2024 punter Nick McLarty commits to Ohio State
COLUMBUS — Ohio State was finished with its 2024 class in February. Until now.
Nick McLarty announced his commitment to Ohio State only a few days after his debut visit to campus. The 6-foot-7, 255-pound punter from Melbourne, Australia, visited the Buckeyes both on Tuesday and Thursday.
Lettermen Row’s Alex Gleitman caught up with McLarty following his initial visit to Ohio State.
“I fondly enjoyed my visit today,” McLarty told Lettermen Row. “To be able to watch a program which is building towards a national championship is quite remarkable.”
“Other than pre-training meetings and going to training, I went to and had an in-person face-to-face conversation with Coach Day in his office,” he shared. “We had a really good, in-depth conversation about the team and the future of the program.”
Dependant upon conversations over the coming days with Coach Day and Coach (Rob) Keys (ST QC coach), a decision could be made,” he explained.
McLarty is a welcomed and needed addition to the Buckeyes roster for 2024. He joins Joe McGuire as the Buckeyes’ only other punter. Ohio State would have had longtime punter Jesse Mirco back for another season, but he transferred to Vanderbilt during the winter.
McLarty will be a serious candidate for the starting punting job once he arrives on campus this fall. He of course will have to earn the spot, but, it will be a battle to watch once August training camp rolls around.
McLarty will join Gabe VanSickle, Mylan Graham, Damarion Witten, Max LeBlanc, Dominic Kirks and Leroy Roker in the summer as the final members of the 2024 class.
The Buckeyes finished the 2024 recruiting cycle with the No. 3 class according to the On3 Team Industry Rankings. Ohio State finished behind Georgia and Alabama, but ahead of Oregon and Miami.
Ohio State, because of its top-three national recruiting class, won the Big Ten Recruiting Crown once again. The Buckeyes finished ahead of Oregon, Michigan, Penn State and USC in the top five.
A large majority of the Buckeyes’ 2024 class is already on campus going through its first set of spring practice. That includes five-star Plus+ wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, five-star EDGE Eddrick Houston and top 100 cornerbacks Aaron Scott Jr. and Bryce West.
