Jonathan Odom had already narrowed down his offers list to 11 teams – Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Iowa, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue and Vanderbilt – before he was offered by Ohio State last week.
The three-star Florida tight end had been having conversations with Ohio State for a while, but those conversations have ramped up in recent weeks, he said.
“They wanted to see me in person before they offered me,” Odom said. “But they asked my interest and I told them I was very interested, and they went ahead and pulled the trigger.