February 26, 2025

Ohio State football has landed recruits from Florida’s IMG Academy before, but a big 2021 payoff could be coming


COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football program is making its way into Florida in a big way during the 2021 recruiting cycle. No state has more OSU offers than the Sunshine State’s 26, including the Buckeyes’ own back yard of Ohio, which has 10 offers and six commitments. And at the forefront of the Florida movement is IMG Academy. The prep school in Bradenton, Fla., has a reputation for producing five- and four-star recruits in a handful of sports, but it until a commitment from Malik Barrow in 2016 that the Ohio State started to have success at the school. Now it’s starting to make an imprint there and could get a major payoff with the 2021 class. J.C. Latham, Offensive Tackle The Buckeyes have offered five IMG players, with four still undecided. That group is headline by OSU’s most important position in this recruiting cycle in running back…

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