Five-star or no-star, every recruit takes a different path to their time in the limelight at Ohio State.
It doesn't always work out this way.
There are thousands of kids every year who grow up in the shadow of Ohio Stadium, dream of wearing the Scarlet and Gray and never get the chance to make it a reality.
Darron Lee wasn't one of them. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Lee moved to New Albany, Ohio when he was 12 years old. He didn't grow up wishing to be a Buckeye. He wanted to play big-time football, sure, but it wasn't a Scarlet and Gray dream like everyone he lined up with in high school.