Revisiting Ohio State 2024 summer enrollees
COLUMBUS — Ohio State picked up another commitment for its 2024 class last week.
Melbourne, Australia, punter Nick McLarty committed to the Buckeyes on Friday after a multi-day visit and spending time with several members of the program — including head coach Ryan Day.
While most of the Buckeyes’ third-ranked 2024 class is already on campus, this is a good time to revisit who isn’t already on campus.
Lettermen Row takes a look.
WR Mylan Graham
Four-star New Haven (Ind) wide receiver Mylan Graham signed in December, but told Lettermen Row in September that he wouldn’t be an early enrollee.
Graham finished the 2024 cycle as the No. 47 overall prospect and the No. 8 wide receiver in the On3 rankings. Those numbers adjusted to No. 39 and No. 9 in the On3 Industry Rankings. Both metrics had the 6-foot, 185-pound wide receiver as the top-rated prospect in Indiana.
While he won’t be practicing, he will visit as often as he can. Graham was on campus for the Buckeyes’ first practice on March 5.
TE Damarion Witten
Four-star Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville tight end Damarion Witten never intended to enroll early either as he wanted to play out his senior basketball season.
Witten will start off his Ohio State career in the tight end room learning from position coach Keenan Bailey, but there is already speculation that he will ‘graduate’ to the wide receiver room and learn from Brian Hartline eventually.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound tight end finished as the No. 497 overall prospect and the No. 30 tight end according to the On3 Industry Rankings.
TE Max LeBlanc
Four-star Chattanooga (Tenn) Baylor School tight end Max LeBlanc wouldn’t have been able to enroll early because of school policy, but he too has already been on campus this spring.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Montreal, Canada native finished as the No. 286 overall prospect and the No. 17 tight end according to the On3 Industry Rankings.
IOL Gabe VanSickle
Four-star Coopersville (Mich) interior offensive lineman Gabe VanSickle was one of the last verbal commitments for the Buckeyes’ 2024 class.
Ohio State essentially flipped VanSickle from Northwestern — he decommitted on a Tuesday and committed to Ohio State on a Thursday of the same week.
VanSickle finished as the No. 126 overall prospect and the No. 8 interior offensive lineman according to On3. He was also the top-rated prospect out of Michigan.
DL Dominic Kirks
Four-star Painesville (Ohio) Riverside defensive lineman Dominic Kirks could have honored his original verbal commitment and signed with Washington in December.
Instead, he held off. Plenty of changes happened to the Huskies program, but Kirks was being recruited by Ohio State late in the fall anyway.
Kirks eventually decommitted from Washington, made an official visit to Ohio State and then committed a week later. He signed with the Buckeyes on the traditional signing day, the first Wednesday of February.
He finished as the No. 115 overall prospect and the No. 10 defensive lineman according to On3.
SAF Leroy Roker
Leroy Roker was the first member of the 2024 class to submit his Letter of Intent, but he will be one of the last members to make it to campus.
Roker wanted to finish out his basketball career in Florida before heading up to Columbus where his full attention will be on football.
P Nick McLarty
And the latest member of the Buckeyes’ 2024 class, punter Nick McLarty will arrive this summer with the remainder of the 2024 class.
He will compete for the starting punter job for the 2024 season.
