In the modern recruiting era, which spans the past two decades, Ohio State has signed no shortage of lauded classes.
The 2017 group featured five five-star prospects and six other ranked within the top-100 overall recruits. A trio of five-stars headed the 2019 class and 10 top-100 recruits joined the Buckeyes in both 2013 and 2014. Four four-star recruits signed in 2008. Both Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer consistently produced awe-inspiring classes.
But at the moment – maybe the 2021 class raises the bar even higher – none of them have managed to bring in the haul Urban Meyer enrolled in the 2018 cycle, which happened to be his last class as a head coach.