COLUMBUS, Ohio – Chris Henry Jr. caught Brian Hartline’s eye before he’d ever played a snap of high school football and now he’s the first member of Ohio State’s 2026 recruiting class. Henry earned an offer during a day camp in June 2022 and has steadily become a top commodity over the past year. At 6-foot-5 and 185 pounds, the Withrow High School prospect from Cincinnati possesses some of the same big receiver traits as Marvin Harrison Jr. and 2024 five-star commit Jeremiah Smith, and is a potential mismatch problem at X-receiver. Henry’s decision kicks off the 2026 class as once again the Buckeyes have started the process of building a top-five class in their backyard. Other players to do so include 2020?s Paris Johnson, 2021?s Jack Sawyer and 2022?s Jyaire Brown (though he was living in Louisiana at the time). Recommended Buckeyes stories Ohio State football can’t copy Jim…
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