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Jordan Anthony, a top-five '17 LB, picks up Ohio State offer, will try to visit for Michigan State

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jordan Anthony was looking through his direct messages folder on Twitter and he found he had one from Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson.

A four-star linebacker of Bradenton (Fla.) IMG, Anthony didn't realize he was a click away from earning an Ohio State offer.

"When I opened it and saw it, I was really excited," Anthony told cleveland.com in a phone interview Tuesday evening. "That is one of the top programs out there right now, so it was definitely exciting to have that opportunity."

Rated the No. 5 outside linebacker in the 2017 recruiting class in the 247Sports composite rankings, Anthony just transferred to IMG from Olney (Md.