© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation Buckeyes beat out Notre Dame, some 40 others for Texas tackler The Ohio State Buckeyes football recruiting run is showing no signs of slowing down. Yet another blue-chip talent has announced his intentions on playing for Ryan Day’s program next year in Texas native and four star linebacker recruit Payton Pierce, who went public with his college commitment on Tuesday evening. The Lucas (Texas) Lovejoy standout, listed at 6-foot-2, 220 pounds or so, picked Ohio State over Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Tennessee among the listed finalists. Some 40 total programs offered the rising-senior recruit, ranked as high as the nation’s No. 2 inside linebacker by ESPN. The Buckeyes emerged as the favorite for Pierce’s services after a late March unofficial visit to Columbus. “They are the team to beat,” Pierce told SBLive some two weeks before the commitment. “Everything they…
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