Before he was a national champion and All-American quarterback at Ohio State, Rex Kern was a high school three-sport star in Lancaster, Ohio. Kern’s talent on the hardwood especially stood out. He fielded recruiting calls from the likes of John Wooden and Dean Smith, but ultimately, Kern wanted to be a Buckeye. “I had always wanted to go to Ohio State to play basketball for Fred Taylor. I grew up when Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and those guys won a national championship,” Kern told Eleven Warriors. “I was probably in the fourth grade at that point and had my heart set on playing for Ohio State basketball.” After watching the Buckeyes win a national title in 1960, playing for Taylor was a dream of Kern’s. He also wanted to play football, however Woody Hayes did not enter the picture until midway through his senior year of high school. His high school…
Continue Reading: How Fred Taylor Played a Role in Recruiting Rex Kern, One of the Cornerstones of Ohio State's 1967 Recruiting Class
