This one has been a bit of a rollercoaster, but on Monday, five-star wide receiver Carnell Tate officially pledged to play his college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound phenom is the No. 28 player nationally in the 2023 recruiting cycle and the No. 3 receiver according to 247Sports Composite rankings.
Tate chose Brian Hartline and the Buckeyes over nearly every other major program in the country; Notre Dame and Tennessee were the two schools also considered major contenders late in the process with the Vols presumably holding an edge until recent weeks.