Did Ohio State’s 2017 recruiting class live up to the hype?

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThere is no doubt that Urban Meyer changed the culture of Ohio State recruiting when he arrived on campus in 2012. In the seven years he was at the helm, the Buckeyes hauled in top-five nationally-ranked recruiting classes six times, with the lone outlier the 2015 class which finished seventh overall. While the 2018 group was the program’s best ever class points-wise with 26 commits totaling 317.06 points, Meyer’s finest work really came in 2017, where Ohio State’s 21 commits averaged a 94.59 player rating — the highest in school history.

As we all know, while recruiting is the lifeblood of a college football program, the work does not stop there. Not…