Ohio State sends out trio of new offers on Monday

The Buckeyes offered a four-star running back and a pair of defensive tackles.

Ohio State saw 14 former Buckeyes be selected in the NFL Draft just a couple weeks ago. One of the bigger position groups the Buckeyes sent to the NFL this year was along the defensive line, with Jack Sawyer, JT Tuimoloau, Tyleik Williams and Ty Hamilton all being selected.

This success in developing talent along the defensive line has already had multiple impacts on the Buckeyes moving forward. The first being this is an incredible recruiting tool for Ohio State and Larry Johnson. The second is Johnson is going to have to use this tool as the Buckeyes will need to replenish their depth at the position for years to come.

Defensive tackle is especially a weak spot for the Buckeyes. There has been much talk recently about the position as Ohio State was unable to secure more depth along the defensive front in the transfer portal. This despite Ryan Day and the Buckeyes making it a priority. Now, the Buckeyes will need to look to recruiting to rebuild the group.

Day, Johnson and the Buckeyes are making quick work on this as Ohio State dished out scholarship offers to two defensive tackles on Monday, including to 2027 high four-star Donivan Moore (Hueytown, AL / Hueytown).

Moore may still have two years of high school football remaining, but he has already shown great potential on the field. Because of this, Ohio State has some stiff competition for him as he also holds offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, Tennessee, USC, West Virginia and more.

Ohio State will need to get him on campus numerous time is it is going to be able to pry him out of SEC Country, but Moore has shown enough potential that the Buckeyes will put in all of the necessary work as long as they believe they are in it.

Moore is the No. 3 DL recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 46 overall recruit. He is also the No. 1 recruit in Alabama.

The other defensive tackle recruit to receive a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes was 2026 three-star Emanuel Ruffin (Bessemer, AL / Bessemer).

Like Moore, Ruffin is from SEC Country but being in this year’s class, he is much further along in his recruitment than Moore. Ruffin holds nearly 30 scholarship offers and already has official visits scheduled with LSU, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama.

Ohio State has plenty of ground work to make up in Ruffin’s recruitment and will have to act quick if they are going to become real contenders.

Ruffin is the No. 48 DL recruit in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and he is the No. 451 overall recruit. He is also the No. 18 recruit out of Alabama.

Ohio State offers four-star RB

Ohio State wasn’t only looking at defensive tackles Monday, as the Buckeyes also dished out a scholarship offer to 2027 four-star running back Cade Waye (McDonough, GA / Ola).

It may be early in his recruitment but Waye is already receiving interest from multiple of the nation’s top schools including Arkansas, Duke, Michigan State, Oregon, South Carolina, USC, Wisconsin and Clemson. Of this group, South Carolina and Oregon appear to be the Buckeyes biggest competition for Waye.

Waye is the No. 13 RB in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and he is the No. 149 overall recruit. He is also the No. 18 recruit from the talent-rich state of Georgia.