Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, safeties coach Perry Eliano, cornerbacks coach Tim Walton and offensive line coach Justin Frye were all tasked with visiting high schools around the country and selling Ohio State to numerous high-profile recruits during the January contact period even though they had just started their new jobs.
Eliano told reporters Monday that wasn’t as hard as it sounds, mostly because of the relationships he has built during his coaching career. Selling Ohio State wasn’t too foreign to Frye either. He has already worked with Ryan Day when they were both assistants at Temple and Boston College, so he was able to tell recruits what playing for Day would be like.