If the June recruiting period was a 1-mile race, it would be time to ring the bell for the start of the final lap.
Ohio State has already held three-star studded weeks of recruiting visits this month, in which it has hosted many of its top targets for the 2022 and 2023 classes as well as the top uncommitted player in the 2021 class, five-star defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau, this past weekend.
While we'll still have to wait at least another week or two for a decision from Tuimoloau, he told 247Sports’ Brandon Huffman on Sunday that his visit to Ohio State “surpassed” his expectations, so there's reason for optimism about the Buckeyes’ chances of landing Tuimoloau – though he will still make two more official visits this week to Oregon and Alabama.