When Evan Pryor and TreVeyon Henderson both committed to Ohio State’s recruiting class of 2021 last March, another school attempted to use that against the Buckeyes.
That school, which Ohio State running backs coach Tony Alford did not name, tried to pit the two running backs against each other after Henderson pledged to the Buckeyes just 11 days after Pryor. That recruiting strategy didn’t work, however, for a clear reason: They wanted to play together.
“Had that school done any amount of research, they would have found out that those kids knew better,” Alford said. “Because they were intricately involved in the recruitment of the other guy.