The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.
Buckeyes built bonds
When Gee Scott Jr. first spoke with CJ Stroud at The Opening Finals in Frisco, Texas last summer, the 2020 Ohio State receiver commit had an odd feeling. A positive feeling, but a weird one nonetheless.
"We instantly bonded," Scott told Eleven Warriors at the All-American Bowl in early January. "I even vividly remember feeling a weird feeling. This was before he was even a commit.