Zach Harrison, Thayer Munford and Jeremy Ruckert weren’t the only players at Big Ten Media Days who were recruited by Ohio State out of high school.
Many of the other Big Ten standouts who made the trip to Indianapolis for last week’s conference-wide gathering with reporters were also once courted by the Buckeyes before they chose to instead take their talents to schools that play against Ohio State.
Eleven Warriors caught up with 14 players from other Big Ten schools at last week’s event who had ties to Ohio State as high school prospects – either because they were offered by Ohio State, visited Ohio State as a recruit, had known conversations with Ohio State coaches while they were recruits or were from the state of Ohio – and collected their thoughts on what they remembered about being recruited by the Buckeyes and why they ultimately chose the schools they did.