Better Know A Buckeye is our look at every member of Ohio State’s 2025 recruiting class and how they became Buckeyes as they prepare to begin their OSU careers this fall.
Eli Lee joins a long lineage of in-state linebackers to eventually suit up for Ohio State – 31 since the 1999 class, to be exact. The Archbishop Hoban (Akron) product brings a wealth of hard-hitting experience to a Buckeye linebacker corps that has had its fair share of downhill bone-crushers from Northeast Ohio in years past.
How He Became a Buckeye
When Lee received an Ohio State offer in October 2023 after multiple trips to Columbus that summer, he did not yet hold a 247Sports composite ranking.