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Kerry Coombs Return Brings “Instant Credibility” for Ohio State on Recruiting Trail, Plus Comfort, Familiarity for Players Like Lejond Cavazos

The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

Coombs returns

C.J. Cavazos sat down with Ryan Day on Dec. 13 in Sarasota, Fla., the father of one of Ohio State’s 2020 recruiting class’ cornerbacks, Lejond Cavazos, getting any potential last-minute worries squashed.

It was the final weekend before the Dec. 18-20 early signing period, and on this Friday morning, the two were having an 8 a.m. breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton amid swirling speculations that a Jeff Hafley departure to Boston College could be reported any hour.