Listing a prospect as an "athlete" is one of those things that goes back about as far as we can remember, or at least to when the recruiting services first started appearing on the internet. It's not a new development and is something Ohio State has taken advantage of plenty of times throughout the years.
Usually, when we see that label, we think of a hybrid wide receiver/running back prospect like a Curtis Samuel or a high school quarterback who isn't going to see the field in the same way at the next level; someone like Jalin Marshall comes to mind.