January 16, 2025

Ohio State offer a surprise for 2025 linebacker who could fit the Tommy Eichenberg mold: Buckeyes Recruiting roundup


AKRON, Ohio — Wednesday started off as any other day for 2025 Archbishop Hoban linebacker Eli Lee. He went to school and was getting ready for football practice when he received a text from Ohio State defensive graduate assistant James Laurinaitis. “At about 3 o’clock (Wednesday) Coach Laurinaitis texted me and asked me if I was free around 6:30 or 7 for a phone call, so I said ‘Yeah, I’ll be that sounds perfect’,” Lee said. “When he called me and it was a FaceTime and I had never FaceTimed a coach before, so I thought this was a little different.” Lee has been in contact with Laurinaitis and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles through a couple of visits to Columbus for camps and the spring game. Knowles was at the first half of last Friday’s game against Walsh Jesuit to see him in action and get a good look at…

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