COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has a plan when it comes to how it recruits the top players in its backyard and it’s yet to fail them under Ryan Day. © Matt Goul, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Avon Lake freshman tackle Maxwell Riley, left, awaits his next turn Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, during a preseason practice drill. The only five-star from Ohio since 2020 who hasn’t ended up a Buckeye is current Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and that’s because he was a late-bloomer in a 2022 class where they already had the much higher-rated Quinn Ewers. Four-star Jordan Marshall became just the second top 100 recruit not to stay home in the 2024 class, but the other guy — Penn State wide receiver Kaden Saunders — was like Allar as someone who dramatically climbed up the 2022 rankings. Marshall is the first loss where there’s no added context other than the winning…
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