It’s not too often that Ohio State accepts a commitment from a prospect who doesn’t even have a composite recruiting ranking, but the Buckeyes did with Kye Stokes.
At the time Stokes committed to Ohio State on May 2, 2021, Stokes was an unheralded three-star recruit who was ranked as the 77th-best player in the state of Florida and the 56th-best athlete – the catch-all term used by recruiting websites for players whose future position is uncertain – in the recruiting class of 2022 by 247Sports. But Ohio State believed in his potential, which made an impression on Stokes.