Signed: Bodpegn Miller completes long journey to becoming a Buckeye

The Early-Signing Period is here and Ohio State is set to once again bring in one of the country’s best recruiting classes. Lettermen Row is tracking the Buckeyes recruiting news throughout the signing period as 2025 commitments officially join the Ohio State football program. The latest Letter of Intent is in: Bodpegn Miller has signed with the Buckeyes.

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COLUMBUS — Brian Hartline has only signed one in-state wide receiver since being named the full-time wide receivers coach at Ohio State. He added another in-state pass catcher in the 2025 class, however. Four-star WR Bodpegn Miller has signed his Letter of Intent to Ohio State and is officially a Buckeye.

What does it mean for the Buckeyes? Let’s check it out.

Who is Bodpegn Miller?

Bodpegn Miller is a four-star wide receiver from Mansfield, Ohio. He attended Ontario High School. He committed to the Buckeyes on June 21, 2024 over scholarship offers from Boston College, Iowa State and Northwestern. Miller committed to Ohio State just days after earning a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes following a pair of strong camp performances in June.

On3 Industry Rankings: No. 212 overall, No. 26 wide receiver, No. 8 in Ohio

On3 Ranking: No. 52  wide receiver and No. 14 in Ohio

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio

High School: Ontario

Bodpegn Miller is perhaps the biggest developmental wide receiver prospect that Brian Hartline at Ohio State. Miller plays quarterback at the high school level but he has all the traits to be a premier wide receiver talent at Ohio State. He is a 6-foot-4, 180 pound prospect with elite track times that just needs to learn how to play wide receiver at the college level.

Miller is one of four wide receivers for the Buckeyes and Brian Hartline in the 2025 class. He joins Quincy Porter, Phillip Bell and De’Zie Jones in Hartline’s wide receiver haul.

How did Miller end up at Ohio State?

No Ohio State signee in the 2025 class had a more interesting path to becoming a Buckeye than Bodpegn Miller. He was born in Ethiopia and was adopted at the age of 6 by a family in Mansfield, Ohio which is where his football journey began.

Fast forward 10 years later and Miller had established himself as one of the top high school football players in the state of Ohio as the starting quarterback at Ontario High School. Miller’s recruitment started to pick up during his junior season which is when the Ohio State coaching staff started to notice him.

The Buckeyes invited Miller to camp in June prior to his senior season and despite holding Power Four scholarship offers, he decided to workout for the Ohio State coaching staff. He ended up impressing Brian Hartline who asked him to return to another camp a few days later to see him workout one more time. That second camp is when he ultimately earned a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes and he committed just three days later.

“It’s a blessing,” Miller told Lettermen Row. “I’m excited to see where this journey takes me. The people, the tradition, the education, and the culture at Ohio State made this an easy pick.”

Miller will be an early enrollee and on campus in January to take part in spring practices at Ohio State.