Just a few days after starting his job as Ohio State’s new safeties coach, Perry Eliano hit the recruiting trail.
From Texas to Georgia to anywhere else in between, Eliano spent multiple weeks visiting potential future Buckeyes. His visits ranged from seeing prospects the Buckeyes have already offered, such as five-star cornerback AJ Harris, to making several new offers to recruits in various classes.
While on the trail, Eliano noticed a notable advantage he hadn’t had while he was recruiting players as Cincinnati’s cornerbacks coach for the past two seasons. This time around, not only was Eliano able to claim his accolades of assisting in the development of Jim Thorpe Award winner Coby Bryant and 2021 first-team All-American Ahmad Gardner, he was also representing one of the most nationally recognized college football programs in the country.