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Ohio State Football: Proof in-state recruits are undervalued

Don’t be concerned that five of the seven in-state recruits in the 2020 Ohio State recruiting class are rated as three-stars. Players who play their high school in the Buckeye State are often undervalued by “recruiting experts”.

You can see that every Saturday by watching former Ohio high school recruits making plays all over the place during Big Ten games, and many were ranked as three-stars. But being a stats guy I always want to see if the numbers back up my assumptions.

I think these facts will prove I’m correct.

First let’s look at Ohio and Georgia recruits.