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C.J. Hicks Looks Like a Five-Star Prospect, Shawn Murphy Builds Upon Bond with Hicks, Jyaire Brown “By Far” the Best DB, Tegra Tshabola Imposes Physically, Athletically

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.

Hicks was Saturday’s top performer

If you stopped by Eleven Warriors on Thursday, when we broke down the physical growth of C.J. Hicks, you knew heading into Saturday that the Ohio State hybrid linebacker/safety commit had pushed himself through a noteworthy transformation.

But to see the 6-foot-4, 220-pounder alongside some of the best players in the Midwest – plus Shawn Murphy, the No.