Only just barely did Ohio State’s 2017 recruiting class – which featured Chase Young, J.K. Dobbins, Jeff Okudah, Wyatt Davis, Josh Myers, Haskell Garrett, Thayer Munford, Pete Werner and more – edge out the 2021 class in terms of average player rating.
The group of true freshmen who either enrolled in January or will enroll in June is loaded from top to bottom. The 21-player class features five five-star studs, 12 top-100 prospects and only a trio of three-stars. Its impact was seemingly already felt in the spring when more freshmen than usual – five, to be exact – lost their black stripes.