If you want to land a big-time college football recruit, getting that player on campus is a major first step in the process.
This past weekend, five-star linebacker Baron Browning, a 6-foot-3, 230-pounder from Kennedale, Texas, took that first step, getting to Ohio State for the first time. He was accompanied by fellow Texas five-star prospect, safety Jeffrey Okudah, who was making his second visit to Columbus.
To get any five-star linebacker on campus is huge, but to head to Texas and bring the state's second and third-ranked players to Ohio on their own dime, in May, is a major win for the Buckeyes no matter how you slice it.