University of Cincinnati football coach Luke Fickell and his staff pride themselves on being able to effectively recruit "hometown heroes" and the "300-mile radius" around Cincinnati. That includes obviously other major cities in Ohio and cities like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Tennessee, and those surrounding areas.
That recruiting hotbed also includes the state of Indiana.
Because of their proximity to one another (about 130 miles), Cincinnati and the Indiana Hoosiers often recruit the same players. Many top-level recruits from the region usually have scholarship offers from both schools. One of those players was former Moeller High School standout Zach Carpenter.