In conjunction with the “traditional” national signing day this past week, Ohio State released a list of 27 football players who arrived on campus in January as mid-year enrollees.
The list includes 21 members of OSU’s 26-man high school recruiting class for 2025. It also includes six transfers from other NCAA schools.
There were no late signee additions to the high school recruiting class. That class was ranked fourth nationally, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Texas, Georgia and Alabama were the top three classes with Oregon fifth.
The high school class includes three national top 50 prospects and six within the national top 100. They include Ohio QB Tavien St. Clair (ranked fourth), Texas CB Devin Sanchez (ranked fifth), New Jersey WR Quincy Porter (ranked 31st), Ohio OL Carter Lowe (ranked 72nd), Maryland DB Faheem Delane (ranked 99th) and Texas LB Riley Pettijohn (ranked 100th).
All of those players are among the early enrollees. Because the 2024 season stretched so late with the national championship game played on Jan. 20, OSU coach Ryan Day and his staff have decided to delay the start of spring football from early March until sometime after spring break. Classes resume after break on Mon., March 17. It is also unclear if there will be a spring game and/or when it may be scheduled. It is typically held in mid-April.
The full list of mid-year enrollees with heights and weights is included below.
Here is a position-by-position look at the early enrolling high school signees:
* QB – Tavien St. Clair
* RB – Bo Jackson, Isaiah West
* WR – Phillip Bell, De’Zie Jones, Bodpegn Miller, Quincy Porter
* TE – Nate Roberts
* OL – Jake Cook, Carter Lowe, Jayvon McFadden
* DL – Jarquez Carter, Zion Grady, Trajen Odom
* LB – Tarvos Alford, Eli Lee, Riley Pettijohn
* CB – Devin Sanchez
* DB – Faheem Delane, Cody Haddad, DeShawn Stewart
Five of the high school signees will enroll in June. That group includes RB Anthony Rogers, DE Epi Sitanilei, DL Maxwell Roy, TE Brody Lennon and CB Jordyn Woods.
Here is a look at the six NCAA college transfers who have arrived at Ohio State:
* OL Phillip Daniels – Daniels (6-5, 315) played high school ball at Cincinnati Princeton. He is transferring from Minnesota. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
* RB CJ Donaldson – Donaldson (6-2, 238) is from Miami, Fla., and is transferring from West Virginia. In his three-year career, he has run for 2,058 yards and 30 TDs. He rushed for 734 yards and 11 TDs this past season. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
* DL Logan George – George (6-5, 259) is from Pocatello, Idao, and is transferring from FCS Idaho State. As a junior, George had 53 tackles and 5-1/2 sacks for the Bengals (5-7 this season). He has two years of eligibility remaining.
* LB Ty Howard – Howard (6-0, 200) is from Cleveland, where he played at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School. He is transferring from Duquesne. As a junior, Howard had 53 tackles, four sacks and three interceptions for the Dukes (8-3). He has two years of eligibility remaining.
* TE Max Klare – Klare (6-4, 240) is from Guilford, Ind., and attended Cincinnati St. Xavier High School. He is transferring from Purdue. This past year, he caught a team-high 51 passes for 685 yards and four TDs for Purdue. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
* OT Ethan Onianwa – Onianwa (6-6, 345) is from Katy, Texas, and is transferring from Rice. He is a veteran of 38 games with 34 starts in his career. He started at left tackle this past season for the Owls. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
Below is the full list of OSU’s 27 mid-year enrollees.
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