High schools in more than a dozen states have spring football, but Ohio is not one of them.
That means Ohio State coaches must decide whether they want to spend the spring evaluation period — which began on April 15 and runs through May 31 — watching game film of in-state prospects from the previous season or head down South, where they can assess recruits in full pads and a game-like environment in person.
The answer is rather obvious. But with the staff hoping to recruit the state of Ohio harder than ever this cycle, the need for more evaluation time is becoming more and more apparent.