The recruiting trail was meant to have Kerry Coombs traversing it. The Red Bull-chugging, hashtag-using, bouncing-around, full-of-life 59-year-old defensive coordinator loves it as much as he thrives on it. For that reason, the 15-month dead period slayed him, leaving him cooped up and unable to get to know high schoolers and those who surround them like he normally would.
“I hate doing it on Zoom and text,” Coombs said during a 97.1 radio appearance earlier this year.
But he made do with it, locking down six defensive back commitments for Ohio State in the 2021 class. One of those half-dozen signees – four-star Arizona cornerback Denzel Burke – was a special case.