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A Last-Minute Recruiting Blitz Secured the Signature of Nicholas Petit-Frere, the No. 1 Offensive Tackle in the Country

We conclude the Better Know a Buckeye series with its 26th and final installment in 2018. Here, we profile Nicholas Petit-Frere, an offensive lineman from Tampa.

  • Hometown: Tampa, FL
  • School: Berkeley Prep
  • National Ranking: 7
  • Position Ranking: 1 (OT)
  • State Ranking: 3 (FL)

Petit-Frere had a unique recruitment. Urban Meyer even called him the most thorough evaluator of schools that he ever recruited. Ohio State, a thorough evaluator of talent itself, identified Petit-Frere as one of the top offensive tackles in the 2018 recruiting cycle and started recruiting him early in 2016.