CLOSE Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs celebrates making the game-winning shot against UCLA on Saturday. Suggs was once the 15th-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the country. (Photo: Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports) Before banking in a buzzer-beating shot to clinch a spot for Gonzaga in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game against Baylor on Monday night, Jalen Suggs emerged as a budding football recruit. In the 2020 recruiting class, he was a three-star prospect and the 15th-ranked dual-threat quarterback, according to composite rankings compiled by 247Sports. Multiple Big Ten schools were in pursuit of the Minneapolis native. Those interested included Ohio State. In the spring of 2018, the Buckeyes extended a scholarship offer to Suggs as he was finishing his sophomore year of high school at Minnehaha Academy. Blessed beyond measures to receive a scholarship from THE Ohio State University?? pic.twitter.com/SQvQCvvDV9 — Jalen Suggs (@JalenSuggs2020) May 18, 2018 Coach Ryan Day, then the…
Continue Reading: Ohio State wanted Jalen Suggs for football before he became a Gonzaga basketball star
