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"Rocket" Ronnie Hickman Talks Commitment While Ohio State Leads for Linebacker Derek Wingo

The Hurry Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

Wayne, New Jersey, DePaul Catholic four-star athlete “Rocket” Ronnie Hickman got last weekend off to a booming start when he committed to Ohio State on Friday evening while in town with several members of his family on an unofficial visit for the program’s annual Spring Game.

Dreams really do come true! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/hZbUtBZifU

— Ronnie Hickman (@asvprocket_) April 14, 2018

His decision to pick the Buckeyes over finalists Florida, Notre Dame, Penn State, Rutgers and Virginia Tech brought to close a recruitment that felt rather cut-and-dried from the time defensive coordinator Greg Schiano offered him a scholarship last April.