mcburg93;1862718 wrote:I have noticed it happening a lot. ESPN does it bad even when they have great outings at these camps. I just dont understand and it dont matter how many articles I read about it, I dont think I will ever understand it. I did see the rb from Tennessee jumped in the rankings. He is going to be a good one.
I honestly think that all of the recruiting services like to bump uncommitted prospects up a little extra in the rankings to create some drama down the stretch toward signing day. When they bump guys up, someone has to fall. With OSU having so many highly ranked players, they may drop a few spots because of that, and then it seems like those guys are being penalized despite solid camp performances. It's not that big of a deal since the rankings go out the window once they arrive on campus, but it can definitely be annoying, especially for a player who has worked hard and has proven themselves to be worthy of a lofty ranking.
I will say that it's pretty strange that when ESPN updated their rankings, like 11 of the 14 commits at that time fell in the rankings. 247 Sports, who I think does the best job rankings players and also does an overall composite of the four major scouting services, dropped all but one of the Buckeyes (Teague moved way up, but he'll move up in the new releases by other services as well). It really does make you wonder.
All of that said, Ohio State is recruiting at a level right now that the program has never seen before. Last year's class had an average per player of 94.47, and currently with 15 commits, the 2018 class has an average of 95.43! What's scary is that number may get even higher by signing day with several big names still on the board. Urban Meyer is 61-6 at Ohio State, has lost only 3 games to Big Ten teams in 5 seasons, has been to two CFPs, and has won a national championship. With the way he and his staff are recruiting, he's likely going to better those marks in the next five years, which is just crazy.
The 2018 class currently sits at 15 commits. Ohio State is losing 12 seniors after next season, probably will lose a handful of early entrants to the NFL Draft, and there's always a little attrition with transfers or medical hardships, so I think the number for this class is probably around 23 when all is said and done. The staff wants to add two WRs and things are looking good with Kamryn Babb and Blue Smith. They probably want two more O-Linemen, one of which I hope will be Jackson Carman. Guessing Fredrick Scruggs may end up being the other. Defensively, they probably will add two more defensive linemen, but may want three. I'm thinking Tyreke Smith from the Cleveland area will be in, and hoping that they add Micah Parsons as well. One more LB, which will be Solomon Tuliaupupu if he wants in, and K'Vaughan Pope if he doesn't. Probably only one more DB, which will hopefully be Anthony Cook, but they're gonna push for Tyson Campbell as well. So 4 more guys on each side of the ball gets the class to 23. Since they would take only 23 players, they probably wouldn't break the overall mark set by the 2010 Florida class (the class had 28 players and was Meyer's last recruiting class at UF), but they would most likely crush the record for average per player, which OSU set last recruiting cycle.
