COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football likes doing as many of its official visits during the summer months so that all its attention can be focused on recruiting and the season can be about football. The approach includes one big weekend where the bulk of the top targets come and typically has a significant payoff at some point. That didn’t quite happen this summer and Desmond Umeozulu became the latest example of that with his commitment to South Carolina. The nation’s No. 169 player and No. 20 edge rusher chose the Gamecocks over 35 other schools with the Buckeyes, North Carolina and Pittsburgh also emerging as finalists. His decision wraps up the summer heading into a season-opener against Notre Dame that’s presenting the biggest in-season recruiting weekend since 2016. Ohio State hosted 25 players this summer who weren’t already decided by the time they got to Columbus in June, and…
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