Ohio State holds steady in On3 Team Industry Rankings after prospect updates
COLUMBUS — Ohio State boasts one of the best recruiting classes in the country within the 2025 cycle.
The Buckeyes hold the No. 2 recruiting class according to the On3 Team Industry Rankings with a class score of 96.73. That trails only LSU, which has a class score of 96.9. Interestingly enough, however, Ohio State is well ahead of LSU in the metric that counts the most — average player rating.
The Buckeyes sit at an even 94 while the Tigers are at 93.24.
Only one other Big Ten program is in the top 10 currently and it’s Oregon. The Ducks have a class score of 92.5 and an average player rating of 91.34.
Lettermen Row quickly revisits the class and how the Buckeyes are sitting at No. 2.
Five-star duo
Five-star Plus+ Birmingham (Ala) Parker cornerback Na’eem Offord is the most recent committed prospect for the Buckeyes.
The No. 5 overall prospect and No. 2 cornerback per On3 picked Ohio State because of his relationship with secondary coach Tim Walton. Offord visited Ohio State during the final weekend of the contact period and committed in head coach Ryan Day’s office.
Five-star Houston (Texas) North Shore cornerback Devin Sanchez was the prospect who started off the wave of commitments for the Buckeyes this winter.
Sanchez, the No. 6 overall prospect and No. 2 cornerback per the On3 Industry Rankings, announced his commitment to Ohio State live at the All-American Bowl on Jan 6. He had been a silent commit for a few weeks before that, however.
The 6-foot-2, 170-pound cornerback has already been an instrumental peer recruiter.
In-state firepower
Four-star Bellefontaine (Ohio) quarterback Tavien St. Clair is the leader of this Ohio State class. He was the first pledge for head coach Ryan Day and committed back in June 2023.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound quarterback is the No. 27 overall prospect and the No. 5 quarterback per On3. Those numbers adjust to No. 20 and No. 4 in the On3 Industry Rankings. Both metrics have St. Clair as the top-rated Ohio prospect.
The junior quarterback finished the season with 3,083 yards, 34 touchdowns, six interceptions and a 70 percent completion rate. St. Clair also had 352 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground.
Four-star Toledo (Ohio) Whitmer offensive tackle Carter Lowe was a major winter addition to the Buckeyes’ 2025 class.
The 6-foot-5, 285-pound pledge from Northwest Ohio committed to Ohio State on Jan. 23 over Michigan, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. He is the first offensive lineman in the class and a big win both nationally and in-state.
Lowe is the No. 36 overall prospect and No. 6 offensive tackle in the On3 Industry Rankings. Those numbers adjust to No. 159 and No. 13, respectively, by On3.
