For a second straight year, Ohio State may land what could arguably be labeled the best recruiting class in the country. As successful as the Buckeyes have been under the Tressel regime, Buckeye nation has never seen such a multitude of talented players give their pledges to Ohio State as they have had in droves over the past two recruitment periods.
Let that sink in for a moment. Tressel has been doing so much with albeit good to great talent, but he has never had the luxury of the elite talent that has all of the sudden kicked Ohio State's proverbial front door right down. Call it what you want: the Terrelle Pryor factor, the BrewCrew, or whatever other factors you wish to attribute it to. The fact remains, Ohio State will be a mainstay at the top for the immediate foreseeable future.
I recently broke down Ohio State's current verbal committment's in the article's Checking in on Ohio State's 2009 Recruiting Class Part One and Part Two. Now that you're caught up on those future Buckeyes, let's analyze the situation that is currently presenting itself.
The 2009 class currently sits at twenty-four commitments, one shy of the maximum twenty-five limit. The Buckeye's are rumored to be in on a handful of player's whom could give their verbal commitment to play in Columbus next year. So how is Ohio State going to go about fitting those players into an already packed class? Follow closely on this somewhat confusing process and find out.
Last season's recruiting class totalled out at twenty prospects, with a few enrolling early, resulting in those early enrollee's being counted toward the previous recruitment class. With that said, the 2008 class technically consists less than the said twenty players.
The same process can be applied to the 2009 class. Any prospect who intends to enroll early in the 2009 class, is to count toward the 2008 total. With the 2008 total so far under the twenty-five player limit, it then allows this current class to surpass the maximum cap, and could realistically reach thirty prospects. The only number that matters at this point is that of the 85-man roster limit.
Confused? Don't worry, just reread that a couple of times and it will eventually hit you smack in the face much as it did me.
Enough of the laymen termed (or lack thereof) bylaws, let's move on to the remaining prospects still on Ohio State's radar.
First up is Marcus Hall
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