’ rankings. The 6-foot, 205-pound defender began his playing career at DeMatha Catholic in Maryland, the same high school that produced Chase Young. His younger half-brother, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, played for Notre Dame from 2017-20, and currently plays for the Cleveland Browns, so Owusu-Boateng has no shortage of ties to Big Ten country.
Owusu-Boateng cut his list down from over 41 offers to now 13 final schools, and it is worth noting that Ohio State was among the first to offer the talented linebacker all the way back in April of 2022. That long relationship has paid off, at least for now, as the Buckeyes are among a now-smaller pool of candidates for Owusu-Boateng that also includes Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, Miami and others.
Here is some of what 247Sports director of scouting Andrew Ivins had to say in his scouting report of the DMV area native:
“At his best in chase mode, but has shown over the years that he’s willing to attack blockers or play around them. Tends to strike opponents when the opportunity presents itself. Has proven to be rather effective against the pass as he’s athletic and agile enough to mirror tight ends underneath or down the seam. Should be viewed as a potential impact player at the Power Four level.”
Quick Hits
- Ohio State 2025 quarterback commit Tavien St. Clair earned a spot at the Elite 11 Finals over the weekend after showing out at the Columbus regional. St. Clair will look to join the likes of former Buckeye QBs Justin Fields and C.J. Stroud as well as current Buckeye Julian Sayin as Ohio State players to take home Elite 11 MVP honors. A five-star prospect, St. Clair is the No. 4 QB and No. 17 player overall in the 2025 class per the 247Sports Composite.
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Five-star Bellefontaine (Ohio) quarterback Tavien St. Clair punched his ticket to the Elite 11 Finals after an impressive performance at the Columbus regional.
Some takeaways as the Buckeyes send another QB to Los Angeles. https://t.co/qdDSxFEeAv pic.twitter.com/Lno8XbDvNL
— Matt Parker (@MattParkerLR) April 21, 2024
- With the announcement on Sunday that Ohio State center Felix Okpara would be entering the transfer portal, new head coach Jake Diebler now has two open roster spots to fill heading into the 2024-25 season. The Buckeyes would love for one of those to be taken by Oakland’s Trey Townsend, a 6-foot-6 forward who averaged 17.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this past season for the Grizzlies. Townsend and Ohio State’s latest transfer portal addition, Micah Parrish, previously spend two years together at Oakland in 2020-22.
NEWS: Former Oakland and SDSU G and Buckeye transfer Micah Parrish is trying to recruit his former teammate Trey Townsend to Ohio State.
The two played together for Oakland for two seasons from 2020-22.
Townsend would be the final addition to the Buckeyes’ roster for next year. pic.twitter.com/tLFwE5xCVN
— Buckeye Hoop Alerts (@buckeyehoops) April 20, 2024
- Speaking of the college basketball transfer portal, Ohio State received a visit on Saturday from former Alabama forward Sam Walters. Playing in a reserve role with the Tide as a freshman this past season, averaging a little over 12 minutes per game, Walters shot just under 40% from beyond the arc on nearly 100 attempts. A big man at 6-foot-10, Walters averaged 5.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest.
Go Buckeyes?? #notcommitted pic.twitter.com/GT4ND2nFue
— Sam Walters (@SamWalters2023) April 20, 2024