Ohio State offered Eric McFarland before he’s even played a single snap of high school football. It wasn’t hard to see why when he participated in Ohio State’s third high school football camp of the summer last Tuesday.
The major recruiting media outlets won’t begin ranking the 2028 recruiting class for more than a year from now, but it appears very likely that McFarland will be a five-star recruit when it comes time for his class to be ranked. While he’s listed at only 5-foot-8 and 180 pounds entering his freshman year of high school, McFarland already demonstrates a skill set well beyond his years with elite speed, excellent quickness and rare route-running skill for a receiver of his age.